CEDAR email: Open Solicitation For NASA's Citizen Science Seed Funding Program (CSSFP)

Fri Nov 21 11:08:07 MST 2025

Dear Heliophysics & Citizen Science Colleagues,

The NASA Heliophysics Division would like to call your attention to the open solicitation for proposals to support the Citizen Science Seed Funding Program (CSSFP).

Quick Summary:

  *    The NASA CSSFP due date is January 22nd, 2026.  Submit your six-page proposals<https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary!init.do?solId=%7b98BB6302-ED70-F1C4-6514-8DF311BEE547%7d&path=open> for one year of citizen science seed funding! Don’t worry if you didn’t submit an NOI!  Those were optional. You’re still invited to submit your proposal.

  *   There will be a Citizen Science Information Event on December 11th, 2025, entitled the Participatory Science Platforms: An overview and updates.

     *   Information and Registration can be found here:  https://nasacitsci.gmri.org/2025-series/participatory-science-platforms-an-overview-and-updates

  *    NASA’s Citizen Science open hour event will occur on December 16th at 4pm EST.

     *    Information and Registration can be found here: <https://gmri-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvfuCsrTotHNMrDT6rCkrbV4Gy0h5--4m5#/registration> Dec. 16 office hours<https://gmri-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvfuCsrTotHNMrDT6rCkrbV4Gy0h5--4m5#/registration>.

The NASA Citizen Science Seed Funding Program (NASA ROSES Appendix F.9 The Citizen Science Seed Funding Program<https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary!init.do?solId=%7B98BB6302-ED70-F1C4-6514-8DF311BEE547%7D&path=open>) aims to incubate citizen science projects as they are being conceived or during critical transitions, like the year when they are first launched or beta tested (i.e., when the first group of volunteers is invited to try the project) or when the project changes scientific direction. CSSFP awards have a duration of up to one year only. NASA expects that funded citizen science efforts will lead to scientific results published in peer-review publications. Projects that include students are welcome, if the main goals of the proposed investigation are science results and not educational impacts. The CSSFP does not solicit efforts whose sole aim is to create tools for citizen science or efforts for which the primary purpose is outreach or education, engineering or software development.

ROSES-2025 Amendment 14 resets the proposal due date for this program element, which was previously set to TBD because of the lapse in government funding. The new proposal due date is 22 January 2026.

Please direct questions concerning F.9 CSSFP<https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary!init.do?solId=%7B98BB6302-ED70-F1C4-6514-8DF311BEE547%7D&path=open> to Marc Kuchner at marc.kuchner at nasa.gov. For Heliophysics-specific questions, please contact Dr. Jared M. Bell at jared.m.bell at nasa.gov<mailto:jared.m.bell at nasa.gov>.

Heliophysics researchers of all experience levels who are interested in pursuing citizen science should consider attending the events listed above, and utilize the following resource compiled by the citizen science community:

  *   The updated NASA handbook for proposers version 3.0 of the NASA Citizen Science Community Handbook: A Resource for Scientists Creating and Leading Projects<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zR1JV7bWW0iV4o6r-CK2U5SiNeMDWhwhvm7a5N7aEQA/edit?usp=drive_link>.

[X]<https://www.nasa.gov/>

Dr. Jared M. Bell

Astrophysicist,

Chief Science Data Officer for Heliophysics

Code 675 ITM Physics Lab

Goddard Space Flight Center

8800 Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, MD 20771

c: 210.627.4122
o: 301.286.1111

jared.m.bell at nasa.gov<mailto:jared.m.bell at nasa.gov>

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