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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Expression of Interest (EOI): SMD call for Augmentations and Funded Extensions<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Solicitation Number:
</span>NNH20ZDA010L<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Release Date: JUL 29, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Response Date: AUG 21, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleague,<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> At the <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/virtual-townhall-2020">
Virtual Community Town Hall</a> on July 9, 2020, SMD announced that it would be accepting requests for funded extensions and augmentations to existing awards to help make up for increased costs directly attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic. SMD’s priorities
for funding extensions and augmentations, in the likely case that demand exceeds available funding, are in an SMD policy document, “<a href="https://science.nasa.gov/science-red/s3fs-public/atoms/files/SPD-36%20Post-COVID%20Augmentations%20FINAL%20Signed.pdf">Augmentations
and Funded Extensions in Response to COVID-19</a>.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">In order to estimate the size of this new program, SMD asks currently funded researchers who may request an extension or augmentation to submit an “Expression of Interest” (EOI) via the NASA Solicitation and Proposal
Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES). SMD asks that EOIs be submitted by August 21, 2020
<span style="color:black">as a Notice of Intent (NOI) in response to </span><span style="color:#0E223C">NNH20ZDA010L
</span><span style="color:black">via NSPIRES. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Download the full text of the EOI and response instructions from<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?solId=%7B2F320E44-5D23-176F-C195-597F32FBBC9D%7D&path=&method=init">https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?solId=%7B2F320E44-5D23-176F-C195-597F32FBBC9D%7D&path=&method=init</a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">Non-NSPIRES submissions will not be accepted or acknowledged. SMD will not provide any feedback on a submitted Expression of Interest. An EOI submission is not required for the submission of a proposal. An EOI’s
contents do not limit the content of submissions to the “SMD Post-COVID Recovery” solicitation. NASA SMD will keep EOI contents confidential and will use responses to improve management of the augmentation and extension processes.
<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">A forthcoming amendment adding a new program element to the Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2020, solicitation NNH20ZDA001N, is expected to be entitled “SMD Post-COVID Recovery” with
requests for augmentations and funded grant extensions due to be submitted after October 1, 2020.<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for your cooperation. Be well and stay safe.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Michael H. New<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Deputy Associate Administrator for Research<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Science Mission Directorate<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">National Aeronautics and Space Administration<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Questions concerning general ROSES-2020 policies and procedures, including this Expression of Interest, should be emailed to
<a href="mailto:sara@nasa.gov">sara@nasa.gov</a> and use as the subject line “SMD call for Augmentations and Funded Extensions, Solicitation: NNH20ZDA010L”.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Michael H. New, PhD <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Deputy Associate Administrator for Research <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Science Mission Directorate<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">NASA Headquarters <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: (202) 358-1766<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Email: michael.h.new@nasa.gov<o:p></o:p></p>
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