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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27); font-weight: 400;">Dear Heliophysics & Citizen Science Colleagues,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27); font-weight: 400;">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). </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27); font-weight: 400;">Quick Summary:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The NASA CSSFP due date is
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;">January 22</span><span style="font-size: 9.6px; font-weight: 700;">nd</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700;">, 2026</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><u><a style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA15561692-b98d-e3b6-89a7-b77812bf363d" href="https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary!init.do?solId=%7b98BB6302-ED70-F1C4-6514-8DF311BEE547%7d&path=open">Submit
your six-page proposals</a></u></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 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.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">There will be a Citizen Science Information Event on December 11</span><span style="font-size: 9.6px;">th</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, 2025, entitled the Participatory Science Platforms: An overview and updates.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Information and Registration can be found here: </span>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><u><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA0601c019-3a2c-23c4-2835-80c8394b9b89" href="https://nasacitsci.gmri.org/2025-series/participatory-science-platforms-an-overview-and-updates">https://nasacitsci.gmri.org/2025-series/participatory-science-platforms-an-overview-and-updates</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">NASA’s Citizen Science open hour event will occur on December 16</span><span style="font-size: 9.6px; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">th</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);"> at
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<span style="font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">Information and Registration can be found here:<a style="color: rgb(27, 27, 27); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA19943b7a-f00b-202d-bbe6-ce1edc088a12" href="https://gmri-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvfuCsrTotHNMrDT6rCkrbV4Gy0h5--4m5#/registration">
</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><u><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA19943b7a-f00b-202d-bbe6-ce1edc088a12" href="https://gmri-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvfuCsrTotHNMrDT6rCkrbV4Gy0h5--4m5#/registration">Dec.
16 office hours</a></u></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27); font-weight: 400;">The NASA Citizen Science Seed Funding Program (NASA ROSES Appendix
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 400;"><u><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAc70764bb-f893-0802-0835-00f4fc7176e4" href="https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary!init.do?solId=%7B98BB6302-ED70-F1C4-6514-8DF311BEE547%7D&path=open">F.9
The Citizen Science Seed Funding Program</a></u></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27); font-weight: 400;">) 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.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27); font-weight: 400;">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 </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27); font-weight: 700;">22 January 2026</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27); font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27); font-weight: 400;">Please direct questions concerning
<u><a style="color: rgb(27, 27, 27); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA2f09d423-27fe-9b0b-e625-253e95cbb078" href="https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary!init.do?solId=%7B98BB6302-ED70-F1C4-6514-8DF311BEE547%7D&path=open">F.9
CSSFP</a></u> to Marc Kuchner at <u>marc.kuchner@nasa.gov</u>. For Heliophysics-specific questions, please contact Dr. Jared M. Bell at
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 400;"><u><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA5e515b19-1a62-b582-838f-ffb35b75a7a2" href="mailto:jared.m.bell@nasa.gov">jared.m.bell@nasa.gov</a></u></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27); font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27); font-weight: 400;">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:</span></p>
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The updated NASA handbook for proposers version 3.0 of the <span style="color: rgb(161, 111, 222);">
<u><a style="color: rgb(161, 111, 222); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAd7fe247d-a621-aad3-a1aa-e36b1bd6da19" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zR1JV7bWW0iV4o6r-CK2U5SiNeMDWhwhvm7a5N7aEQA/edit?usp=drive_link">NASA
Citizen Science Community Handbook: A Resource for Scientists Creating and Leading Projects</a></u></span>.</p>
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<span style="color: black;"><u><a style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" href="https://www.nasa.gov/"><img style="width: 86px; height: 86px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" height="86" width="86" src="blob:https://outlook.office365.com/a887434f-8b47-4dcb-a374-3e1f7402d52a"></a></u></span></p>
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