ROSES 2022: Space Weather Centers of Excellence
Funding Agency:
- NASA
The Space Weather Centers of Excellence (SWxC) element is part of an integrated multi-agency initiative to advance the science and technology of space weather. The SWxC program element is envisioned as supporting multi-institution, multi-/inter-/transdisciplinary collaborations (hereinafter Centers) that address grand challenge goals of space weather, and which are ambitious in scope and transformative in nature. This program is intended to support research that cannot be effectively done by individual investigators or small teams, instead requiring the synergistic, coordinated efforts of a research center. With this motivation, this SWxC program element takes advantage of lessons learned from ongoing and past science centers, the growing body of information on team science, and a coordinated national effort to improve space weather capabilities and preparedness.
As described in the 2019 National Space Weather Strategy and Action Plan (NSWSAP), "Space weather comprises a set of naturally occurring phenomena that have the potential to adversely affect critical functions, assets, and operations in space and on Earth. Extreme space weather events can degrade or damage critical infrastructures, which may result in direct or cascading failures across key services such as electric power, communications, water supply, healthcare, and transportation. Preparing for B.22-2 space weather events will help protect infrastructure and activities vital to national security and the economy of the United States." This was further emphasized by the 2020 Promoting Research and Observations of Space Weather to Improve the Forecasting of Tomorrow (PROSWIFT) act, which categorically states that "[s]pace weather phenomena pose a significant threat to ground-based and space-based critical infrastructure, modern technological systems, and humans working in space."
Up to $2,000,000 per award
$4,000,000
Step-1 Proposal due by June 21, 2022; 25-page Step-2 proposals are due August 25, 2022
Jesse Woodroffe; Heliophysics Division; Science Mission Directorate; NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546-0001; Telephone: (202) 358-0574; Email: jesse.r.woodroffe@nasa.gov