The roses funding opportunity goals are: execute a balanced science program based on discipline-specific guidance from the national academies of sciences, engineering, and medicine, administration…

The Regents of the University of Colorado has been awarded a $473,915 grant for research titled "Dynamic Footprint in Mid-Latitude Mesospheric Clouds" under the Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) funding opportunity. The award, issued January 1, 2025, supports scientific research aligned with the National Science Foundation's Heliophysics program, which focuses on advancing discovery in atmospheric and space physics disciplines. The work will be performed at the University of Colorado's Boulder, Colorado campus and is scheduled for completion by December 31, 2027. No small business set-aside designation applies to this award.

ROSES represents the primary competitive grants program through which the National Science Foundation supports research across multiple scientific disciplines, including astrophysics, planetary science, heliophysics, and Earth science. This particular award contributes to the program's overarching goals of executing a balanced science program, participating in exploration initiatives focused on lunar and Mars research, and advancing cross-disciplinary scientific opportunities. The University of Colorado, a leading public research institution with an extensive portfolio of federal research awards spanning NASA, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Energy, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is well-positioned to deliver the specialized atmospheric research capabilities required for this mesospheric cloud investigation.

The roses funding opportunity goals are: execute a balanced science program based on discipline-specific guidance from the national academies of sciences, engineering, and medicine, administration priorities, and direction from congress. Participate as a key partner and enabler in the agency s exploration initiative, focusing on scientific research of, on, and from the moon, lunar orbit, mars, and beyond. Advance discovery in emerging fields by identifying and exploiting cross-disciplinary opportunities between traditional science disciplines develop a directorate-wide, target-user focused approach to applied programs, including earth science applications, space weather, planetary defense, and space situational awareness.