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…

Universities Space Research Association (USRA) received a $384,071 Project Grant award dated July 16, 2025, from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center under the Science program (CFDA 43.001). The award supports scientific research activities through the agency's Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) funding initiative, with a completion date of July 15, 2028. As a nonprofit research organization headquartered in Washington, DC, USRA will leverage its expertise to advance NASA's strategic objective of expanding human knowledge through new scientific discoveries across multiple scientific disciplines.

The grant enables USRA to conduct scientific investigations aligned with NASA's exploration initiatives and emerging research priorities. The funding supports work in areas such as planetary science, lunar and Mars exploration research, space weather, planetary defense, and cross-disciplinary scientific opportunities. Deliverables typically include theoretical modeling, data analysis, laboratory experiments, field studies, and publication of peer-reviewed scientific results. The project will be performed in Washington, DC, with USRA collaborating with academic institutions and research partners to execute complex scientific research activities consistent with NASA's Science Mission Directorate strategic objectives and the broader ROSES 2025 program goals.

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.