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This is an announcement from NASA regarding a draft Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for the 2025 Astrophysics Small Explorer (SMEX) program, released for community review and comment.
The draft AO (identification number NNH25ZDA008J) was released on January 13, 2025, with comments due by February 21, 2025. The program seeks Principal Investigator-led space science investigations that address NASA's goals to discover the Universe's origin, structure, evolution, and destiny, as well as search for Earth-like planets. Participation is open to all categories of organizations including educational, industrial, non-profit institutions, JPL, FFRDCs, UARCs, NASA Centers, and other U.S. Government agencies, both domestic and international. The draft and final AO will be posted on NSPIRES (https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/). Comments must be submitted via email to the Astrophysics Small Explorers Program Scientist at Doris.Daou@nasa.gov with the subject line "DRAFT 2025 SMEX AO". Responses will be posted in the Q&A section on the program's acquisition website, with commenter anonymity preserved.
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Announcement for NSPIRES, SAM.Gov and Newsletters
Email Subject Line: Draft AO Astrophysics Small Explorers Released for Community
Comment
Draft Announcement of Opportunity 2025 Astrophysics Small Explorer (SMEX)
Release Date: January 13, 2025
Comments Due: February 21, 2025
Identification Number: NNH25ZDA008J
Short URL: https://go.nasa.gov/NNH25ZDA008J
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate
(SMD) is releasing a draft Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for community review and comment: the Draft 2025Astrophysics Small Explorer (SMEX). The Astrophysics Small
Explorers Program conducts Principal Investigator (PI)-led space science investigations relevant to SMD's astrophysics programs. Explorer investigations must address NASA’s goals to discover the origin, structure, evolution, and destiny of the Universe and search for Earth-like planets.
The draft and final AO text will be posted on the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated
Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES): https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/. To find the draft AO text select “Solicitations” at the top of the page, and on the next NSPIRES page enter
“NNH25ZDA008J” in the search box or use the short URL provided.
Participation is open to all categories of organizations or institutions, U.S. or non-U.S., including educational, industrial, and not-for-profit institutions, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and other Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), University Affiliated
Research Centers (UARCs), NASA Centers, and other U.S. Government agencies.
The issuance of the 2025 SMEX Draft AO does not obligate NASA to issue the 2025 Small
Explorer AO and solicit proposals. Any costs incurred by prospective investigators in preparing submissions in response to either of these draft solicitations are incurred completely at the submitter's own risk.
Comments and questions will be accepted by email only. Comments on the draft may be addressed via email to the Astrophysics Small Explorers Program Scientist, Doris.Daou@nasa.gov, using a subject line that reads "DRAFT 2025 SMEX AO". Responses to comments will be given by email and posted in the Questions and Answers (Q&A) section on the Astrophysics Small Explorers Program Acquisition website at https://explorers.larc.nasa.gov/APSMEX25/SMEX/index.html. Similar comments may be aggregated and provided with a single response. Anonymity of persons/institutions who submit comments will be preserved. The comment period for the Draft 2025 SMEX AO ends February
21, 2025.
https://go.nasa.gov/NNH25ZDA008J https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/ mailto:Doris.Daou@nasa.gov https://explorers.larc.nasa.gov/APSMEX25/SMEX/index.html
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