FOA-A.41
Citizen Science for Earth Systems Program (NNH20ZDA001N-CSESP); NIT by August 4,
2020
Agency
National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Description
The
primary goal of the Citizen Science for Earth Systems Program(CSESP) is to develop and implement capabilities to
augment and enhance NASA scientific data and capacity through voluntary
observations, interpretations, or other direct participation by members of the
general public to advance understanding of the Earth as a system. The program
complements NASA's capability of observing Earth globally from space, air, land,
and water by engaging the public in NASA's strategic goals in Earth Science(see
https://science.nasa.gov/about-us/science-strategy).
The program aims to advance the use of citizen science in scientific research
about Earth by directly supporting citizen science activities, as well as by
deploying technology to further citizen science research. This program element
is a follow on to the 2016 CSESP ROSES Program element for which the funded
projects are described on the Citizen Science for Earth Systems Program page.
While much of the focus of the original program element has remained, the new
program element also includes an option to propose to analyze and interpret
legacy NASA-supported citizen science data. For the purposes of this program
element, NASA citizen science data means data that were collected by citizen
scientists and that were derived from a NASA-funded citizen science project, or
citizen science data hosted directly on a NASA data system, or citizen science
data that are directly used to calibrate or validate NASA Earth observation
data.
For
the purpose of this program element, citizen science is defined as efforts or
projects that use voluntary public participation in the scientific endeavor,
including –but not limited to –formulating research questions, conducting
experiments, collecting and analyzing data collected by citizen and/or
professional scientists, interpreting results, making new discoveries, and/or
developing or deploying technologies and applications. Crowdsourcing, another
frequently used term describing voluntary contributions, is included under
citizen science in this program element.
Announcement
Number:
NNH20ZDA001N-CSESP
Closing
Date:
Notice
of Intent: August 4, 2020
Proposals:
September 11, 2020
Link
to Full Announcement
Contact
Information
Kevin
Murphy
(202)
358-3042