Planetary Science R&A

Jonathan RallPlanetary Science R&A Lead

Planetary Science Subcommit tee Meet ingWashington, DCMarch 30, 2015

PSD  R&A  ROSES  14  Program  Name   Step-­‐1  Due  Date   Step-­‐2  Due  Date  

Emerging  Worlds  (EW)   03/31/2014   06/04/2014  Exoplanets  (XRP)   03/31/2014   05/23/2014  Exobiology   04/14/2014   06/03/2014  Solar  System  Obs.  (SSO)   04/07/2014   06/06/2014  MatISSE   04/21/2014   06/20/2014  Laboratory  Analysis  of  Returned  Sample  (LARS)   04/28/2014   06/27/2014  Solar  System  Workings  (SSW)   05/23/2014   07/25/2014  Planetary  Data  Archiving,  Resto,  Tools  (PDART)   07/17/2014   09/17/2014  Discovery  Data  Analysis  (DDAP)   07/21/2014   09/19/2014  Planetary  Sci./Tech.  Throu  Analog  Research  (PSTAR)   07/25/2014   09/26/2014  Cassini  Data  Analysis  (CDAP)   07/28/2014   09/26/2014  Mars  Data  Analysis  (MDAP)   08/04/2014   10/03/2014  Lunar  Data  Analysis  (LDAP)   08/29/2014   10/24/2014  PICASSO   09/15/2014   11/14/2014  Habitable  Worlds  (HW)   11/24/2014   01/23/2015  

Proposal  Decisions  Program  Name   Step-­‐1  

Submissions  Step-­‐2  

Submissions  Selected  

(*  Pending)  

EW     219   159   32  

SSW     509   384   56*  

Exobiology  

SSO    

186  

99  

144  

71  

Pending  

21  

PDART   143   100   20*  

CDAPS   101   78   19*  

DDAP   32   27   10  

LARS   29   24   9  

XRP    

MDAP  

LDAP  

PSTAR  

168  

139  

82  

69  

134  

104  

51  

46  

21/11†  

Pending  

Pending  

7  

HW  

MatISSE  

110  

55  

72  

44  

Review  Pending  

5*  

PICASSO   112   96   Pending  

Trends  in  the  PSD  R&A  Program  2004-­‐2013  

Big  thanks  to  Susan  Keddie,  Michael  New,  and  Jeff  Grossman  

Data

13,330 proposals submit ted to solicitat ions inROSS-04 to ROSES-13

Data from select ion spreadsheets (pre-2009) andNSPIRES

Foreign proposals removed from set

Any proposals listed as “Selectable”considered “Declined”

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DRAFT  ROSES  2015  Table  of  Contents   APPENDIX C. PLANETARY SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM

C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview C.1-1 C.2 Emerging Worlds C.2-1 C.3 Solar System Workings C.3-1 C.4 Habitable Worlds C.4-1 C.5 Exobiology C.5-1 C.6 Solar System Observations C.6-1 C.7 Planetary Data Archiving, Restoration, and Tools C.7-1 C.8 Lunar Data Analysis C.8-1 C.9 Mars Data Analysis C.9-1 C.10 Cassini Data Analysis and Participating Scientists C.10-1 C.11 Discovery Data Analysis C.11-1 C.12 Planetary Instrument Concepts for the Advancement of Solar C.12-1 System Observations C.13 Maturation of Instruments for Solar System Exploration C.13-1 C.14 Planetary Science and Technology from Analog Research C.14-1 C.15 Planetary Protection Research C.15-1 C.16 Fellowships for Early Career Researchers C.16-1 C.17 Planetary Major Equipment C.17-1 C.18 Laboratory Analysis of Returned Samples C.18-1

Focused Research Opportunities C.19 Hayabusa2 Participating Scientist program C.19-1 C.20 MSL Participating Scientist program C.20-1

Cross Divisional Activities E.3 Exoplanets E.3-1

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PSD R&A ROSES 15 DeadlinesProgram Name Step-1 Due Date Step-2 Due Date

Exoplanets (XRP) 03/27/2015 05/22/2015Emerging Worlds (EW) 03/31/2015 06/05/2015Exobiology 04/10/2015 06/12/2015Solar System Obs. (SSO) 04/10/2015 06/12/2015Laboratory Analysis of Returned Sample (LARS) 04/24/2015 06/26/2015Planetary Data Archiving, Resto, Tools (PDART) 05/15/2015 07/17/2015Cassini Data Analysis (CDAPS) 06/01/2015 08/18/2015Solar System Workings (SSW) 06/11/2015 09/10/2015

02/25/2016Planetary Sci./Tech. Throu Analog Research (PSTAR) 07/24/2015 09/25/2015Mars Data Analysis (MDAP) 08/28/2015 10/02/2015Lunar Data Analysis (LDAP) 08/28/2015 10/30/2015Discovery Data Analysis (DDAP) 09/10/2015 11/20/2015PICASSO 09/14/2015 11/13/2015Habitable Worlds (HW) 11/20/2015 01/22/2016

FY15 BudgetProgram

Planetary R&A

Budget

$162.4M

Mars R&A $10.0M

Outer Planets Research $8.5M

Discovery Research

JRPA — SSERVI

NEOO

Total

$9.8M

$10.0M

$13M*

$213.7M

*Est imate based on Approvals in RAPTOR and no expected solicitat ion

Quest ions?

Back  Up  

Not ional Timeline for SSWSingle Step 1 per yearTwo Step 2 deadlinesTwo Funding Decision Dates~45% from 2.1, ~45% from 2.2 and final ~10% from total remaining selectable proposals

SSW2015Step 1Due 6/11/2015

SSW2015Step 2.1Due 9/10/2015

SSW2015Step 2.11st FundingDecision1/2016

SSW2015Step 2.2Due 2/25/2016

SSW2015Step 2.22nd Fundingdecisions5/2016

SSW2016Step 1Due 6/9/2016

SSW2016Step 2.1Due 9/8/2016

SSW2016Step 2.11st FundingDecision1/2017

SSW2016Step 2.2Due 2/23/2016

Average Budget Requests

$186,384$190,374

$147,048

$196,517

$157,788

$146,561

$201,197

$158,805

$145,266

$168,882

$128,826

$135,008

$129,408

$137,996 $136,254$134,027 $135,758 $134,557

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$142,894

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No EXOB call

All programs

Non-Instrument Development programs

PDART CDAPS DDAP LDAP MDAP SSW

ScienceInvest igat ion

No“does not accept proposals in

which the main focus ishypothesis-based science”

YES YES YES YES YES

LaboratoryStudies

YES

“may be performed to validateany generated products”

YES Minor“not intended to support

invest igat ions whose primaryemphasis is ... laboratory

measurements”

Minor“provided that the request areclearly described and that the

observations or measurementsare essential to the success ofthe work proposed” and “does

not exceed 20% of theproposal’s total effort”

Minor YES

Field Work

No YES No Minor“provided that the request areclearly described and that the

observations or measurementsare essential to the success ofthe work proposed” and “does

not exceed 20% of the proposal’s total effort”

Minor YES

Comparat ivePlanetology

YES

“may be performed to validateany generated products”

YES

As long as all Cassini Data

YES

As long as all Discoverymission data

No No YES“If the proposal analyzes datawithin the scope of more thanone of the [DAPs] in order toperform comparat ive studies

across the Solar System, but isnot appropriate to any one

[DAP]”

Data ProductsYES YES

must include a scienceinvest igat ion

YESmust include a science

invest igat ion

YESmust include a science

invest igat ion

YESmust include a science

invest igat ion

YESmust include a science

invest igat ion

Modeling

Minor

“may be performed to validateany generated products”

YES Minor“not intended to support

investigations whoseprimary emphasis is ... thedevelopment of numerical

models”

Minor Minor YES

No YES YES YES YES YESCassini-Huygens

“Proposals to work with Cassinidata and also use ground-based

or other data are acceptable,provided that the success of the

NEARLunarProspector

StardustGenesis

LCROSSM3LRO

GRAIL

MPFMGSMO

MERs

“Although this programencourages the utilization of

data from planetarymissions ... it does not acceptproposals eligible for funding

by the Data Analysis Programs”Mission Data

Analysisproposal, as written, is

dependent upon the Cassinidata.”

Deep ImpactMESSENGER

DawnEPOXI

Stardust-NExT

ARTEMISLADEE

non-US Lunar missions“data analyses that require the

use of older mission data sets areallowable in the context ofenhancing the analysis and

understanding of the data fromthe missions listed above.”

MEXMROPHXMSL

“PDART does not supportScientif ic investigations whose

primary emphasis is dataanalysis”

“Improved atmosphericmodels...” and “Improved

models for the Mars gravityf ield and global topography and

planetary f igure.”

“greatly increase the use of, orsignif icantly facilitate the

interpretation of, data fromthe mission”

“greatly increase the use of, orsignif icantly facilitate the

interpretation of, data fromthe mission”

“greatly increase the use of, orsignif icantly facilitate the

interpretation of, data fromthe mission”