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Habitable Worlds Observatory Instrument Concept Assessments in NASA Research Announcement (NRA): RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN SPACE AND EARTH SCIENCES (ROSES) 2025
NASA Headquarters
NASA Headquarters in the United States has published a notice (Special Notice) about “Habitable Worlds Observatory Instrument Concept Assessments in NASA Research Announcement (NRA): RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN SPACE AND EARTH SCIENCES…”. It is not a call for bids: no tender is open to bid on yet, or the buyer has already chosen a supplier.
The tender in brief
NASA seeks studies of instrument concepts for the Habitable Worlds Observatory, for U.S.-based research institutions
NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory Instrument Concept Assessments program supports studies that mature the mission concept by developing and analyzing instrument concepts, including their scientific performance, engineering feasibility, technology maturity and risks. Two categories exist: assessments led by U.S.-based institutions, and support for U.S.-based individuals in ongoing non-U.S.-led instrument concept programs. Work runs nominally about two years and is funded by firm-fixed-price contracts or interagency agreements.
Who can win it
- Category 1 proposals must be led by U.S.-based institutions
- Category 2 supports U.S.-based individuals in ongoing non-U.S.-led instrument concept programs
Key facts
- Procedure
- Special Notice
- Contract period
- nominally about 2 years
- How bids are judged
- dual anonymous peer review
- Published
- 14 Aug 2026
- Reference
- NNH25ZDA001N-HWOICA
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