2025 TRISH Appendix A: Enhancing eXploration Platforms and ANalog Definition (EXPAND) Exploratory Studies

Summary The proposal summary should be between 100 and 300 words (4000 characters maximum) and understandable by a non-scientific reader. The NSPIRES The Proposal Summary must be suitable for release through a publicly accessible archive should the proposal be selected. The Proposal Summary must be written in an anonymized format that does not explicitly identify the names of the team members or their institutions. Table 2 and the NASA GCAM outline the NSPIRES Cover Page Requirements. Failure to meet Dual-Anonymous Peer Review (DAPR) anonymization requirements as described in this document and the accompanying documents on the NSPIRES page for this appendix may result in TRISH rejecting the proposal without review. Business Data See Editing Proposal Business Data on NSPIRES for guidance completing this section.
Proposal Team
All investigators must indicate participation via NSPIRES. If any team member doesn't confirm their participation, the AOR will receive an error that prevents submission. Paid team members may not be collaborators, they must be given a role permitted to receive funds, such as Co-I. A critical partner with a sustained, continuing role is a Co-I, not a collaborator, even if unpaid. Project Summary Project Summary (abstract) must be in the 4000-character text box in the NSPIRES cover pages, not the Scientific/Technical section of the proposal. It must be written in an anonymized format that does not explicitly identify the names of the team members or their institutions and must be suitable for public release if selected. Budget
Proposers are required to provide expanded budgets as needed (e.g., for subcontracts) as part of their Proposal Budget section (see below and the NASA GCAM). For proposals that include NASA civil servant team members: Proposers are required to enter the NASA civil servant team member and fraction of full-time equivalent (FTE) involvement in the same field under the Item column in section F “Other Direct Costs” of the online budget for Step-2 proposals. The funds requested should be entered as the Total Requested Funds for the NASA civil servant, including salary, fringe, materials, travel, etc. (a FAQ with additional budget instructions will be posted on NSPIRES a longside this document). The budget entry should be made for each year of NASA civil servant involvement and is in addition to the agency identification under the team member section and the NASA civil servant FTE designation under the business data section. Indirect fees should not be charged for NASA Civil Servant costs. Program Specific Questions There are program specific data questions that must be answered. Please pay attention to which questions require anonymized answers.