1 2

FY 1998 Solar Physics SR&T and Suborbital Program details


Letters announcing the results of the competition for new Fiscal Year (FY)
1998 awards from the SR&T and Suborbital Program in Solar Physics were
mailed to Principal Investigators in February 1998. These awards were made
on the basis of proposals submitted in response to NASA Research
Announcement NRA-97-OSS-08. FY 1998 Supporting Research and
Technology (SR&T) funding matches that of FY 1997, at $6.2 M. The
Suborbital Program budget was $3.6 M. The selections were based on these
budgets.


Proposals describing 87 investigations (including 12 Suborbital) were
received in the competition for FY 1998 funding from the Solar Physics
program. These were rated in a peer review of their scientific merit.
The total FY 1998 funding requested was $10.1 M and the funding available
for competition was $3.1 M (including $1 M in Suborbital). The
assignment of ratings was based on requirements set out in the NRA.
Selection for funding from among scientifically competitive proposals is
typically based on a combination of programmatic, budgetary and
operational considerations. The available funding proved sufficient to
allow selection of 37 proposals, 30 of which were the highest ranked by
peer review. The remaining 7 represent one-year phase-downs of
programs in place for a number of years. All selected proposals were
funded at the levels recommended by the review panels; in nine cases
this level was less than requested by the proposer.


The next opportunity to propose for Solar Physics funding will be in
response to the 1998 Research Opportunities in Space Science NRA
announcing the Sun-Earth Connections Supporting Research and
Technology and Suborbital Program, which was released in early
February 1998. This NRA is now available on the Web at:


http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/oss/nra/98-oss-03/


A list of the proposals selected for FY 1998 is appended. The most common
period of performance is three years. Any lesser number of years covered
by a particular award is indicated, thereby allowing the full scope of the
NASA solar physics program at any future point in time to be ascertained
by the reader.


Web curator: Joseph B. Gurman
Responsible NASA official:
William J. Wagner
NASA Headquarters
Code SR Washington DC 20546-0001
Last revised - J.B. Gurman

Sun-Earth Connections home page