Amendment 64: New Opportunity: A.15 Biosphere

NASA’s Biosphere research area focuses on research that provides foundational knowledge on interactions between and within terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, along with changes to their biogeochemistry and biodiversity. In doing so, it leverages the unique vantage point of space. Programmatically, Biosphere includes four research areas (subelements): Biological Diversity, Land Cover and Land Use Change, Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry, and Terrestrial Ecology. The goal is to further understand the Earth system in which both human-induced and natural changes influence the composition, structure, and function of ecosystems, as well as the fluxes and storage of elements critical for life and the availability of natural resources. Its research hinges on remotely sensed measurements of our living planet, including data obtained from space, aircraft, and other suborbital platforms; data from field studies and coordinated campaigns; and data assimilation and modeling efforts to quantify and predict changes to the biodiversity and biogeochemical regimes of the living Earth. Long-term, sustained, and well-calibrated satellite data are a critical component of Earth system observations and are the only means to detect change synoptically at the global scale.

ROSES-2025 Amendment 64 releases A.15 Biosphere as a new opportunity in ROSES-25. Step-1 proposals are due by September 4, 2026, and Step-2 proposals are due November 6, 2026. Proposals submitted to this program will be evaluated using dual anonymous peer review.

On or about July 20, 2026, this Amendment to the NASA Research Announcement “Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2025” (NNH25ZDA001N) will be posted on the NASA research opportunity homepage at https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025 and will appear on SARA’s ROSES blog at: https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/solicitations/roses-2025/

Questions concerning A.15 Biosphere should be directed to the appropriate point of contact based on subject area:

Biodiversity
Kelsey Bisson kelsey.bisson@nasa.gov

Land Cover and Land Use Change:
Krishna Vadrevu krishna.p.vadrevu@nasa.gov

Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry:
Laura Lorenzoni laura.lorenzoni@nasa.gov
Kelsey Bisson kelsey.bisson@nasa.gov

Terrestrial Ecology:
Amanda Whitehurst amanda.s.whitehurst@nasa.gov
Ryan Pavlick ryan.p.pavlick@nasa.gov