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The ROSES 2024
Mars Data Analysis Program (MDAP)
Appendix C.9
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Notice: Proposals to this program will be evaluated using a dual-anonymous review process. Both Step-1 and Step-2 proposals must
be anonymous. See preparation guidelines in
Appendix C.9, Section 3.2 and in the associated
"Guidelines for Anonymous Proposals" document under "Other Documents" on the NSPIRES page for this program element.
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MDAP continues to solicit proposals via a two-step proposal submission process described in
Section 2 of C.1 The
Planetary Science Division Research Program Overview.
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Mandatory Step-1 proposals are due September 12, 2024, and Step-2 proposals are due November 14, 2024.
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Proposals to MDAP are subject to a relevance requirement in addition to and that supersedes those detailed in the
ROSES Summary of Solicitation, see
Appendix C.9, Section 2.3 for information. Proposals that do not fulfill this requirement may be returned without review.
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Proposers are strongly advised to read
Appendix C.1 in its entirety to help ensure that they have all the necessary information to be compliant with their proposal submission.
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The objective of the Mars Data Analysis Program (MDAP) is to enhance the scientific return from missions to Mars
conducted by NASA and other space agencies. These include, but are not limited to, the following missions:
Mars Pathfinder (MPF), Mars Global Surveyor (MGS), Mars Odyssey (MO), Mars Exploration Rovers (MER), Mars
Express (MEX), Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), Phoenix (PHX), Mars Science
Laboratory (MSL), Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN), ExoMars Trace
Gas Orbiter (TGO), InSight, Emirates Mars Mission (EMM), and Mars 2020 (the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity
helicopter).
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Any proposal may incorporate the investigation of data from more than one mission. MDAP broadens scientific participation in the analysis of mission data sets and funds high-priority areas of
research that support planning for future Mars missions. MDAP supports scientific investigations of Mars using publicly available
(released) data.
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Information about Mars missions, as well as references containing preliminary science results, can be found on the
Mars Exploration Program (MEP) homepage. |
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Mission data are available from the Planetary
Data System (PDS). |
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Spacecraft/Mission |
Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) |
EUV, LPW, MAG, NGIMS, SEP, SWEA, SWIA, STATIC |
Mars Express (MEX) |
ASPERA, MARSIS |
Mars Global Surveyor(MGS) |
MAG, ER, RSS |
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) |
RAD |
2001 Mars Odyssey (ODY) |
MARIE |
InSight |
IFG, MAG |
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The following Discipline Nodes also have Mars information pages: |
Atmospheres Node
Cartography and Imaging Sciences Node
Geosciences Node
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Ancillary data (SPICE files) for Mars can be obtained from the
NAIF Node |
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For proposals that contain mission data analysis, planetary spacecraft mission data to be used in
proposed investigations must be available in the Planetary Data System (PDS) or equivalent
publicly accessible archive at least 30 days prior to the Step-2 proposal submission date. Spacecraft
data that have not been placed in the public domain may
not be proposed for use in MDAP investigations. The calendar of record for data released in
the PDS is the PDS Data Release Calendar
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Proposals submitted to this program element must include an Open Science and Data
Management Plan (OSDMP). See
Section 3.7 of C.1 Planetary Science Research
Program Overviewfor information on content. The OSDMP must be placed in a special section, not to exceed two pages in length, immediately following the References and
Citations section for the Scientific/Technical/Management portion of the proposal. The sufficiency of the OSDMP will be evaluated as part of Merit. This section of the proposal
must be anonymized. In cases where a letter of support from the Planetary Data System is required, that letter must be included in the separate "Expertise and
Resources Not Anonymized" document as outlined in the
"Guidelines for AnonymousProposals" instructions.
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This program element uses a two-step proposal submission process described in
program element
C.1, Section 2. Both Step-1 and Step-2 proposals must be written in an anonymized format. Step-2 Proposals to this program element must specifically address the relevance of the
proposed work to this program element. This requirement
supersedes the NASA Proposer’s Guide and the ROSES Summary of Solicitation, and the omission of this section is sufficient reason for a proposal to be returned without
review.
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Proposals submitted to this program will be evaluated using a dual-anonymous peer
review (DAPR) process. In the DAPR process, proposers are unaware of the identity of
the reviewers and the reviewers are not told the identity of the proposers until after the
evaluation of the anonymized proposal. The objective of dual-anonymous peer review is
to minimize bias in the evaluation of the merit of a proposal. See
Section 3.13 of C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview and the instructions in the
"Guidelines for Anonymous Proposals" document for additional submission instructions.
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