Science Transport & Robotic Innovation for Deployment and Exploration (STRIDE) Program in NASA Research Announcement (NRA): RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN SPACE AND EARTH SCIENCES (ROSES) 2025

The ROSES NRA is written to allow program elements to issue awards to non-governmental organizations as grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts depending on the nature of the work proposed. However, at the time of release, all active program elements of ROSES specifically exclude contracts, because contracts would not be appropriate for the nature of the work solicited. Thus, unless otherwise specified by the program element, awards to non-governmental organizations deriving from ROSES will be federal assistance. Awards to government labs, including funded Co-Investigators on proposals non-governmental organizations, will be inter- or intra-agency transfers, as appropriate.

Research areas of current interest to STO include, but are not limited to, the following topics: Acoustic communication and sensing; Adaptability; Advanced computing; Additive manufacturing; Architecture and advanced systems engineering; Artificial intelligence; Autonomy and control algorithms; Combat identification; Command and control (C2); Communications and networking, virtual and adaptive; Complexity management; Critical infrastructure defense; Decision aids and C2 technology; DevOps and novel software development and integration; Directed energy (DE); Distributed autonomy and teaming (machine-machine, human-machine); Economic security; Effects chain functions (disaggregated find, fix, track, target, engage, assess); Electro-optic/infrared sensors; Electromagnetic warfare (EW); High-frequency (HF) communications and sensing; High voltage electric power systems and architecture; Human behavior modeling; Human-machine symbiosis; Industrial engineering; Integration and reliability technologies; Interoperability; Logistics; Modeling and simulation; Microwave and millimeter wave communications and sensing; Novel kinetic effects; Non-kinetic effects (EW, DE, cyber); Optical technologies; Photonics; Radio technologies (especially software-defined and novel waveforms and processing); Radar and adaptive arrays; Resilient systems; Robotics; Seekers and other expendable sensors and processing; Sensors and analytics; Signal processing; Space sensors, communications, autonomy, and architectures (especially supporting proliferated low earth orbit constellations); Strategy analysis technology; Supply chain analytics; System of systems; Undersea and seabed technology; Tactics development technology; Testing and data collection; Very low earth orbit (VLEO) technology; Very low frequency (VLF) technology.

Developed a handheld digital microscope to fill the critical microscopy needs of human space exploration by providing flight crews in situ hematological diagnostic and tracking ability to assess and monitor crew health in the absence of gravity. Although currently in use aboard the international space station (iss) to work in conjunction with nasa s handheld slide staining system, the microscope may have numerous applications here on earth. The microscope is entirely self-contained, and includes optics, illumination, high-resolution imaging hardware, wireless enabled single board computer with scalable power and memory, and rechargeable battery.