Grant Proposal Preparation 101 with NASA SCoPE
Two grants, each up to $95,000, will be available for early career (i.e., within 10 years of PhD) and career scientists in the NASA SCoPE community. Individuals from historically marginalized communities are especially encouraged to apply. If you are not already familiar with the NASA SciAct program and the SCoPE project, we strongly encourage you to start by watching the webinar linked below.
Grant Proposal Preparation 101 with NASA SCoPE
Watch this webinar designed to help you craft a high-quality proposal for the NASA SCoPE Seed Grant program.
NASA SCoPE Seed Grant Resources
Visit this Google Drive to access the Seed Grant template and other helpful files.
Grant description
The NASA SCoPE Project at Arizona State University
Part of NASA’s Science Activation 2.0 Education and Community Outreach Program (SciAct), NASA SCoPE offers seed grants to:
- Scientists and engineers using or capturing NASA data, and
- Early career scientists (i.e., Subject Matter Experts, or SMEs)
that collaborate with a SciAct Team to develop or participate in NASA science communication activities.
This grant opportunity is open to SMEs at all career levels and demographics, but early career SMEs (i.e., within 10 years of PhD) and those from historically marginalized communities are especially encouraged to apply.
Grant Goals
- Bring together scientists, engineers and SciAct teams to work collaboratively in support of the SciAct teams goals using the SME's expertise in NASA data, science, and missions to bring results of NASA-funded research to the public.
- Provide a conduit for those scientists and engineers to communicate the results of their research and missions to the world.
Funding from these Seed Grants can be used for salary support, production of educational materials, travel to SciAct team meetings for collaboration, and/or travel to present results and/or participate in workshops for future collaborations. Of particular need are proposals whose work can address diverse communities.
Grant details
Eligibility Requirements
- U.S. citizens or individuals with the lawful status of "permanent resident" are eligible.
- Applicants that identify as a scientist, engineer, or emerging* subject matter expert in the NASA SCoPE community and engaging with or publishing (last 5 years) in the fields of Heliophysics, Earth Science, Planetary Science, Astrophysics, or Biological and Physical Sciences are eligible.
- Civil servants are ineligible.
- Individuals receiving funding from an existing NASA SciAct team in 2025 are ineligible.
* Emerging subject matter experts are defined as PhD candidates and post-doctoral scholars working with NASA published advisors, NASA data or NASA missions.
How the grant works
- Collaboration with a SciAct team is required.
- Grant size is limited to a maximum of $95,000.
- A maximum of 4 individuals** will be awarded for an individual project.
- Award will go directly to the proposing applicants.
- Proposed work must be completed by November 30th, 2025.
- All awardees will provide monthly status updates and coordinate with NASA SCoPE project manager to organize work.
- A final report will be due to the NASA SCoPE Team upon completion of your project. Awardees will also be expected to complete a short evaluation survey.
**All awarded individuals must meet the eligibility requirements
When to apply
Application Due
Application cycle closes January 31, 2025.