The Early Career Investigator Program in Earth Science (ECIP-ES; ROSES A.11) is designed to support outstanding scientific research and career development of scientists and engineers at the early stage of their professional careers. As part of the Early Career Research (ECR) Program, this element welcomes innovative research initiatives and seeks to cultivate scientific leadership in Earth System Science to advance the development and implementation of the Earth Science to Action strategy.
ROSES-2025 Amendment 53 releases A.11 ECIP as a new opportunity in ROSES-25. Mandatory Notices of Intent are due by May 18, 2026, and proposals are due June 17, 2026. NASA will host two virtual informational sessions on at 12 PM eastern time on May 14, 2026, and at 1 PM eastern time on May 26, 2026. Connect information for these virtual informational sessions will be posted in the PDF under “Other documents” on the NSPIRES page for this program element.
On or about April 17, 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.11 ECIP may be directed to Yaítza Luna-Cruz at yaitza.luna-cruz@nasa.gov and Cynthia Hall at cynthia.r.hall@nasa.gov.
