**NASA has introduced a new restriction on funding for interagency awards under the Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2025.** The amendment aims to clarify existing policies, particularly with regards to government agencies.
Previously, certain programs like **Appendix A (Earth Science)** and **Appendix C (Planetary Science)** had a prohibition on funding to government agencies than NASA. This has been clarified, while other programs, such as **Appendix B (Heliophysics)** and **F.3 The Exoplanet Research Program**, do not apply this outright prohibition.
Instead, these programs require proposers planning to fund or receive funding from government agencies to seek approval from the relevant program element’s point of contact.
**The Astrophysics Research Program Overview has also introduced new guidelines**: for interagency awards below $100k per year. Approvals are unlikely to be granted unless the Other Federal Agency is the submitting institution or a subawardee.
For more information, please refer to the ROSES-2025 program overviews and Sections I(d)i and III(a) of the ROSES-25 Summary of Solicitation.Appendix A (Earth Science) has already been updated.
Source: https://astrobiology.com/2025/07/nasa-roses-25-amendment-1-restrictions-on-interagency-awards.html