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Please note that this program requests optional Notices of Intent, which are due via NSPIRES by 01/26/2026. See the full posting on NSPIRES for details. NOTICE: Corrected February 4, 2026. The anonymized table of work effort in the S/T/M section of the proposal need not list each team member. Total time for each category of personnel is adequate, see Section 3.3.2 and a table of work effort template posted under "Other documents" on the NSPIRES page for this program element . New text is in bold and deleted text is struck through. NOTICE: An information document for the DAPR Q&A session for SciAct on Feb. 11, 3:30 -- 4:30 pm Eastern has been posted in 'Other Documents' section of this NSPIRES page. Access the following link to submit and upvote questions: https://nasa.cnf.io/sessions/dg9f/#!/dashboard NOTICE: Corrected January 9, 2026. Minor corrections have been made to Section 3.3.1 and Table F.6-3. New text is in bold and deleted text is struck through. The due dates remain unchanged. NOTICE: Corrected December 22, 2025. The Table on Formatting Guidelines for Year 2-5 Budgets was moved from 3.3.2 to 3.3.4. and related corrections were made to Sections 2.5 and 3.3.2 to clarify requirements for the budget submission. New text is in bold and deleted text is struck through. The due dates remain unchanged: Notices of intent to propose are requested by January 26, 2026, and proposals are due March 31, 2026. NOTICE: Amended December 11, 2025. This amendment releases final text for this program element, which was previously TBD. There will be a pre-proposal webinar on January 9, 2026, at 2 pm Eastern time. Details for joining the webinar will be posted under “Other documents” on the right side of this NSPIRES page. Notices of intent to propose are requested by January 26, 2026, and proposals are due March 31, 2026. The page limit for the central Science/Technical/Management section of the proposal is 18 pages, see Section 3. Proposals will be evaluated using dual-anonymo