PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER - SPECIAL EDITION
Volume 7, Number 50 (October 18, 2013)

PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org
Editor: Mark V. Sykes
Co-Editors: Melissa Lane, Susan Benecchi
Email: pen_editor at psi.edu

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[NASA] NEW PROPOSAL DUE DATES FOR MDAP, PMDAP, OPR, NAI, MARS 2020

During the Government shutdown, the proposal due dates for MDAP and
PMDAP were set to TBD in order for Government proposers to have time 
to prepare their submissions. Now that the Government has resumed work, 
new due dates have been set for these programs. In addition, new 
proposal due dates have been set for other programs (OPR) with an 
original due date in the near future. Updated due dates are as follows:

Mars Data Analysis Program (MDAP): Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Planetary Mission Analysis Program (PMDAP): Monday, October 28, 2013

Outer Planets Research (OPR): Friday, November 15, 2013

NAI Cycle 7 CAN Step 1: Monday, November 18, 2013

NAI Cycle 7 CAN Step 2: Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Mars 2020 Pre-Proposal Conference: Monday, October 28, 2013

Mars 2020 NOI: Monday, November 4, 2013

Mars 2020 Proposal Due Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2014
 
Questions concerning these changes should be directed to the relevant 
points of contact:

MDAP and Mars 2020
Mitchell Schulte
202-358-2127
mitchell.d.schulte@nasa.gov 

PMDAP 
Michael Kelley
202-358-0607
HQ-PMDAP@mail.nasa.gov

OPR 
Terry Hurford
202-358-0780
terry.a.hurford@nasa.gov

NAI
Mary Voytek
202-358-1577
mary.voytek-1@nasa.gov

[Reduced from NSPIRES announcements and the NASA SARA site]


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