NASA invites researchers to join foundation-model AI work for Moon and Mars

NASA’s ROSES-2025 Amendment 37 introduces a new program element, C.12 Foundational Artificial Intelligence for the Moon and Mars (FAIMM), to enable individual researchers to participate as members of teams designing science and exploration applications for large, general artificial intelligence models known as Foundation Models for the Moon and Mars.

The announcement says these foundation models harness large datasets and can be applied to a range of AI and machine-learning tasks to advance science and exploration on the Moon and Mars. Selected participants will work collaboratively with existing project team members, AI researchers and engineers; the program seeks to expand personnel, skills, expertise, datasets and science and exploration disciplines contributing to large AI models, and no prior AI/ML experience is required.

ROSES-2025 Amendment 37 presents C.12 FAIMM as a new program element. The amendment states that neither Step-1 proposals nor notices of intent are requested, and that proposals are due by April 28, 2026. The amendment was to be posted on or about January 13, 2026 on the NASA research opportunity homepage at https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025 and on SARA's ROSES blog at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/solicitations/roses-2025/.

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Science, Nasa, Foundation Models, Moon, Mars, Faimm