The NASA Earth Science Division (ESD) Earth Action Program seeks proposals to form a Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team (HAQAST). This team will apply Earth observations to improve and develop decision-making activities and enable transition and adoption by public- and/or private-sector organization(s) for sustained use in decision making and services to end users in the areas of public health and air quality.
HAQAST is part of a decade-long effort by NASA Earth Action to re-envision how applied sciences teams work. HAQAST interests are both focused (to use NASA satellite data to help solve real-world public health and air quality problems) and diverse (to work globally on issues from wildfire smoke to diesel emissions). HAQAST collaborates with public and private stakeholders, who help guide our research. HAQAST also pursues short-term, high-impact projects in small groups called “tiger teams.” Ultimately, the goal is to use NASA’s data and satellites to pursue cutting edge applied research to keep the public healthy and safe.
This team will focus on specific applications and demonstrations required to advance the health and air quality management communities’ uses of Earth science observations and models in decision making. An emphasis of the team is on responsiveness to managerial and end user needs, as well as pursuit of multiple applications of varied durations. Awardees will receive baseline funding to be a team member; a separate amount, representing a significant portion of funds overall, will be allocated to team members for "tiger team" projects during the course of the HAQAST. Submissions to this program element shall not propose any "tiger team" activities.
