NASA Kentucky – Space Grant Consortium and EPSCoR Programs

2011-2012 Space Grant Programs

Space Grant Programs Frequently Asked Questions

NASA Kentucky Space Grant Consortium Overview:  The NASA Kentucky Space Grant Consortium is a NASA Higher Education program supporting student fellowships/scholarships, research initiation and workforce development in STEM areas of interest to NASA and Kentucky. Space Grant also promotes networking and cooperation among education, industry, and local, state and federal government. The recruitment and training of US Citizens, especially women, underrepresented minorities and persons with disabilities, for careers in aerospace science and technology is a national priority.  Space Grant Consortium Programs support faculty, students and outreach through Graduate Fellowship (GF), Undergraduate Scholarship (US), Team Project (TP), Research Initiation, (RIA), Course Development/Revision (CDR), and Mini-Grant (MG) awards.

Numbers of Awards:  Numbers of awards in each category are determined by the sizes of the individual awards and available program funding levels.

Reporting Requirements:  Principal Investigators are required to report research productivity and students supported using the KY EPSCoR Reporting System (KERS) during the award period, within 30 days of the end of the award (final technical report) and annually for 5 years post-award (Kentucky EPSCoR requirement).  Reporting on current and prior awards must be up to date to be eligible for funding under RFP-12-001. Proposals from PIs who are delinquent in meeting reporting requirements may be rejected without review.

General Proposal Guidelines:  ALL PROGRAMS

Proposals that omit required materials or that exceed the page limits may be rejected without review. Proposals from PIs who are delinquent in meeting reporting requirements on current or prior NASA Kentucky awards may be rejected without review.

• Equipment may not be purchased or used as cost-share in any NASA Kentucky award.
• Travel funds are restricted to domestic travel only.
• Cost-share must be from non-federal sources.
• All proposals must be submitted electronically as uploaded PDF files.  In the specified file naming convention, PI is last name of proposer and PGM is program abbreviation (see Table 1).

□   Completed and SIGNED Cover Page – scan signed original, save as PDF, filename format PI_PGM_Cover_2011.pdf

□   Completed and SIGNED Budget Form including justification detailing requested support and cost-share –scan signed original, save as PDF, filename format PI_PGM_Budget_2011.pdf

□   Project Description – filename format PI_PGM_Project_2011.pdf

• 12 point font, 1 inch margins, single spaced
• 5 page limit – See specific program guidelines for required content
• Additional pages – See specific program guidelines for lists of documents

□   Upload at nasa.engr.uky.edu/submit by 5pm EDT, October 17, 2011

• Original signed Cover Page and original signed Budget Form must be mailed to the NASA KY Director with a postmark no later than October 21, 2011.

Review Process

To avoid conflicts of interest, alternate reviewers may be recruited by the NASA KY Director.  Proposals will be rated, ranked and funded up to the budgeted amounts available for each program.

Space Grant Consortium Proposal Review Process

The NASA Kentucky Space Grant Affiliate Representatives and external content specialists will review the proposals and rate the technical content as Definitely Fund, Fund if Possible or Do Not Fund (Review Criteria).  Proposals will also be reviewed for budget compliance and programmatic alignment by NASA KY staff.  As a panel, the reviewers will recommend proposals for funding to the NASA KY Director.  Proposals will be rated, ranked and funded up to the budgeted amount available for each program.

Program Guidelines

NASA Kentucky Research Initiation Awards (RIA)

NASA Kentucky Course Development/Revision (CDR)

NASA Kentucky Graduate Fellowships (GF)

NASA Kentucky Undergraduate Scholarships (US)

NASA Kentucky Team Projects (TP)

NASA Kentucky Mini-Grants (MG)

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Student Information Form

NASA Mission Directorates

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Example Competitions

NASA Great Moonbuggy Race
NASA University Student Launch Initiative USLI and SLI
NASA Lunabotics Mining Competition
NASA’s Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concept-Academic Linkage (RASC-AL)
A Rocket Launch for International Student Satellites (ARLISS)
NASA BalloonSat High Altitude Flight Competition
AIAA Student Design/Build /Fly Competition
AIAA Design Competitions
AUVSI Student Competitions
NASA Environmentally Responsible (Green) Aviation College Student Challenge
SAE Aero Design
2011 Student CanSat Competition

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