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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
NNH13ZDA004N
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Dec 21, 2012
Creation Date:
Dec 21, 2012
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Apr 05, 2013
Question and Answer Telecon January 17, 2013
Proposals Due: APRIL 5, 2013, 5 pm EDT
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Apr 05, 2013
Question and Answer Telecon January 17, 2013
Proposals Due: APRIL 5, 2013, 5 pm EDT
Archive Date:
Dec 21, 2013
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
17
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling:
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s):
43.001
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Science
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Unrestricted
Agency Name
NASA Headquarters
Description
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT INSTRUMENT PROJECT (USIP) 2013
The NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is releasing this Undergraduate Student Instrument Project (USIP) Educational Flight Opportunity (EFO) to solicit U.S. university proposals to develop an Earth or space science payload that will fly on a NASA suborbital vehicle, such as a sounding rocket, balloon, aircraft, or commercial suborbital reusable launch vehicle. SMD designed USIP to promote interest and proficiency in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and to develop careers in the STEM related fields through offering NASA’s unique suborbital research platforms for student educational flight opportunities.
This EFO is intended to provide multidiscipline undergraduate student teams an exciting hands-on project, while at the same time promoting the technical and project management skills necessary to train the country’s future science and technology leaders.
The maximum funding available from SMD for a proposed project, including the design, development, and testing of the science payload, is $50K. The science payload funding may be supplemented with contributions by the implementing university; however, there are no expectations as to the amount of the university contributions. The university contribution is determined strictly by the university based on the university’s capabilities and the project’s needs. The cost of payload integration with the suborbital vehicle and the launch/flight is provided by NASA at no cost to the university team. The selected projects must be launched or flight-ready within 13-16 months from the project initiation date. SMD expects to select approximately 15-20 projects, subject to available funding.
The first goal of this USIP Educational Flight Opportunity is:
To provide a hands-on flight project experience to enhance the science, technical, leadership, and project skills for the selected U.S. university undergraduate student team.
The second goal of this solicitation is:
To fly a science payload having a purpose relevant to the Science Mission Directorate’s science goals (http://nasascience.nasa.gov/ ).
This solicitation will be available on or about December 21, 2012, at the NASA Research Opportunities homepage at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ and then linking through the menu listing "Solicitations" to "Open Solicitations."
The Point of Contact for further information and inquiries about the Undergraduate Student Instrument Project Educational Flight Opportunity is:
