[STEM-funding] NASA ISS NLEP; NSF Noyce webinar; DHS CDG; ARO HSAP URAP

[Christopher Andersen]

*1) NASA International Space Station National Lab Education Project (ISS
NLEP):* The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has released an
announcement for its ISS NLEP program (http://bit.ly/zQxHrI). Types of
proposals are grouped into two areas:

"General" areas:
1) new ground-based educational activities/experiments not requiring ISS
upmass
2) new flight-based or on-orbit experiments that require ISS upmass
capability
3) new educational experiments utilizing a facility that simulates the ISS
microgravity environment.

“Specific” areas:
1) flight experiments that can be conducted in “1 unit” (1U) NanoRacks
payload modules onboard the ISS;
2) mission planning proposals to recommend an appropriate mission planning
support for the Amateur Radio on ISS (ARISS) school contacts program using
appropriate software and hardware;
3) proposals to provide engineering/project management support for the High
Schools United with NASA for the Creation of Hardware (HUNCH) project; and
4) proposals will be solicited to develop new applications for the ISSLive!
Internet educational experience using existing real-time ISS telemetry.

NASA has $850,000 to fund up to 4 "General" area awards for 12 months and
$350,000 to fund up to 4 "Specific" area awards for 12 months. Depending on
where you look, letters of intent are due either February 17 (in the
solicitation) or March 5 (on the website), and full proposals are due March
23.

*2) NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship webinars:* The National Science
Foundation has scheduled two webinars about the Noyce solicitation:

February 15 (Wednesday), 3:00pm-4:30pm ET
February 16 (Thursday), 3:00-4:30pm ET

See http://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=123021&org=NSF for
registration information.

*3) DHS Career Development Grant (CDG):* The Department of Homeland
Security has released a modified announcement for its CDG program (
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=138893). From the
program synopsis:

The CDG program enables U.S. accredited four-year colleges and universities
with existing and/or proposed programs in homeland security-related
science, technology, engineering or mathematics to award undergraduate
scholarships and/or graduate fellowships to qualified students who intend
to pursue homeland security scientific, technology, engineering, or
mathematics careers. Note: HS-STEM curricula are homeland security specific
programs of study or concentrations within existing and/or proposed
science, technology, engineering, or mathematics programs. These curricula
may lead to majors, minors, certificates, or recognized concentrations in
HS-STEM. DHS will support only those homeland security programs that are
based on existing and/or proposed accredited science, technology,
engineering, or mathematics curricula.

Proposals to fund undergraduate scholarships may request up to $200,000
over 3 years, while proposals to fund graduate fellowships may request up
to $500,000 over 5 years. Proposals are due March 22.

*4) ARO High School Apprenticeship Program (HSAP) and Undergraduate
Research Apprenticeship Program (URAP):* The Army Research Office has
released a revised HSAP and URAP announcement (
http://www.arl.army.mil/www/default.cfm?page=8). From the announcement:

The Army Research Office (ARO) intends to conduct the High School
Apprenticeship Program (HSAP) and Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship
Program (URAP) for another year. HSAP/URAP will fund the science,
technology, engineering, or math (STEM) apprenticeship of promising high
school juniors, seniors, and undergraduate college students to work in a
university structured research environment under the direction of existing
ARO-sponsored principal investigators (PI) serving as mentors. Awards will
be made as add-ons to existing single-investigator grants,
Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) grants, and
University Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs) that have at least 12
months’ period of performance remaining from the date of proposal
submission.

These supplemental awards can fund up to two apprentices for grants and no
more than six apprentices for UARCs at $3,000 per apprentice. Proposals are
due February 29.

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Christopher Andersen
Director, STEM Initiatives
College of Arts and Sciences
The Ohio State University
186 University Hall
230 North Oval Mall
Columbus, OH 43210-1335 USA
andersen.18 at osu.edu

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