[Baps] [Fwd: NASA space technology research]
Paul Withers
withers at bu.edu
Mon Jun 21 09:16:49 EDT 2010
Dear all,
The proposed NASA budget includes a reinvigoration of NASA's technology
programs. The email below outlines some related funding opportunities
(student fellowships and regular grants) that may appear with short
turn-around times in FY2010 as precursors to established programs in FY2011.
I decided to send this specific funding notice to BAPS because it
relates to the technology side of NASA, which has much more opaque
funding opportunities than the scientific side most of us are more
familiar with (eg ROSES).
Paul
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Subject: NASA student fellowships for space technology research
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:40:32 -0400 (EDT)
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*June 11, 2010*
Because you have partnered with JPL in the past, I believe you would be
interested in knowing more about the new proposed NASA Space Technology
Program and, in particular, what opportunities might exist in the future
to fund joint research and student fellowships in partnership with JPL
and other NASA Centers.
New NASA Space Technology Program
As you may already know, the President's FY11 budget for NASA includes a
new Space Technology Program (STP) to advance multi-purpose technology
for new approaches for NASA's current space mission set and to enable
entirely new missions. The potential investment is significant-- the
FY11 budget request is $572M, with a request to grow to $1B in the next
year. There is one element of the NASA STP proposed plan-the Early
Stage Innovation element-that will be of particular interest to the
academic community. Of course, we all recognize that the President's
budget proposal has yet to be approved and, even if approved, the
details of the NASA STP are subject to change. We are anticipating a
more modestly funded version of this new program to announced in 2010
and the intent of this communication is to build awareness of what could
prove to be a rapid turnaround opportunity for students in the upcoming
academic year. There are two elements of the Early Stage Innovation
element that I would like to highlight below for you.
Opportunity for graduate student space technology fellowships
The NASA Office of the Chief Technology plans to sponsor as many as 500
U.S. citizen graduate student fellowships when the program is in full
swing. NASA has yet to announce the details, but indications are that
they will encourage high-risk/high-payoff innovative research in which
the student will perform their research at their home university with
their faculty advisor and will additionally be matched with a relevant
researchers at a NASA facility. This new program looks very exciting
with emerging plans that include summer internships at one or more NASA
Centers, dedicated sessions at aerospace conferences, and web
technologies to facilitate interactions between all students and
mentors. We anticipate that the fellowship applications will be student
initiated and will specify the NASA center and mentor, but that will
become clear when NASA releases the opportunity.
Opportunity for space technology grants
The Early Stage Innovation element also plans to fund research efforts
with funding of several hundred thousand dollars per year and several
years in duration. You do not need to partner with a NASA Center to
propose. Given the focus on emerging technology concepts, collaboration
between JPL and other NASA Centers with university researchers is a good
strategy to consider with benefits to both sides.
More information
You can find more information about the proposed NASA Space Technology
Program by downloading a presentation
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by Dr. R. Braun, NASA Chief Technologist. The NASA Space Technology
FY11 budget estimate
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103474405647&s=1017&e=001CyUnJqA_yDyqa_cTsFhZYFZ4cfHUf0QmZ11GYiCkreCx7x89UWJH38tPmoBKzIInBjMANMjeKS47tsgPK3BQPmqotUKXikoizRlTVLaPowJWDjXA0nwbIzVPGLLE7SRIHb9_iDwrcrfO7lb8LEc2pD32qjbHobmt>
also contains information about the Early Stage Innovation element
(specifically, see page 6), as well as other elements in the proposed
program.
My intent with this communication is to keep you informed about possible
new funding opportunities to further collaborations between academia and
NASA Centers because we highly value the influx of energy and ideas
inherent in engaging our country's best and brightest students. If you
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Looking forward to seeing your students at JPL!
Dr. Paula Grunthaner
University Research Affairs Office
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech
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