Research and Education Awards Program (REAP) 


Applications due Friday 02.07.14

Due to this week’s weather across the state, we are extending the deadlines for the faculty REAP, Palmetto Academy, NASA EPSCoR RGP Letters of Intent and ALL student programs to cob Friday, February 7th, 2014.

Please note that our current system does NOT allow you to view uploaded files. However, upon final submission of your application, you will receive a confirmation email. If you do not receive this email please notify us immediately. 

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Current and Pending Support Form 
Budget Form 
Equal Opportunity Survey Form

The REAP will provide support for faculty members and/or students at SCSGC member institutions, particularly for the development of contacts and collaborations that will bring South Carolina faculty into the mainstream of research activity, thereby increasing their chances for successfully competing in the research and education marketplace.
NASA image of the day - nebula from the Hubble space telescopeThe overall goal of REAP is to effectively utilize the SCSGC resources: 1) to develop new research projects or directions, 2) to obtain unique training and exposure, and 3) to foster collaborations among the campuses, as well as with NASA and/or other federal agencies and the aerospace industry, in general.

    • The RESEARCH FACILITATION AWARD SUBPROGRAM is intended to provide faculty members with research support for aerospace-related activities, such as (but not limited to) initiating a research project, enhancing an existing research activity, supporting a graduate student to join a faculty member at a field center for part of a summer term, developing a new research project among scientists at several SCSGC campuses, or providing faculty summer support at facilities not covered by existing programs. While this award is open for any proposals between $5,000-$20,000, justification must be provided through thoughtful proposals and meaningful budgets.$5,000-$20,000

 

    • The EDUCATION RESEARCH AWARD is intended to provide faculty members with research support for science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM)-related activities, such as (but not limited to) initiating an education research project, enhancing an existing education research activity, supporting a graduate student to join a faculty member at a field center for part of a summer term to help with the education research project, developing a new education research project among scientists at several SCSGC campuses, or providing faculty summer support at facilities not covered by existing programs. $8,000

 

    • The CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AWARD SUBPROGRAM will provide funds for faculty members to develop coursework or education materials related to the fields of science and engineering. $4,000

 

  • The TRAVEL AWARD SUBPROGRAM will provide funds for faculty members and students to make short trips to visit federal facilities (especially NASA facilities), to meet with international groups or other Space Grant campuses and to a lesser extent to present results at professional meetings. Proposals that are submitted to this program must demonstrate the need for, and expected benefit to, the research/training of the applicant. $2,000

ELIGIBILITY
Faculty affiliated with a SCSGC campus are eligible to apply. In cases where support is requested for a student (undergraduate/graduate), he/she must be a U.S. Citizen. In cases where support is requested for a visiting scientist, the application must be submitted by, and be the responsibility of a faculty member at a SCSGC university.
*SCSGC cannot provide funds to non-US citizen faculty in the form of salary or travel. A non-US citizen may apply for our programs as a PI or as a Co-PI if all SCSGC funds support the research of US citizens (faculty or students). Non-US citizens may receive support from their universities and these funds may be used as part of the 1:1 matching cost share required for the grant.
COST SHARING AND ALLOWABLE COSTS
The Consortium is required to match NASA 1:1. Therefore, applicants will be required to match 100% of their requested funds with non-federal funds from their institution. Match can be in the form of either hard money matches or in kind matches, including waived indirect costs, academic release for faculty members, student stipends, instrument and computer time. As per SCSGC policy, SCSGC funds cannot be used for indirect costs and overhead charges. Applications solely for the acquisition of equipment cannot be funded.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

  • PI Contact Information
    • Curriculum Vitae (2 pages or less)
  • Co-I Contact Information
    • Curriculum Vitae (2 pages or less)
  • Title and Funds Requested
  • Research Proposal (For all awards except the Research Facilitation, provide a maximum three-page project proposal, excluding references, CV, current and pending, and budget/justification. For the Research Facilitation, provide a maximum five-page proposal excluding references (required), CV, current and pending, and budget/justification. Proposals exceeding the page limit will not be reviewed)
    • NASA Relevance
    • Clear demonstration of how proposed effort will support NASA’s workforce development initiative
    • Research Questions
    • Nature of Student Activities
    • Competency of the project personnel with emphasis on the potential degree of enhancement and the probability the project will lead to further funded work
    • Overall utility and relevance to SCSGC research development objectives
    • Project Evaluation and Reporting
  • Budget and Budget Justification (USE NASA BUDGET TEMPLATE)
  • Current and Pending Support and an Equal Opportunity Survey

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
A one page annual report of your project will be due in July of the following year. This will include completing a standard project report that is required by NASA. Additionally, the SCSGC reserves the right to review projects and/or require additional reports whenever such actions are deemed necessary or are requested by sources supporting the SCSGC (NASA and the Board of Directors).

  • title of project
  • project results/expectations
  • funds allocated and how they were spent
  • Personnel information—numbers, gender distribution and ethnic distribution of faculty, post-docs, graduate students, undergraduate students and any other participants, as required by NASA
  • Student participation chart (see website for chart)
  • conference presentations, publications, patents
  • other grant awards and/or proposals as a result of the grant award
  • New technology of intellectual property as a result of your project
  • improvements in State Research and Development Infrastructure

 
SAMPLE BUDGET: [XLS]
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY: [DOC]
For questions or more information, please contact: Ms. Tara B. Scozzaro, MPA, SC Space Grant and SC NASA EPSCoR Program Manager
phone: 843.953.5463 | email: [email protected]