NOVEMBER 29, 2017
Hosted by the Kent State University College of Aeronautics and Engineering, NEOTEC, and the Ohio Aerospace Institute

EVENT INFORMATION
UAV (Unmanned Air Vehicles) and PAV (Personal Air Vehicles) present unique opportunities for Ohio companies. The supply chain of this growing segment within the aerospace and defense industries requires that companies clearly understand its requirements, the applications where their products may be used, and the ITAR and EAR export regulations to supply military industries in other countries. This seminar will focus on potential opportunities for businesses in our region, funding programs to support related R&D activities as well as partnership programs with university and federal research labs that can help companies develop suitable products for the aerospace industry. The event will also include information on how NASA can assist in the development of UAVs and PAVs as well as in-depth training on ITAR regulations applicable to those vehicles.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS SEMINAR?
Suppliers to the aerospace industry, research professionals, and manufacturers of components and sub-assemblies for these industries: Electrical Conventional Propulsion Components, Structural Components, Instrumentation, Censors, Avionics, Polymers, Composites, Light Metals, On Board Computing and Power Management

LOCATION
Crowne Plaza Cleveland South – Independence
5300 Rockside Road, Independence, OH 44131

View the event page for Agenda and Registration details.

Contact Kim Holizna (kholizna@kent.edu), Kent State University College of Aeronautics and Engineering, for any questions.

Dear Fellows and Coordinating Officials,

This note is to provide information regarding the deadline date for GROW and GRIP applications and actions required by both the Fellow and the Coordinating Official. As specified in the AFO Guide in the GRFP FastLane module, your AFO Request must be received by NSF on or before the Due Date. This means all application errors are resolved, the application submitted, and your Coordinating Official has certified your application to NSF. These activities must be completed prior to the Due Date. Please keep in mind that the “submission” of the Application is not completed or finalized until the Coordinating Official has certified the AFO Request within the GRFP FastLane module. It is critical that Fellows and Coordinating Officials make certain that all actions are completed before the deadline date, 11:59 p.m. on December 15, 2017. Fellows should give their Coordinating Officials sufficient time to review and certify the application.

Fellows: NSF highly recommends you submit and certify your GROW or GRIP application by December 14 to allow time for your CO to certify and meet the December 15 deadline.

Coordinating Officials: You must certify GROW and GRIP applications by December 15, 5 p.m. local time.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is sponsoring a Proposers Day webcast to provide information to potential proposers on the objectives of an anticipated Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the Nascent Light-Matter Interactions (NLM) program. The Proposers Day will be held via prerecorded webcast on November 28, 2017 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. Advance registration is required for viewing the webcast. Note, all times listed in this announcement and on the registration website are Eastern Time.

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Dear Fellows and Coordinating Officials,

Four of our federal agency partners are offering agency GRIP webinars for NSF Fellows about the Graduate Research Internship Program opportunities available in their agencies.  The webinars should be of interest to Fellows planning to apply this year.  Please refer to the email we sent you on October 17, 2017 for details about GRIP.  If you would like a copy of the informational GROW-GRIP Webinar we presented to Fellows Oct 30/Nov 1, please ask your Coordinating Official for a copy (all COs received a PDF of the presentation).

We hope you will consider taking advantage of these professional development opportunities offered by our partner agencies!

1. GRIP opportunities available at NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

NOAA & NSF GRIP Webinar

Date: Monday, November 13, 2017

Time: 2:00 pm, Eastern Time

Hear about GRIP opportunities in NOAA mission fields, including marine and atmospheric sciences, climate, environmental science and related opportunities.

Click here to attend the Adobe Connect webinar. Anyone who has the URL for the meeting can enter the room.

2. GRIP opportunities available at USGS (U.S. Geological Survey)

USGS & NSF GRIP Webinar

Date: Monday, November 13, 2017

Time: 3:00 pm, Eastern Time

Click here to attend the WebEx meeting.

Meeting number: 713 174 479

Join by phone: 703-648-6647        Code: 70171 202#

3. GRIP opportunities available at the Office of Naval Research (ONR)

ONR & NSF GRIP Webinar

Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Time: 1:30 pm, Eastern Time

Details to follow.

4. GRIP opportunities available at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

USEPA & NSF GRIP Webinar

Date: Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Time: 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Eastern Time

Overview of EPA GRIP opportunities for NSF Graduate Research Fellows

Click here to attend the Adobe Connect webinar.

Conference Number:

Reservationless Plus: 18662993188, access 2025647667

New guidelines issued by NSF still limit the number of submissions per institution to three. However, they are no longer distinguishing Acquisition and Development. With this round, institutions are permitted up to two submissions requesting between $100,000 to less than $1 million from NSF (Track I), and no more than one submission requesting between $1 million up to and including $4 million from NSF (Track II). Proposal submissions within the two tracks may be either for acquisition or development of a research instrument.

NSF strongly values MRI proposals that seek to develop next-generation research instruments that open new frontiers of research. As a result the MRI program seeks to support development proposals in numbers (i.e., up to 1/3 of awards) consistent with recent competitions, depending on the numbers and quality of the proposals.

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