NIST is offering the Professional Research Experience Program in Communications Technology Laboratory (PREP-CTL) to support undergraduate students, graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows through fellowship opportunities at NIST’s CTL in Gaithersburg, Maryland. This grant aims to provide financial assistance for recipients to gain valuable laboratory experience and cultivate collaborative research relationships with NIST staff and academic institutions.
Opportunity ID: 279845
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 2016-NIST-PREP-CTL-01 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Professional Research Experience Program – Communications Technology Laboratory (PREP-CTL) |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | CategoryExplanation |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | Science, Technology, Business, and/or Education Outreach |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 11.620 — Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Oct 26, 2015 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 28, 2015 Applications must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday, December 28, 2015. Applications received after this deadline will not be reviewed or considered. Applicants should be aware, and factor in their application submission planning, that the Grants.gov system will be closed for routine maintenance from 12:01 Eastern Time, Saturday, December 19, 2015 until Monday, December 21, 2015 at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time, and that applications cannot be submitted during that span. NIST considers the date and time stamped on the validation generated by www.grants.gov as the official time the application is received. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 28, 2015 Applications must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday, December 28, 2015. Applications received after this deadline will not be reviewed or considered. Applicants should be aware, and factor in their application submission planning, that the Grants.gov system will be closed for routine maintenance from 12:01 Eastern Time, Saturday, December 19, 2015 until Monday, December 21, 2015 at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time, and that applications cannot be submitted during that span. NIST considers the date and time stamped on the validation generated by www.grants.gov as the official time the application is received. |
| Archive Date: | Jan 27, 2016 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | – |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Eligibility for PREP-CTL is limited to accredited institutions of higher education that offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in academic disciplines relevant to the technical programs of the NIST Communications Technology Laboratory (see http://www.nist.gov/ctl/) in Gaithersburg, Maryland. For the purposes of this FFO, these disciplines include (but may not be limited to) computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering or electronics. Institutions must offer both four-year undergraduate and graduate degree plans and also offer post-doctoral fellowships. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| Description: | NIST is soliciting applications from eligible applicants to provide undergraduate students, graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows with fellowship opportunities and financial assistance to obtain laboratory experiences within the NIST Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL) in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The recipients will work with NIST to foster collaborative research relationships among NIST staff, undergraduate/graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and the students’ academic institutions. |
| Link to Additional Information: | 2016-NIST-PREP-CTL-01 Full Announcement/FFO document |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Christopher Hunton
Grants Technical Assistant Phone 301-975-5718 Email:grants@nist.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
Related Documents
Folder 279845 Full Announcement-1 -> 2016-NIST-PREP-CTL-01 FFO.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Christopher Hunton Grants Technical Assistant Phone 301-975-5718 Email: grants@nist.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.620 | 2016-NIST-PREP-CTL-01 | Professional Research Experience Program – Communications Technology Laboratory (PREP-CTL) | PKG00219353 | Oct 26, 2015 | Dec 28, 2015 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
279845 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
279845 SF424B-1.1.pdf
279845 SF424A-1.0.pdf
279845 CD511-1.1.pdf