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mastachyra
11-11-2016, 14:32
Tonight is supposed to be the announcement of NASA grants. If anyone hears anything about this, please post here!
Last year they were about two weeks late. I wouldn't hold out for tonight. They got posted/awarded around the 19th and 20th.
NASA can take all the time they need, I'm sure they have hundreds of entries. Fingers crossed that my team can finally get one..
mastachyra
11-11-2016, 14:53
Yeah, I remember that, but I am hoping we do hear soon. Do you recall if FIRST delayed the payment deadline too?
Yeah, I remember that, but I am hoping we do hear soon. Do you recall if FIRST delayed the payment deadline too?
No payment delay last year. You can read about what happened in these two (https://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=139177) threads. (https://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138976)
Just noticed a status update on their website:
The NASA FRC (FIRST Robotics Competition) award list will be posted very soon. The Robotics Alliance Project is diligently reviewing all submissions and will post our final selections once we are authorized to do so. We know that your teams are anxious with anticipation for the results and appreciate your patience and understanding for any deviation in our previously announced timeline. Please check back often.
So that's a confirmed delay. Hopefully it won't take more than a couple of days.
Greg Hainsworth
14-11-2016, 08:26
Last year they were delayed until the day before the entry fees were due. And FIRST delayed announcing the Rookie grant recipients too until after NASA announced their selections....
So don't get anxious if they are delayed.
snorthey
17-11-2016, 15:18
Has there been any announcements made for the rookie & Nasa grants yet?
snorthey
17-11-2016, 15:33
Any word on the status getting worried...
Just checked with our lead mentor - we haven't heard anything yet.
Monochron
17-11-2016, 16:13
Any word on the status getting worried...
I wouldn't get worried until they push it further than they did last year. And even then, it might take them longer.
Chris is me
17-11-2016, 16:43
Merged some posts in from other forums - please keep the discussion to this one thread for clarity and so everyone can learn about grant updates in one place. Thanks!
Any teams worrying about payment deadline - FIRST has just posted a blog pushing it back to the 28th (1 week later than original).
http://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc/blog/2017-important-deadline-changes
snorthey
17-11-2016, 19:19
I have faith that all will work out... but have admin of the school looking at me wondering what is going on...
Fretting in MN
Nirnaeth
22-11-2016, 11:36
Not gonna lie... We have a long weekend coming up tomorrow, and I'm getting a bit antsy... =/
Greg Hainsworth
22-11-2016, 12:50
This is exactly what happened last year. FIRST delayed their registration due date until NASA announced their selections and then FIRST announced their grant selections too.
Our team was sweating it out too because our whole rookie season depended on getting at least one of those grants. In the end, we got selected for both and had to choose between the two.
Have a good Thanksgiving. Just try not to get too worked up.
Nirnaeth
22-11-2016, 13:33
Just try not to get too worked up.
Haha! Hah! Hah. ha. ha. hmm. =)
MARS_James
22-11-2016, 16:04
Looks like it has been announced: https://robotics.nasa.gov/events/2017_sponsorship.php
Team3844
23-11-2016, 11:46
Looks like it has been announced: https://robotics.nasa.gov/events/2017_sponsorship.php
Will 179 be attending Rocket City rather than SMR now since you received the challenge grant?
MARS_James
23-11-2016, 14:04
Will 179 be attending Rocket City rather than SMR now since you received the challenge grant?
That is the plan
waialua359
23-11-2016, 15:20
That is the plan
Did you sign up for both events prior to the announcement?
Just curious.
We applied for Rocket City Challenge Grant but didnt receive it.
We werent sure if we had to sign up first, then apply for the grant or if it wasnt necessary.
What we didnt want happen to us again was signing up for an event, and then be told later they no longer were offering challenge grants at all after the announcement. i.e. New York Tech Valley 2016
Did you sign up for both events prior to the announcement?
Just curious.
We applied for Rocket City Challenge Grant but didnt receive it.
We werent sure if we had to sign up first, then apply for the grant or if it wasnt necessary.
What we didnt want happen to us again was signing up for an event, and then be told later they no longer were offering challenge grants at all after the announcement. i.e. New York Tech Valley 2016
They're already registered for Smoky Mountains. Rocket City is the same week (booo. Wish we could go again), so they have to drop SMR first.
MARS_James
23-11-2016, 16:17
Did you sign up for both events prior to the announcement?
Just curious.
We applied for Rocket City Challenge Grant but didnt receive it.
We werent sure if we had to sign up first, then apply for the grant or if it wasnt necessary.
What we didnt want happen to us again was signing up for an event, and then be told later they no longer were offering challenge grants at all after the announcement. i.e. New York Tech Valley 2016
No we did not sign up for Huntsville prior and also we put in the application that we would not attend if we did not receive the grant
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