BAE Grant
 

Anyone heard any decisions from BAE as of yet?

Re: BAE Grant
 

Not yet; the paperwork said by today (10/26).

Last year applications were due 9/9 (versus 9/7 this year), we got an email on 9/30 saying the announcements would be delayed, and we were notified on 10/13. Hopefully with the extra time they allowed themselves we'll hear today.

Re: BAE Grant
 

Well, its been an additional week. Has anyone heard anything?

Re: BAE Grant
 

<silence>
They may still be catching up from Sandy closings - hopefully soon

Re: BAE Grant
 

We've heard we didn't get it.

Re: BAE Grant
 

I don't think we will be getting it this year. They just announced that they are selling the armored vehicle division here in Cincy and moving the rest of their engineering to Texas.

Re: BAE Grant
 

All,
I can't speak for every sector of BAE Systems, but with regards to Land and Armaments I can tell you that we are waiting for final approval of the 2013 fiscal year budget before committing specific funds to teams. We do expect approval during the month of November and we hope to have final grant announcements ready in the early December time frame. Other sectors are likely in a similar situation. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we strive to provide the maximum amount of support possible to FIRST teams.

Re: BAE Grant
 

We just got an e-mail saying we have been approved for the BAE grant.
I hope you all hear something positive soon.

Re: BAE Grant
 

Has anyone received confirmation amount from BAE yet?

Re: BAE Grant
 

Team 78 received confirmation on Monday afternoon.

Re: BAE Grant
 

I called FIRST today to check on FIRST choice status. The FIRST staff states that there is a published list of BAE funding teams. Anyone have a link to a BAE funded list ?

I have not received any email about this list, but I've been told by FIRST (on the phone), my team was not on the list.

UPDATE: from talking to local Texas BAE contacts, it looks like the final list of teams is still unpublished. So we will continue to be patient and wait for the final list of sponsored teams!

Re: BAE Grant
 

I have not heard anything either and would like to see a link to this list.

Re: BAE Grant
 

Has anyone found the list mentioned above? The only one I've found is for last years teams.

It's past early December, and our emails have gone unanswered so far. We're assuming the worst, but would like to know for sure.

Re: BAE Grant
 

Same here. I emailed FIRST to see if they had the list or could confirm whether we were on the list or not. I didn't receive a response from them.

Re: BAE Grant
 

I emailed BAE's FIRST contact person on Monday and this is what I got back:

"There will not be another announcement of funding from your team’s supporting sector for the remainder of the year. Initial funding allocations went out two weeks ago, and another round may be announced in the January timeframe. "

I'm not even sure what that means. I'm thinking that they took care of SRT/Rookie grants first so they can get registered, get their KoPs, etc. and then in January, the rest of the funds will be given to veteran teams. That's just my opinion, not an official answer.

Anyone else get a response?