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Originally posted by Andrew
When I first pitched a FIRST program to my administration, I was told in no uncertain terms that there were strings attached to using my sponsor's name. (In this case, top billing.) For those teams that have NASA sponsorship, top billing is also an issue.
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Without getting into the areas of discussion in the rest of this thread, I do need to correct one item in this quote. NASA does
NOT require
top billing in the names of teams that receive grants.
The very first requirement listed in the
grant application is that NASA must be listed as one of the team sponsors, but other sponsors can be listed before or after NASA, as appropriate (as determined by the team). We believe that it is appropriate to list NASA as one of the team sponsors, since the awarded teams are receiving $6000 from NASA, but we also recognize that teams will have additional sponsors that may be contributing more funds or support to the teams (in fact, one of the purposes of the grants is to help rookie teams get "breathing room" to allow them to bring in long-term sponsorship while they are building their first robots). If the team determines that it is appropriate to list other organizations with "top billing" based on their support, that is fine with us.
We just want to be clear about what is, and is not, expected by the teams that are receiving NASA funds. There is at least one case in past years where a team turned down a grant award because they did not completely read the grant application forms and had the same misunderstanding noted about about how the NASA sponsorship should be recognized.
If your team has received a NASA grant, and been told anything different than this, your source of information is incorrect.
-dave