2015 NASA Grants are open

[Maximillian]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

For what it's worth, the 2014 Regional Challenge grants for South Florida included one awarded to a single "veteran" team: http://robotics.nasa.gov/events/2014_sponsorship.php

South Florida was not a new regional in 2014; so given new rules, there is a slim but non-zero chance I would say?

The Regional Challenge Grant seems like the better option from this list you gave. At least last year one team in the same situation as mine won it unlike the Program Growth Grant which had many more awarded and all rookie/second-year winners. A slim chance is better than none!

Thanks for the help.

[PayneTrain]

The wording of Regional Challenge Grant confused me. When we applied for it in 2012, they handed those grants out to a majority of veteran teams. I think it even used to be a program intended for veteran teams. I think with the rise of the Sustaining Grants, those are primarily the money NASA sets aside for veteran teams, while RCGs are now primarily for rookies and PGGs are for second year teams. If they get an application that merits the grant even though the team's status doesn't fit into those checkboxes, that team may still get the money.