2016 NASA Grant Announcement Day

[Travis Hoffman]

Today's the day NASA targeted for announcing 2016 NASA grant recipients. Their goal is to announce by 3:00 AM Eastern, midnight Pacific.

They updated their site earlier today to report they are working on finalizing the review process. As always, they appreciate our patience. There have been times in the past where circumstances required a little extra time to deliberate beyond the originally targeted deadline.

A link to the recipient page should be posted to http://robotics.nasa.gov/ once they are ready to announce.

Good luck to all applicants.

[Travis Hoffman]

Bump. Nothing yet announced.

[alextound]

I hope this doesnt mean Munday

[kyle_hamblett]

I'm relatively new to the NASA grant process. Is it generally this late (or late at all)?

[Cory]

Originally Posted by kyle_hamblett

I'm relatively new to the NASA grant process. Is it generally this late (or late at all)?

It is very frequently delayed.

[GaryVoshol]

The "NASA is working too much" rule? http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...84&postcount=1

[alextound]

They be playing with tooo many emotions

[alextound]

Woooo Hoooo WE GOT 1/233 grants!! JK no post yet

[alextound]

What does "diligent" mean....I'm thinking it means "not working on weekends"

[Nate Laverdure]

Originally Posted by alextound

What does "diligent" mean....I'm thinking it means "not working on weekends"

Not appropriate.

[cgrace]

Didn't they announce the grant recipients the Monday after the targeted date last year? (I remember being informed that our team received the grant on a Monday, but I may be mistaken...)

[alextound]

[EricH]

Originally Posted by alextound

Welcome to the real world. "On time" is sometimes taken as a four-letter word. "When I want it done by" suffers the same fate, particularly when "when you want it done by" happens to be "on time". The NASA grant announcements have been late before; they'll be late again. Next you'll be expecting Champs closing ceremonies to end on time.



And BTW, if, as your earlier post seems to indicate, you think that the NASA folks should be working over the weekend on this... Let's just say that getting me started on that will result in a very long post or PM, at the end of reading which you'll probably be feeling rather beaten up, and I'll be almost certainly feeling pretty lousy myself for writing and sending it. Suffice it to say that working weekends--on top of your normal work week--is something to be avoided if possible.

[nick4130]

Originally Posted by alextound

What does "diligent" mean....I'm thinking it means "not working on weekends"

I'm sorry, but this is unnecessary. Be happy that you have the possibility to earn money from NASA. Don't be greedy about it.

[David Brinza]

Originally Posted by alextound

What does "diligent" mean....I'm thinking it means "not working on weekends"

That is so wrong.
I'm absolutely certain that some evenings and weekends were spent evaluating the 600+ proposals. The end-game (who does/doesn't get a grant) is very challenging and handled by very few dedicated and committed individuals. They know the NASA grant is make-or-break for many teams and need to make hard decisions. Be thankful for those NASA people who care about all the FRC teams (not just their own).

BTW, many NASA people routinely work on evenings and weekends for their "day jobs." They are professionals and will do whatever it takes to get things done right.