NASA Grant Question

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Thank you so much for answering my questions. I thank NASA for their continued support of the FIRST Robotics program.

I have one more question: If the school where the team is stationed is a major monetary contributor, I don't suppose that can be included in the existing $6000 corporate and community sponsorship requirement can it?

Yes, it can. There is not a restriction on the source of the co-funding.

-dave

[wendymom]

Heres a new question.

What if you don't have a school that sponsors you? We have kids from 5 schools on our team but none of the schools want the liability issue of the other students. So....we build out of my house and my neighbors garage.

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by wendymom

Heres a new question.

What if you don't have a school that sponsors you? We have kids from 5 schools on our team but none of the schools want the liability issue of the other students. So....we build out of my house and my neighbors garage.

A school or recognized educational institution must be identified in Section 2 of the application. Unfortunately, teams which are not affiliated with a school or sponsoring educational institution can not be considered. This is to protect NASA (and your tax dollars) in the very rare and unlikely event that a team does not fulfill their obligations and a recovery of funds/materials is required.

-dave

[Stephen Kowski]

Anyone have an update on what is happening with the NASA sponsorships? The sight says a list should be posted on or before today (and it is 9:45 on the east coast) so I'm assuming they won't be posted today. If anyone has any new or pertinent information I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks

[dlavery]

See this thread.

-dave