Professional Research Experience Program (PREP-MML)

Post Date

June 8th 2015

Application Due Date

August 7th 2015

Applications must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, Friday, August 7, 2015. Applications received after the deadline will not be reviewed or considered. NIST will consider the date and time stamped on the validation generated by ww

Funding Opportunity Number

2015-NIST-PREP-MML-01

CFDA Number(s)

11.620

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Eligibility Categories

Other

Eligibility for all programs listed in this FFO is limited to accredited institutions of higher education that offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in academic disciplines relevant to the technical programs of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory (see www.nist.gov/mml/) in Gaithersburg, Maryland and Charleston, South Carolina. For the purposes of this FFO, these disciplines include (but may not be limited to) physics, chemistry, mathematics, materials science, mechanical/electrical/electronic engineering, metallurgy, and computer science/engineering. An eligible organization may work individually or include proposed subawardees, contractors or other collaborators in a project, effectively forming a team or consortium.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

NIST is soliciting applications from eligible applicants to provide undergraduate students, graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows with fellowship opportunities and financial assistance to obtain laboratory experiences within the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory (MML) in Gaithersburg, Maryland and Charleston, South Carolina. The recipients will work with NIST to foster collaborative research relationships among NIST staff, undergraduate/graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and the studentsм academic institutions.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Commerce

• Office:

  National Institute of Standards and Technology

• Agency Contact:

  Christopher Hunton
  Grants Technical Assistant
  Phone 301-975-5718

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Agency Contact

• Agency Email Address:

  christopher.hunton@nist.gov

• More Information:

  2015-NIST-PREP-MML-01 Full Announcement/FFO document