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Research Grants

Due to budget cuts, OSGC is unable to accept or fund any faculty research proposals in 2012-13. We hope to be able to resume this important activity in the future.

OSGC has reformatted their Grant Program (formerly known as the "Seed Grant" Program) to include new opportunities for faculty and students at Ohio member universities. All grant opportunities are open to U. S. citizens. Non-U. S. citizens may participate, but cannot directly receive salary remuneration from NASA funds per the requirements stipulated by the OSGC NASA Training Grant. For all OSGC grants, NASA requires 100% in cost sharing (i.e., 1:1 match). No indirect costs are allowed on requested amounts, but unrecovered or waived indirect costs can help satisfy the cost-share requirement. Indirect costs on direct cost-shared amounts are permitted as well. Cost sharing may include “in-kind” contributions, faculty time, tuition, etc. All research grants awards are contingent on available funding.

Faculty Research Initiation Grant Proposal (FRIGP)
The Faculty Research Initiation Grant Proposal (FRIGP) program is specifically meant as "seed funding" for untenured faculty to support new, innovative research to provide necessary results for a regular research grant opportunity with a funding agency such as NASA, NSF, etc. For FRIGP grants, NASA requires 100% in cost sharing (i.e., 1:1 match). No indirect costs are allowed on requested amounts, but unrecovered or waived indirect costs can help satisfy the cost-share requirement. Indirect costs on direct cost-shared amounts are permitted as well. Cost sharing may include “in-kind” contributions, faculty time, tuition, etc. Funding is restricted to one year. All FRIGP grant awards are contingent on available funding. Total OSGC budget request limited to $25,000.

Proposal Deadlines: October 1 and April 1

Application

Click here to download the FRIGP grant application in Microsoft Word.

Submission

After completing the FRIGP grant application and securing the appropriate signatures, the following options are available to submit your completed application package which includes the following: application (with signatures), budget (outlining cost sharing), and curriculum vitae.

1. Send completed application and any accompanying documents as a single PDF file via online submission.
   Click here to submit PDF file.
   
   
2. Send completed application and any accompanying documents as a single PDF file via email to: osgc@oai.org
   
   
3. Send completed original completed application and any accompanying documents via U. S. Mail to:
   Dr. Gary L. Slater
   Director
   Ohio Space Grant Consortium
   22800 Cedar Point Road
   Cleveland, OH 44142

Reporting Requirements

As an OSGC grant award recipient (Principal Investigator), you are required to complete the following reporting requirements as specified below. Failure to submit these grant requirements will result in the ineligibility of the grant recipient (Principal Investigator) to receive future funding.

1. Your Final Report - A brief final report meeting the reporting requirements stated below is due no later than one year after your grant is awarded. Your final report should include the following:
   
   
   • Project procedure, including any revisions of original concept;
   • Demographics of students, including numbers of male and female students, numbers of students from underrepresented groups, again by numbers of male and female;
   • Comments of teachers and students regarding the project (i.e., photographs, videotapes, CDs, DVDs, etc.);
   • Principal Investigator’s evaluation, with suggestions for implementation of the project model;
   • Final budget and expense report;
   • Presentation and interpretation of the results obtained;
   • Critical discussion of the success of the project;
   • Discussion of future work based on the project.
   • Senior Design Courses – Advise us if any Senior Design courses (include number and term) were created as a result of this award.
   • Publications – Advise us if any publications are written as a result of this award.
   • Future Funding – Advise us if you receive any other funding as a result of this award.
   • Patents – Advise us if any patents are initiated as a result of this award.
   • Public Relations - OSGC publishes a quarterly newsletter. Please send us any photos, CDs, or attendee feedback commentary to feature your award.
2. OSGC Higher Education (FRIGP) Report (to be downloaded below) - NASA Office of Education mandates that all Federal funding be reported into their OEPM (Office of Education Performance Measurement) database system which includes specific demographics and other data. The OSGC Higher Education (Includes SICHOP) report is due December 31. The report will reflect progress of your project and/or projected results to that date.

Online Reporting Requirements Submissions

Click here to submit your final report (as outlined in Number 1 above.)
Click here to submit your completed Higher Education (FRIGP) report (as outlined in Number 2 above.)

Recent FRIGP Awardees

• Thomas E. Blue, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, “Nuclear Power for Space Colonization Research and Technology Development, Phase II” (Ralph Steckler Project)
• Edgar J. Caraballo, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, "Development of Reduced Order Models for Simulations and Feedback Control of Aerodynamic Flows”
• Abhilash J. Chandy, The University of Akron, “Large Eddy Simulations of Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulent Boundary Layer Flows for Intelligent Control in Hypersonic Space Vehicles"
• Pedro Cortes-Velasco, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, "The Morphing Properties of a Smart Hybrid Laminates Based on a Shape Memory Composite"
• Ryan L. Fogt, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, “Antarctic Climate Change Education through Meteorological Measurements at Schools (ACCEMMS)”
• Jed E. Marquart, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio, “Computational Study of Cylinder Heating for Boundary Layer Control”
• Grant W. Schaffner, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, "Assessment of Latency Impacts on Tracking Accuracy During Telerobotic Surgery Simulation in a Spaceflight Analog Environment”
• Robert J. Setlock, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, "Project High Flight"
• Robert J. Setlock, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, “RockOn 2012 The Next How to Workshop” being held at Wallops Flight Facility, (June 16-21, 2012)
• Gunjin Yun, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, “Multiscale-based Computational Material Characterization Tool: Integration of FEAMAC with Self-OPTIM Framework"