NASA Nebraska Space Grant

HIGHER EDUCATION MINI-GRANT REVIEW CRITERIA

Statewide Competition Review

A statewide review committee, made up of members of the Nebraska Technical Advisory Committee, will review and score the proposals on each of the following criteria:

• Quality of the short abstract, including its relevance to NASA and ability to be understood by the general public

• Alignment of the project with one or more of the NASA Mission Directorates

• Collaboration or potential collaboration with NASA scientists and/or engineers

• Diversity component of the project, both faculty and students

• Potential for resulting peer-reviewed publications and presentations

• Potential for resulting proposals for future funding to NASA and other agencies or industry

• Potential to contribute to the economic or workforce development of the state, or to state science and technology priorities

• Contribution in terms of institutional development activities (e.g., new major, new minor or emphasis, new center, new course, etc.)

• Contribution in terms of curriculum and instructional developments (e.g., course outline, course revision, lab, lecture, software, problem sets, demonstration / lab tour, video, book, etc.)

• Evaluation methodology appropriate to the content and scale of the project, including measurable outcomes, and how data will be acquired, aggregated, and then compared against pre-award baseline data

• Quality and feasibility of the proposed timetable, including milestones for achievement of specific objectives

• Quality of the higher education project described

Administrative Budget Review

In addition to the statewide competition review, the proposal will undergo an administrative budget review which will include:

• Allowability of items in the budget

• Adequate level of detail in the budget justification

• The feasibility of the budget

• The budget as compared to the scope of the project

• Relevance of items in the budget to complete the objectives of the project

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