The national aeronautics and space administration s (NASA) science mission directorate (SMD), in collaboration with the office of education (OE) national space grant college and fellowship program…

This is a $164,061.73 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of North Dakota (UND) Division of Research & Economic Development. The contract is part of NASA's Undergraduate Student Instrument Project (USIP) Student Flight Research Opportunity (SFRO), which solicits proposals from U.S. institutions of higher education to develop undergraduate-led payloads for flight on suborbital-class platforms.

The goal of the USIP SFRO is to provide hands-on flight project experience for undergraduate students and fly science/technology investigations relevant to NASA's strategic goals. UND will design, develop, integrate, and test a payload, as well as provide student internships. The contract has an 18-month period of performance and NASA will provide the launch/flight services at no cost to the project. There is no set-aside designation for this contract.

The national aeronautics and space administration s (NASA) science mission directorate (SMD), in collaboration with the office of education (OE) national space grant college and fellowship program (space grant), is releasing this undergraduate student instrument project (usip) student flight research opportunity (sfro) to solicit proposals from U.S. Institutions of higher education to develop an undergraduate-led project team that will fly a science and/or technology payload relevant to NASA strategic goals and objectives on a sounding rocket, balloon, aircraft, suborbital reusable launch vehicle (srlv), or cubesat launched on an orbital launch vehicle (hereafter referred to collectively as suborbital-class platforms). The cost cap for an investigation awarded by OE is $200K, including the design, development, integration, and testing of the payload; student internships; and research on key innovative technologies. OE funding is limited to consortia of the national space grant college and fellowship program (space grant). See appendix e for proposal conditions and guidelines for space grant consortia. The cost cap for an investigation awarded by SMD is $100K, including the design, development, integration, testing of the payload; and student internships. SMD funding is available to all U.S. Institutions of higher education. Funding by NASA may be supplemented with contributions by the implementing institution (no limit); however, there are no expectations as to the amount of the institutional contribution and such contributions will not be considered in the evaluation of proposals. The selected projects must be launch-ready within 18 months of project initiation. SMD and OE estimate total funding available for award at $6.0M, and expect to select at least 30 projects for implementation, subject to available funding. The launch/flight services are provided by NASA at no cost to the project. Proposals to the usip 2017 solar eclipse solicitation are not eligible for award under usip- 2015. The two goals of this usip sfro are: to provide a hands-on flight project experience to enhance the science, technical, leadership, and project skills for the selected undergraduate student team. To fly a science and/or technology investigation relevant to NASA strategic goals and objectives on a suborbital-class platform.