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Funding proposals will be accepted from principal investigators or
co ;investigators who are employed at U.S. institutions. Investigators
employed by NRAO are ineligible to receive funding; their participation in an
observing program does not affect the eligibility of other investigators in
that program. The program is intended to assist students who are enrolled at
U.S. institutions; the status as a student of an intended recipient will be
confirmed by the investigator(s).
- Preliminary Funding Proposals must accompany Observing Proposals. An
Observing Proposal is a proposal to use the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) for
some scientific investigation. Each Observing Proposal is limited to one
Preliminary Funding Proposal, from the investigator designated by the
observing team. The deadlines for submitting a GBT proposal are February 1,
June 1, and October 1 each year.
- Funding will be awarded by the GBT Student Support Committee, based on
rankings from the referees, comments from the telescope allocation committee,
and information about other awards to the investigator that are related to the
Observing Proposal. The referees are predominantly external scientists who
evaluate the scientific merit of the Observing Proposals. Awards will be
subject to the availability of funds from the NSF. A funding cap of $45,000
in active GBT awards will be imposed per investigator.
- Investigators who have requested funding will receive notification from
the GBT Student Support Administrator concerning the status of their funding
requests. Notifications regarding funding requests will be issued the week
following notifications regarding time requests.
- If funding is awarded, a Final Funding Proposal, with a detailed budget
and budget narrative, must be received by the GBT Student Support
Administrator within 30 days of when the allocated observations begin. The
detailed budget should be an elaboration of the Preliminary Funding Proposal.
The data archived during observations are subject to the standard NRAO
proprietary policy, namely: data are reserved for the exclusive use of the
observing team for a period of 18 months, after which the data are available
to any astronomer.
- Funding will normally be awarded for a period of one year. The GBT
Student Support Administrator will coordinate award activation, disbursement,
and deactivation with the awardee institution. An award may be activated any
time after the observations have been scheduled, provided a Final Funding
Proposal has been received. One request for an advance of a portion of the
funding may be made to assist with the preparation of the observations in the
period between award notification and observation start. One request for a
six month, no cost extension may also be made. Although this initial program is
oriented toward a one year program, a request for support of a two year program
of observations for a dissertation may be considered. Such a request should be
accompanied by a more detailed description of the observing program, and should
include the dissertation plan. A report summarizing the progress achieved during
the first year must be submitted for evaluation by the GBT Student Support
Administrator before the funding for the second year will be released.
- The funding cap for student stipends (undergraduate and/or graduate) is
$32,000 with an additional amount of up to $3,000 for miscellaneous expenses
(computer hardware and/or student travel to domestic meetings to present
acquired data). Up to $3,000 of the award may be used to offset the costs of
administering the award by the investigator's institution. Tuition costs are
not allowed. Fringe benefits are allowed. Domestic meeting locations include
those within the U.S. and its territories, within Canada, or within Mexico.
Tickets for air travel must be purchased from U.S. flag carriers, defined as
those holding certificates under section 401 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958
(49 U.S.C. 1371).
- Those receiving funding through the GBT Student Support Program remain
eligible for the standard NRAO user support programs, including travel to the
NRAO for observing and data reduction, and page charges. The standard
publication acknowledgment must be augmented by the sentence "Support for this
work was provided by the NSF through award GSSP id from the NRAO." The GBT
Student Support Administrator will assign an identification code to replace
"id."
- Close Out Reports to the GBT Student Support Administrator must be
submitted within six months of expiration of the award. The investigator
will provide a letter of appointment for the student(s) supported
by the award, a statement of expenditure of time by the student(s),
and documentation of all expenditures for travel and equipment, including
original receipts. The GBT Student Support Administrator, normally a
scientist on the NRAO staff, will be given assistance by the NRAO Administration
Division on business issues. A refund check for any balance of advanced
unexpended funds must accompany the close out report.
- Funding will be awarded under the general terms and conditions contained
in the document "General Provisions." That document includes terms and
conditions 1 through 9 above, plus additional provisions based on the
Cooperative Agreement for the operation of the NRAO between the NSF and AUI and
which apply to the GBT Student Support Program.
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