OpportunityTitle: Professional Research Experience Program &#8211; Communications Technology Laboratory (PREP-CTL)
CategoryExplanation: Science, Technology, Business, and/or Education Outreach
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligibility for PREP-CTL 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 Communications Technology Laboratory (see http://www.nist.gov/ctl/) in Gaithersburg, Maryland.  For the purposes of this FFO, these disciplines include (but may not be limited to) computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering or electronics.  Institutions must offer both four-year undergraduate and graduate degree plans and also offer post-doctoral fellowships.
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 Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL) in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The recipients will work with NIST to foster collaborative research relationships among NIST staff, undergraduate/graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and the students&#8217; academic institutions.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Agency Contact
GrantorContactText: Christopher Hunton &lt;br/&gt;Grants Technical Assistant &lt;br/&gt;Phone 301-975-5718
CloseDateExplanation: Applications must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday, December 28, 2015.  Applications received after this deadline will not be reviewed or considered.  Applicants should be aware, and factor in their application submission planning, that the Grants.gov system will be closed for routine maintenance from 12:01 Eastern Time, Saturday, December 19, 2015 until Monday, December 21, 2015 at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time, and that applications cannot be submitted during that span.  NIST considers the date and time stamped on the validation generated by www.grants.gov as the official time the application is received.