[awards-program] IMPT: Questions about Student Grants in your Country - PLS RESPOND ASAP

[Jim Grisanzio]

I have a tiny bit of info from Japan. It's common here for companies to 
give grant money directly to students. I don't know what amounts are 
common, though. Will do more digging.

Jim

Alta Elstad wrote:
> Team,
> No meeting today. Please give your input on the following questions as soon as 
> possible. So far, only Joey has responded. Thanks, Joey!
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [awards-program] IMPT: Questions about Student Grants in your Country - 
> PLS RESPOND ASAP
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:39:04 -0800
> From: Teresa Giacomini <Teresa.Giacomini at Sun.COM>
> To: awards-program at opensolaris.org
>
> Hi everyone - *especially those of you who have NOT been participating
> in the daily calls*,
>
> As you know, we are working away on a student grant program as part of
> the Open Source Community Innovation Awards.  We have realized that
> those of us on the team do not have the expertise we need to make a good
> decisions about the design of the program.  So, we need your help.
> Please take a minute and answer the questions below.
>
> We were recently told that most universities only handle large grants.
> That is, they only get involved, and have the grant funds flow through
> the university machinery, if the grant is much larger than the grants we
> plan to give. (These awards will likely be $1-5K US.)  It was
> recommended to us that we grant the money directly to the student.
>
> Additionally, one of the goals of the program is to begin a relationship
> with the faculty at the university or college.  We plan to have the
> student identify a faculty advisor, and have that advisor sign off on
> the grant proposal as well as the final research paper.
>
> 1.  In your country, is it typical, or even heard of, to pay a student
> directly for research?  Do you think paying the student will hinder our
> ability to build a relationship with the university?
>
> 2.  Is there a threshold for that, if the grant is less than that, the
> university will not be interested in having the grant flow through them?
>
> 3.  Will having the university involved delay/hinder the grant process
> or speed up/enhance the grant process?
>
> 4.  Our original plan was to follow this approximate timeline:
>
>      Grant proposals accepted:  March 1 - April 1
>      Grantees informed they are getting a grant:  April 15th
>      Research Period:  April 15th - September 30th
>      Grant payment:  August 15th (we can not pay out sooner)
>
>      We are considering moving these dates out and paying the grant, or
> at least a
>      portion of it up front (with August 15th being the earliest date
> for the first
>      payment).  So our new schedule might look something like this:
>
>      Grant proposals accepted:  March 1 - July 15th
>      Grantees informed they are getting a grant:  August 1st
>      Research Period:  August 15th - December 30th
>      Grant payments based on milestones:  August 15th, October 31st,
> December 31st
>
>      Would this change positively or negatively affect the participation
> of students
>      and universities in your country (or ones you are familiar with)?
>
> Thanks so much for taking the time to answer these questions.  If you
> can possibly do so *today* that would be AWESOME!
>
> T
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