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

[Jim Grisanzio]

To clarify: in JP, grant money can go directly to students for tuition, 
but not for research. That money genearlly goes dirctly to the 
school/lab. -- Jim

Jim Grisanzio wrote:
> 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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