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LaSPACE Deadlines:

  • REA -- 04/023/2010
  • LURA -- ANYTIME
  • GSRA -- ANYTIME
  • HASP -- 12/18/2009
  • LaACES -- OVER
  • DART2 -- 10/09/2009
  • FELLOWSHIPS -- TBA
  • STARS -- ANYTIME
  • RIG -- ANYTIME
  • URP -- ANYTIME
  • MRS -- ANYTIME


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Summary of Required Reports and Forms

FINAL TECHNICAL REPORT FOR LURA

One of the conditions for awarding a LaSPACE LURA award is that each student/mentor team must complete a Final Technical Report on their activities for the year. A suggested format for this report is given below. The terms of the LURA award require that, in addition to the Final Technical Report, the institution must prepare and submit a Final Financial Report. These reports are due in the LaSPACE office no later that 30 days after the award expiration date. Please don't leave the report preparation to the last minute.

FINAL TECHNICAL REPORT:

For the Final Technical Report, we need a several page write-up on the project that is suitable for transmission to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This is required by the NASA Training Grant that supplies the federal funds for LaSPACE. (We may also include the report in our annual report to the Louisiana Board of Regents.) This report should describe the activities undertaken, the participants, and the assessment by the student/mentor team of the success of the venture, the impact that it had (or will have), and any further plans for a continuation or for like projects. Please also include copies of reports, presentations, publications or publicity. These items should contain citations acknowledging LaSPACE/NASA support.

Deliver this final report according to the process on your campus. You may need to submit it through your Research Office first.

There is no form, specified format or page limit for this report. You may use your discretion in generating the document. However, at the least, there should be:

  • A cover page which includes the project title, PI and student names, subcontract or LSU account number, date, and institution.
  • The narrative, as described above. While there is no minimum page length, this section should adequately describe the research and results, yet remain succinct. A suggested table of contents:
    • Abstract
    • Acknowledgement of LaSPACE Support
    • Table of Contents
    • List of Tables
    • List of Figures
    • Introduction
    • Objectives
    • Results/Accomplishments in Meeting Stated Goals and Objectives of the Project
      (include names of other undergraduate and graduate students who worked on the project, if applicable)
    • Conclusions/Overall Assessment
    • Bibliography
    • Follow-on Grant Applications/Patents/Publications derived from this work, if applicable

FINAL FINANCIAL REPORT:

We are required to keep official records of direct expenditures, and of any cost sharing generated, for each project that we support. Consequently, we require an official, signed report that shows the final expenditure of the funds and also shows any proposed certified cost sharing. Please ensure that this is submitted by your accounting office.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

In addition to the two reports discussed above, NASA annual reporting requires that specific information be provided about each of our sub-grants.  We are also interested in the students' evaluation of their LURA experience and NASA requires that we collect longitudinal data on student award recipients. Each student should click on "LURA Student Evaluation Form" and complete the relevant sections and forward it to the LaSPACE office along with the Final Technical Report. Please feel free to call the LaSPACE Office, at 225-578-8680 or e-mail at eads@phys.lsu.edu if there are any questions or problems.

  • LaSPACE Office
  • Louisiana Space Consortium
  • Louisiana NASA EPSCoR
  • Dept of Physics and Astronomy
  • Louisiana State University
  • 364 Nicholson Hall
  • Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4001
  • TEL: 225-578-8680
  • FAX: 225-578-1222
    http://LaSPACE.lsu.edu

CITATIONS:

All publications, presentations, etc. that emanate from the work supported by this award shall cite the support of NASA under grant NNG05GH22H. The appropriate NASA contract number shall also be cited unless the journal or book expressly forbids such citation. Such citation might take the form, '__________________ thanks LaSPACE and NASA under grant NNG05GH22H for support during this project.'

Please call the office if you need help determining your contract support. Please also include a bibliographic list of all papers, talks, submissions, etc. as part of your year-end report, and attach copies of whatever is available.

These reports should be prepared carefully (please type). They are public property. Copies may be submitted to NASA, as per the Space Grant reporting requirements. Copies will also distributed to all of the LaSPACE institutions.

If there are any questions or problems feel free to contact the LaSPACE office (225-578-8680, laspace@lsu.edu) or to consult your institutional representative. We are happy to have you as part of the LaSPACE program and wish you success in the years ahead.



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