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ELECTRONIC PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA), Langley Research Center is releasing a Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) in support of the NASA Langley Office of Education entitled Electronic Professional Development Network (ePDN).
The CAN will beavailable upon its release by opening the NASA Research Opportunitieshomepage at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ and then linking through the menu listings "Solicitations" to Open Solicitations." The overall goal of the proposed cooperative agreement is to develop an infrastructure and deploy research-based technology applications,products, and services that enhance educator professional development through the use of online technologies.
The recipient will be required to partner with NASA to design, prepare, produce, deliver, and evaluateonline professional development events, workshops, and courses leadingto educators' effective use of NASA educational materials in learning environments.
NASA ePDN objectives are 1) Produce and deliver ePD experiences.
2)Maintain a learning management system in support of the cooperativeagreement.
3) Collaborate with other NASA education projects in meetingtheir ePD objectives.
4) Partner with external ePD organizations.
Because its purpose is a program of professional development foreducators to accomplish the educators' and NePD objectives,participation in this program is restricted to educational institutions or other educational nonprofit organizations.
Proposals from outsidethe United States will not be considered and all NASA education andtraining grant funds, as required by 14 C.F.R.
Sections 126 0. 12 (c) (2)and 126 0. 12 (c) (3), support students and faculty that are U. S. citizens.
An organization's relevant current and past performance willbe one of the evaluation criteria for selection (all evaluation factors will be defined in the CAN).
As defined in the NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook recipients of NASA cooperative agreements may not be paid a profit.
Electronically submitted Notices of Intent to propose are requestedaddressed to the contact identified below.
Proposal due date and exactlocation of submissions will be identified in the CAN.
Proposals received after that deadline will not be considered.
For this notice,the provisions contained in the NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook (NPR 580 0. 1) apply.
Additional information on CooperativeAgreements with NASA may be found at:http://ec.msfc.nasa.gov/hq/library/srba/ .
Offerors are responsible for monitoring the NSPIRES site for the release of any amendments.
Recipient eligibility will be based upon the requirements that are setforth in the CAN.
Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).
All correspondence and or direct questions regarding this CAN shall be addressed to the primary point of contact in writing (e-mail) at Karen.C.Dempster@nasa.gov., Grants Officer, NASA LangleyResearch Center, Mail Stop 126, Hampton, VA 2368 1. Please note that the previous announcement for this CAN was cancelled.
The CAN will beavailable upon its release by opening the NASA Research Opportunitieshomepage at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ and then linking through the menu listings "Solicitations" to Open Solicitations." The overall goal of the proposed cooperative agreement is to develop an infrastructure and deploy research-based technology applications,products, and services that enhance educator professional development through the use of online technologies.
The recipient will be required to partner with NASA to design, prepare, produce, deliver, and evaluateonline professional development events, workshops, and courses leadingto educators' effective use of NASA educational materials in learning environments.
NASA ePDN objectives are 1) Produce and deliver ePD experiences.
2)Maintain a learning management system in support of the cooperativeagreement.
3) Collaborate with other NASA education projects in meetingtheir ePD objectives.
4) Partner with external ePD organizations.
Because its purpose is a program of professional development foreducators to accomplish the educators' and NePD objectives,participation in this program is restricted to educational institutions or other educational nonprofit organizations.
Proposals from outsidethe United States will not be considered and all NASA education andtraining grant funds, as required by 14 C.F.R.
Sections 126 0. 12 (c) (2)and 126 0. 12 (c) (3), support students and faculty that are U. S. citizens.
An organization's relevant current and past performance willbe one of the evaluation criteria for selection (all evaluation factors will be defined in the CAN).
As defined in the NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook recipients of NASA cooperative agreements may not be paid a profit.
Electronically submitted Notices of Intent to propose are requestedaddressed to the contact identified below.
Proposal due date and exactlocation of submissions will be identified in the CAN.
Proposals received after that deadline will not be considered.
For this notice,the provisions contained in the NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook (NPR 580 0. 1) apply.
Additional information on CooperativeAgreements with NASA may be found at:http://ec.msfc.nasa.gov/hq/library/srba/ .
Offerors are responsible for monitoring the NSPIRES site for the release of any amendments.
Recipient eligibility will be based upon the requirements that are setforth in the CAN.
Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).
All correspondence and or direct questions regarding this CAN shall be addressed to the primary point of contact in writing (e-mail) at Karen.C.Dempster@nasa.gov., Grants Officer, NASA LangleyResearch Center, Mail Stop 126, Hampton, VA 2368 1. Please note that the previous announcement for this CAN was cancelled.
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
Clickon the following link to see the full text of the announcement for thisfunding opportunity.
Additional Information of Eligibility:
See Cooperative Agreement Notice upon its release.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
Contact:
Agency Email Description:
Agency Email:
Karen.C.Dempster@nasa.gov
Date Posted:
2008-07-23
Application Due Date:
2013-08-15
Archive Date:
2009-07-18
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