Since the NSF funds a wide variety of subjects ranging from educational research to Computing technology, The NSF is our primary candidate for a source of funding.
Also with the latest budget passed the NSF has added the following increase to Educating for the Future topic, which has increased by $107 million.
This topic is meant for research in the area of new and improved ways to improve education. The Virtual Teaching assistant can be placed in this category since it
is mainly a new tool to help with deal with distance learning, which may be the wave of the future in education.
Filing for Grant
The first step is to go to https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/ and fill out the appropriate information.
Then when once the initial proposal is sent out via the fastlane, You are able to log in and check the status of your grant proposal.
These are the current investment priorities of the Sun Grant/AEG program.
Teaching, research and/or development of Java and Solaris technologies
Advancement of Sun's network computing vision in primary and secondary education
Application of network based instructional computing
Advancement of Sun's High Performance Computing strategies and architecture
Use of Sun technology by Computer Science and Engineering students, faculty, and staff (however, we do not limit our investment to these)
The Virtual Teaching Assistant clearly meat several of these specifications. Mainly Advancement of Sun’s network computing vision in primary and Secondary Education
and Application of network based instructional computing. Also we me meet the last standard of use of sun technology by faculty and staff since we desire to make our
product multi platform, thus not limiting ourselves to just a windows based product, thus making sun a desirable source to seek funding.
Filing for Grant
The format for applying for a grant from sun micro systems is a half page paper describing the abstract of the project in which you seek funding for.
The next approaching deadline for funding is June 30 2000.
