Common use of Project Goals Clause in Contracts

Project Goals. The overall goal of the URC project is to continue NASA’s commitment to achieving a broad-based, competitive aerospace research and technology development capability at MIs that will • Expand the nation’s base for aerospace research and development by fostering new aerospace research and technology development concepts; • Develop mechanisms for increased participation by faculty and students at MIs in the research programs of NASA’s Mission Directorates; and • Increase the numbers of undergraduate and graduate degrees awarded to U.S. citizens from MIs in NASA-related fields. The specific objectives for URCs are to: • Establish significant, multi-disciplinary scientific, engineering, and/or commercial research centers at the host university that contribute substantially to the programs of one or more of the four NASA Mission Directorates described in the NASA Strategic Plan; • Move increasingly towards gaining support from sources outside the URC project by aggressively pursuing additional funding opportunities offered by the NASA Mission Directorates, industry, and other funding agencies; and • Improve the rates at which U.S. citizens, who historically have been underrepresented in NASA-related fields, are awarded undergraduate and graduate degrees at their respective universities in NASA-related fields.

Project Goals. The overall goal of the URC project is to continue NASA’s commitment to achieving a broad-broad- based, competitive aerospace research and technology development capability at MIs that will • will: ▪ Expand the nation’s 's base for aerospace research and development by fostering new aerospace research and technology development concepts; • ▪ Develop mechanisms for increased participation by faculty and students at MIs in the research programs of NASA’s Mission Directorates; and • ▪ Increase the numbers of undergraduate and graduate degrees awarded to U.S. citizens from MIs in NASA-related fields. The specific objectives for URCs are to: • ▪ Establish significant, multi-disciplinary scientific, engineering, and/or commercial research centers at the host university that contribute substantially to the programs of one or more of the four NASA Mission Directorates described in the NASA Strategic Plan; • ▪ Move increasingly towards gaining support from sources outside the URC project by aggressively pursuing additional funding opportunities offered by the NASA Mission Directorates, industry, and other funding agencies; and • ▪ Improve the rates at which U.S. citizens, who historically have been underrepresented in NASA-related fields, are awarded undergraduate and graduate degrees at their respective universities in NASA-related fields.

Project Goals. The overall goal of the URC project is to continue NASA’s commitment to achieving a broad-based, competitive aerospace research and technology development capability at MIs that will will: • Expand the nation’s 's base for aerospace research and development by fostering new aerospace research and technology development concepts; • Develop mechanisms for increased participation by faculty and students at MIs in the research programs of NASA’s Mission Directorates; and • Increase the numbers of undergraduate and graduate degrees awarded to U.S. citizens from MIs in NASA-related fields. The specific objectives for URCs are to: • Establish significant, multi-disciplinary scientific, engineering, and/or commercial research centers at the host university that contribute substantially to the programs of one or more of the four NASA Mission Directorates described in the NASA Strategic Plan; • Move increasingly towards gaining support from sources outside the URC project by aggressively pursuing additional funding opportunities offered by the NASA Mission Directorates, industry, and other funding agencies; and • Improve the rates at which U.S. citizens, who historically have been underrepresented in NASA-related fields, are awarded undergraduate and graduate degrees at their respective universities in NASA-related fields.