Nebraska EPSC0R

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Nebraska EPSC0R
NESTIP

• Nebraska Engineering, Science
• and Technology Internship Program
• A Nebraska EPSCoR Cost Share Program

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Outline
Nebraska EPSCoR

• NESTIP
• Objectives
• Business Eligibility
• Student Eligibility
• Match Making
• Cost Sharing
• Eligible Projects
• Transfer of Funds
• Request Initiation
• Application Dead Lines
• Contact Information

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NESTIP
Nebraska EPSCoR

• NESTIP Objectives
• Facilitate technology transfer between Nebraska
  higher education and businesses.
• Encourage applied research beneficial to state
  industries.
• Encourage leveraging company and EPSCoR funds to
  obtain additional funds from federal sources for
  applied research.

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NESTIP
Nebraska EPSCoR

• Business eligibility
• A Nebraska business enterprise is eligible to
  participate in the program.

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NESTIP
Nebraska EPSCoR

• Student eligibility
• Undergraduate student
• A science, engineering or technology student
  enrolled in a degree program in one of Nebraskas
  four-year colleges or universities who has
  completed 65 credit hours of college courses

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NESTIP
Nebraska EPSCoR

• Student eligibility
• Graduate student
• A science or engineering graduate student
  enrolled in a graduate degree program in one of
  Nebraskas universities with approval of the
  students academic advisor and willingness of a
  graduate faculty to mentor the student during the
  internship. The student academic advisor may act
  as the students mentor.

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NESTIP
Nebraska EPSCoR

• Match making
• Companies who are interested in participating in
• NESTIP, but have not identified a qualified
• Student, may contact their universitys Career
• Placement office for assistance in finding
• students that meet the companies needs.

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NESTIP
Nebraska EPSCoR

• Cost sharing
• The company must pay at least half of the
  students salary, benefits and taxes.
• Cost share cannot be more than half of the
  students salary, benefits and taxes.
• Cost share may only be used for students salary,
  benefits and taxes.
• Cost share may not exceed 5,000 per funding
  period (six months) per company.
• NESTIP will not pay for time the student has
  worked prior to approval of the internship.

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NESTIP
Nebraska EPSCoR

• Cost sharing
• Only one student per company may participate in
  the
• NESTIP cost share program at any given time.
• Student participation in the NESTIP cost share
• program is limited to one year (two funding
  periods)
• with the same company.
• A students salary is determined by the company
• (hourly rate may be no lower than 8 an hour and
• may not be more than 20 an hour).

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NESTIP
Nebraska EPSCoR

• Eligible project
• A project that utilizes science and technology
• expertise of a student and contribute to the
• companys performance, products and/or
• processes.
• A student may earn academic credits for the
• project at the discretion of his/her academic
• department.

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NESTIP
Nebraska EPSCoR

• Transfer of funds
• A student who has a work permit will be
• employed and paid directly by the company on an
• hourly basis.
• NESTIP will reimburse the company for its
• committed share of the students expenses upon
• receipt of signed students time cards from the
• Company.

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NESTIP
Nebraska EPSCoR

• Funding request initiation
• A funding request requires an employment
• agreement between a student and a company.
• The student needs to fill out an application
• (NESTIP form A).
• The company needs to fill out an application and
• provide a project description (NESTIP form B).
• If a graduate student is being hired, a mentor
• needs to fill out a commitment form (NESTIP
• form C).

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NESTIP
Nebraska EPSCoR

• Application deadlines
• Funding requests may be submitted to Nebraska
• EPSCoR any time throughout the year.
• Funding notification is usually sent within
• approximately two weeks of application.
• Funds are limited and potential impacts of
• projects will be considered in granting requests.

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NESTIP
Nebraska EPSCoR

• Contact Information
• Nebraska EPSCoR
• W192 Nebraska Hall, UNL
• Lincoln, NE 68588-0557
• http//epscor.unl.edu
• Phone [phone]