NATIONAL TOURNAMENT LAB THE FIRST MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE NTL IS TO CREATE NOVEL, HIGH QUALITY WORKING SOFTWA…
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Award details
- Award ID
- NNH10CD71C
- Contractor
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Sub-agency / office
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Award amount
- $10,477,499
- Period of performance
- Sep 30, 2010 – Dec 31, 2015
- NAICS
- 541330 — Engineering Services
- Place of performance
- MA
Public award description
NATIONAL TOURNAMENT LAB THE FIRST MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE NTL IS TO CREATE NOVEL, HIGH QUALITY WORKING SOFTWARE FOR NASA-WIDE ALGORITHMIC AND COMPUTATIONAL CHALLENGES WHILE AT THE SAME TIME INCREASING NASA'S COMPUTATIONAL ENGINEERING CAPACITY BY REDUCING THE COST AND TIME OF DEVELOPMENT. THE SECOND MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE NTL IS TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EMPIRICALLY VALIDATED SCIENCE OF INNOVATION TOURNAMENTS SO THAT THE RELEVANT (INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL) DESIGN PARAMETERS UNDERLYING EFFECTIVE DISTRIBUTED INNOVATION PRACTICES CAN BE IDENTIFIED AND VERIFIED. THIS WILL ENABLE FOR THE SYSTEMATIC AND ROUTINE USE OF INNOVATION TOURNAMENTS AS A PROBLEM SOLVING APPROACH WITHIN NASA AND THE REST OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR. A SECONDARY OBJECTIVE IS TO DRIVE PARTICIPATION IN US-POPULATIONS BY ADVERTISING THE CONNECTION WITH NASA AND ENCOURAGING ENTRY AT HIGH-SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND GRADUATE SCHOOL LEVELS.
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