NSF Awards $657,000 to NCATT

August 2007 saw NCATT’s most recent funding award by the National Science Foundation (NSF). This latest award of $657,000 brings the NSF’s original and continuation funding for NCATT projects to greater than $1.5 million.

Through NCATT, the NSF continues to make a significant investment in the aerospace industry, especially in the areas of avionics and electronic technician certification. This may well be the first example of direct and dedicated funding from the government (through the NSF) that is provided – without strings – for an industry organization (NCATT) to support, advance and promote aerospace industry technicians in accordance with aerospace industry and technician needs. Rather than providing regulation and oversight, the NSF’s continuing commitment to NCATT establishes a unique government and industry partnership that recognizes and promotes individual technician professionalism in the nations most critical and technology driven industry.

Technicians should understand that NCATT does not belong to any government agency, educational entity, specialized membership or interest group. From NCATT’s early development in 1999 to today’s growing and industry responsive organization NCATT truly belongs to the aerospace industry.

For more information visit www.ncatt.org.