R&D - B DIVISION PRIZES

Cash prizes will be offered for the B Division R&D event at NARAM-51 to be held near Johnstown, Pennsylvania, August 8 - August 14, 2009.

The first place prize is $1000. Second place is $600, third is $400, and fourth is $200. As many as ten $100 honorable mention prizes may be awarded to qualifying entries that the judges deem to be of excellent quality.

The NAR Research and Development Competition is an opportunity for members to present research or new developments in model rocketry. These include scientific studies of model rockets, innovations in model rocketry, and research using model rocketry as a tool. Rules for the event are specified in the NAR Sporting code, aka Pink Book.

The cash prizes are offered to B division competitors only -- NAR members who were 14-18 years old at the beginning of the contest year, July 1, 2008. Members must attend NARAM-51 to present their reports. Information on Junior and Leader NAR membership is available at on the NAR website.

Robert Alway has donated funds to the National Association of Rocketry (NAR) to pay for cash prizes for B Division competitors who excel in Research and Development. Robert Alway is a long-time model rocketeer, NAR member and former NAR trustee. The prizes are funded in memory of his parents, Clayton D. and Ida M. Alway.

Some examples of past NAR R&D reports can be found online at these sites:

NAR Technical Services
NAR R&D Database
Apogee Rockets archive
Peter Alway's archive
John DeMar's archive
Jeff Vincent's archive