TIP Basics
Complete this sentence "TIP prepares thousands of Americans for good jobs in _______ fields, bolsters small businesses and startups to build technologies, invests in new pathways for research and matures research for future investment or impact.
What is emerging technology?
This fruit is a popular vessel used to create fun artistic carvings on and around Halloween
What is a pumpkin?
The ART program contains this many interconnected tracks, differentiated buy an institution's research translation readiness level (RTRL)
What is ART?
This sugar-coated gummy confection is shaped like children and gives a sweet then sour experience
What is Sour patch kids?
A "Creature Features" station at the recent Spooky Mad Scientist Expo explored the biology of spiders and this flying mammal frequently associated with Halloween
What are bats?
TIP is a directorate within this US federal science agency
What is the US National Science Foundation (NSF)?
The record for the worlds heaviest pumpkin is:
A. 3,545
B. 3,156
C. 2,545
D. 2, 156
What is B. 3, 156 (Oct. 2026)?
This TIP WCB program specifically provides graduate students with experiential learning opportunities through research internships in non-academic settings.
What is INTERN?
About 3 million pounds of this famous peanut-butter-and-chocolate treat are sold for Halloween, earning it one of the topmost desired candy to receive among kids
What are Reese's Peanut Butter Cups?
In October, the Moon briefly played cosmic hide-and-seek by passing in front of this largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter? NASA Watch the Skies reports the lunar occultation occurred October 6.
TIP accelerates use-inspired research and helps translate research results to these two destinations
What are the market and society?
In a 2019 survey this percentage of parents admit to stealing some of their children's Halloween candy:
A. 70%
B. 64%
C. 74%
D. 60%
What is C. 74%
In additional to NSF's TIP and EDU directorate, this technology company participates in ExLENT through charitable foundation
What is Micron technology through Micron foundation?
This famously divisive, striped Halloween confection, with more than 1.3 million pounds sold on average.
What is candy corn?
Peaking October 8 into 9th, this meteor shower sounds especially appropriate for Halloween because it adapts the name of a famous vampire
What is the Draconoid meteor shower?
TIPs work includes preparing Americans for these types of jobs through reskilling and upskilling
What are better quality and higher wage jobs?
The colors black and orange, most associated with Halloween, can be traced back to this ancient Gaelic festival
What is the Celtic festival of Samhain?
Known as GROW, this ART track targets institutions with a high level of research but relatively low research translation and may provide awards of up to $6 million over four years
What is Track 2, Growing Capacity for Research Translation?
This colorful, fruit-flavored oval shaped candy, with an average of 3.3 million pounds sold for Halloween.
What are Skittles?
MIT engineers built a paper-thin swimming robot powered by these living cells, which respond to flashes of light.
What are muscle cells?
TIP comprises of three primary strategy areas: Accelerate critical and emerging technology, Expand the geography of American innovation, and _______
What is Build a competition-ready workforce?
According to the library of congress, kids used to scream this word/phrase instead of trick or treat
What is Belsnickel?
ExLENT identifies three issues that may affect workforce preparation as emerging technologies evolve: security, safety, and this concern involving personal information
What is privacy?
Originally called Opal Fruit when launched in Britain in 1960, this chewy candy comes in a sleeve and are individually wrapped
What is starbust?
Scientists reported that this clever bird may make some lightning-fast decisions up to twice as fast as humans.
What is a crow?