Fayetteville state university (FSU) is proposing to establish two-week long residential stem precollege summer institute (FSU PSI) summer camps over the five-year period of the project for twenty high…

Fayetteville State University (FSU), a historically Black college and university in North Carolina, was awarded a $423.5K cooperative agreement by a civilian federal agency to establish the NASA MUREP Precollege Summer Institute: Cutting-Edge Technologies for Examining Climate Change (FSU-CTECC). The five-year project, with completion targeted for March 2028, will deliver two-week residential STEM summer camps annually to 20 high school students recruited from Cumberland County and surrounding North Carolina counties. The program aims to increase STEM interest among underrepresented and underserved students while equipping them with foundational skills for success in college STEM degree programs and STEM careers through engagement with NASA's Earth Science initiatives.

The FSU-CTECC program leverages partnerships with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Goddard Space Flight Center, along with academic organizations and industry partners, to deliver hands-on STEM workshops and authentic learning experiences. Students will gain exposure to cutting-edge technologies including remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), drone technology, and three-dimensional printing to address climate change challenges through solution design, data collection and analysis, and drone engineering activities. The cooperative agreement was awarded on a competitive, non-set-aside basis, reflecting FSU's established capabilities in STEM education and technical research as a minority-serving institution.

Fayetteville state university (FSU) is proposing to establish two-week long residential stem precollege summer institute (FSU PSI) summer camps over the five-year period of the project for twenty high school students recruited each year from high schools in cumberland county and its surrounding counties in north carolina. The project is titled fayetteville state university s NASA murep precollege summer institute: cutting-edge technologies for examining climate change (FSU-ctecc) with the overarching goal being increasing interest in stem of high school students, especially underrepresented/underserved students, and equip them with the tools necessary for their success in college stem degree programs leading to stem careers through their engagement and interaction with NASA s earth science. To provide the best hands-on and authentic stem experience for students, the program has partnered with NASA s JPL and goddard space flight center earth science education/outreach and multiple academic organizations and industries to provide stem workshops to the students. Students will be introduced to using cutting edge technologies including remote sensing, GIS, drone, and 3D printing to tackle various climate change issues through hands-on and authentic solution design, data collection and analysis, and drone engineering activities.