This is a $480,000.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Hartnell Community College District, a minority-serving institution located in Salinas, California. The award, which has no set-aside designation, will fund the Hartnell MUREP Aerospace Academy Project to provide STEM education and enrichment activities for underserved K-12 students in the region through 2025. The project aims to improve STEM participation and retention among...
This is a $420,000.00 Cooperative Agreement between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Hartnell Community College District in Salinas, California. The award is to transition Hartnell's existing Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Aerospace Academy (SEMAA) program into a MUREP Aerospace Academy (MAA) project. The MAA project will serve approximately 2,000 underrepresented and disadvantaged K-12 students per year in a region with large numbers of migrant, low-income,...
This is a $749,922 cooperative agreement awarded by NASA to the Napa Valley Community College District (NVCCD) to develop and implement a STEM curriculum for community college students that will increase their interest and participation in university engineering programs and NASA-related career pathways. The "RISING DATA" program consists of three integrated elements: 1) developing a one-semester course that provides hands-on flight project experiences for students, 2) conducting...
Hartnell Community College District, a minority-serving institution, was awarded a $324,998 Cooperative Agreement by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to operate the Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Aerospace Academy. The program aims to increase participation and retention of historically underserved and underrepresented K-12 youth in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Key activities include Saturday STEM...
This federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the California State University, Fresno Foundation is intended to implement the Minority Aerospace Academy (MAA) program in the Madera Unified School District. The $390,927.60 grant aims to increase STEM interest among underserved students in grades 1-12, improve STEM literacy and support capabilities for their parents/caregivers, and enhance NASA-specific STEM content knowledge and pedagogical skills for...
The University of Colorado was awarded a $849,332 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Office of STEM Engagement's National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program to support the Great Lunar Expedition for Everyone (GLEE) project. GLEE will contribute to NASA's Artemis mission to put humans on the Moon by 2024 through a scalable program that engages students in a hands-on learning experience using a standalone platform of technologies called LUNASAT. This...
Sciencenter was awarded a $998,433 cooperative agreement by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to develop the Explore Science: Destination Moon project. Under this award, Sciencenter will create a new toolkit of hands-on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) activities based on NASA's human exploration of the Moon, along with a mobile application that guides users through NASA's current and future missions. The products will be...
This is a $420,226 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Nurture Nature Center (NNC), a non-profit organization in Easton, Pennsylvania. The grant supports NASA's education mission to advance high-quality STEM education using NASA's unique capabilities, datasets, experts, and analysis tools. The project, titled "6 Degrees of Influence: Understanding the Interconnectedness of Earth Systems," focuses on developing Earth science curricula and...
This is a $749,811 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Twin Cities Public Television, Inc. (TPT), a non-profit educational media organization. The two-year project, "SciGirls in Space: Exploring the Moon, Mars and NASA Careers," aims to create educational media content addressing topics such as microgravity, space science, and space exploration for middle school girls. The goal is to inspire and engage this target audience in...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $749,582.00 grant to the Arizona Science Center, in collaboration with Arizona State University, Museum of Science, Science Museum of Minnesota, and the National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE Net), for a three-year project titled "Moon and Beyond: An Immersive Game for STEM Learning in Museums and Planetariums." The project aims to engage public audiences, particularly families with children in grades 4-8...