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...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $343,887.74 Cooperative Agreement to Florida Atlantic University (FAU), a Hispanic Serving Institution, to lead the NASA Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Aerospace Academy (MAA) in the South Florida region. The MAA program engages over 3,300 underserved and underrepresented students in grades 6-12 with high-quality STEM activities during in-school and after-school hours, using content from all four...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $324,868.28 cooperative agreement to the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) to operate the MUREP Aerospace Academy for the Southwest (MAA Southwest) program. The goal of MAA Southwest is to inspire and prepare underserved K-12 students in the Southwest border region, which has a highly Hispanic and economically disadvantaged population, for advanced studies and careers in STEM, particularly aerospace-related fields. The...
This is a $1,200,000.00 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Texas A&M University Kingsville, a Hispanic-Serving Institution and member of the Texas A&M University System. The award is not set aside. The project aims to create three proactive pathways to provide sustained inspiration and seamless transition for underrepresented minorities (URMs) to join the highly needed aerospace workforce. The effort will address critical issues...
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...
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...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $324,041.87 cooperative agreement to Texas State University for the FAMA (Future Aerospace-Engineers and Mathematicians Academy) Central Texas for Minority Youth Program. The program aims to increase participation and retention of historically underserved and underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. It will provide early NASA STEM learning experiences, family engagement,...
This federal contract award to the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a $1,402,287 Cooperative Agreement from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) through the Minority University Research and Education Program (MUREP) Initiative. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, supports UTEP's efforts to train 158 engineering graduates annually in aerospace engineering education and research over the 2-year duration. As a Hispanic-serving institution, UTEP has...
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 $3,410,000.00 cooperative agreement award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), a Hispanic-Serving Institution and 1890 Land Grant College. The award supports NASA's Strategic Goal 4 to enhance capabilities and operations to catalyze current and future mission success, with a focus on STEM engagement programs designed to build a future STEM workforce. The contract has no set-aside designation and is awarded directly to...