This is a federal training grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The University of Hartford, a private non-profit university in Connecticut. The award, valued at $2,714,144.32, is part of the Connecticut Space Grant College Consortium program and is intended to support primary elements such as NASA Educator Fellows (NEFS), higher education, and research infrastructure, as well as secondary elements like pre-college and informal education. The award does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Hartford has received other federal contract and grant awards, including firm-fixed price delivery orders from the Department of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for tuition and fees, as well as substantial grants from the Small Business Administration and the Department of Education for various educational and business development services.