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...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center has awarded a $38,432.00 grant to the Evergreen Aviation And Space Museum And The Captain Michael King Smith Educational Institute, a non-profit organization, to implement the "SPACED OUT! FOSTERING STEM LITERACY IN STUDENTS GRADES 5-8 THROUGH IMMERSIVE SPACE SCIENCE LEARNING EXPERIENCES" project. The grant, awarded on August 29, 2024, with a performance period ending on August 28, 2025, is intended to...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded a $755,492 grant to Blue Marble Space Institute of Science of Clayton, Delaware. The grant funds a five-year collaborative project with the Navajo Nation to enhance STEM education through a dual-learning approach integrating Western science and Navajo cultural knowledge. Activities over the period of performance from August 2016 to June 2024 include continuing and developing curriculum for annual summer camps for middle school students...
This is a $39,911 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Stem Advancement Inc., a non-profit organization, to provide space-related educational experiences for rural students. The grant, titled "Equipping and Inspiring Rural Students with Space-Related Experience", has an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2025. This award is not associated with a larger contract vehicle and does not have a set-aside designation. The objective is to equip and...
This is a $2,721,395 federal training grant awarded by the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program (part of NASA) to Brown University. The grant is intended to support various educational initiatives over a 5-year period, including: Fellowships and scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students, with a focus on engaging underrepresented minorities and women in STEM research and discovery Developing new STEM-focused curricula at the postsecondary level, including direct...
This is a $1,208,395 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Orlando Science Center, a non-profit organization, for the "STEM Satellites: A Mobile Mathematics and Science Initiative for Orlando Metropolitan Area Children's Hospitals" project. The project will engage chronically ill children with cancer, sickle cell, HIV/AIDS, and other conditions, as well as other underserved youth ages 10 to 18, in NASA-themed...
This is a $3,614,790.58 training grant awarded by the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, which is part of NASA, to the Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium (PSGC) led by The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State). The PSGC is a group of 16 colleges and universities in Pennsylvania that partners with one industry, the National Aerospace Training and Research Center (NASTAR), to support STEM education, research, and outreach programs. The grant funds a variety of higher...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center has awarded a $25,000 grant to the Girl Scouts of North East Ohio. The grant, titled "Roaming the Red Planet Series," aims to engage more girls in robust STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) learning, with the goal of increasing the number of women who pursue STEM careers. The grant has a completion date of June 15, 2023, and no set-aside was used. As a sub-grantee to the Ohio...
This is a $1,215,550.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Girlstart, a minority-owned, woman-owned non-profit organization. The grant, titled "GIRLSTART 365: Scaling Up Year-Round STEM Programs for Girls," is intended to fund a program designed to engage young girls, particularly those lacking STEM learning resources outside of school, in STEM education and activities. The program includes inquiry-based curricula, STEM mentorship, career...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $7,567,531.00 cooperative agreement to Northern Arizona University (NAU) for the "Planetary Learning that Advances the Nexus of Engineering, Technology, and Science (PLANETS)" project. The project aims to develop three out-of-school time (OST) modules that integrate planetary science, technology, and engineering. NAU is partnering with the U.S. Geological Survey Astrogeology Science Center, the Museum of Science Boston,...