This is a firm fixed price purchase order award by the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) to Palmas Academy Inc., a non-profit community development corporation, for mission critical tuition fees for one dependent student for the 2023-2024 school year. The award has a ceiling value of $14,665.00 and an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2024. Palmas Academy Inc. operates a private school in Humacao, Puerto Rico that serves military-connected children in the region. This award...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $316,654.89 cooperative agreement to the San Jacinto Community College District, doing business as San Jacinto Community College, to implement the "Pathways to the STARS" project. The goal of the project is to provide enriching STEM education and activities to 1,350 underserved students in grades 4-10 in the Houston area, as well as engage their parents, in order to promote a larger STEM ecosystem and reduce achievement...
This federal contract award was made by NASA to the Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC), a non-profit research organization affiliated with Old Dominion University, to implement the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) program. NCAS is a national initiative that provides community college students interested in STEM careers an authentic NASA experience through online learning and on-site workshops at NASA centers. The award, valued at $171,129.86, will fund VSGC to host two NCAS...
This is a firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) to Palmas Academy Inc., a non-profit organization and community development corporation, to provide tuition support for one dependent student's education at The Palmas Academy Inc. private school located in Humacao, Puerto Rico for the 2022/2023 school year. The award, valued at $14,270.00, is not associated with a set-aside program. Palmas Academy Inc. holds an indefinite delivery...
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 (NNX15AW22A) was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Elizabeth City State University (ECSU), a public historically black university in North Carolina. The $341,297.60 grant supports the NASA Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Aerospace Academy, which aims to improve STEM literacy by engaging students, families, and teachers through emerging technologies. The project will collaborate with an existing NASA...
This is a grant awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to the WEX Foundation, a minority-owned non-profit organization, for the "Lunar Caves Analog Test Sites (LCATS) Program for Science Investigations, Space Exploration Mission Operations, Technology Development, and Habitability System Architectures for Space STEM Learning Performance." The grant, valued at $1,243,125.00, is focused on engaging middle and high school students in hands-on activities and collaborative problem-solving...
This federal contract award, with identification number 80NSSC22K0434, is a $25,000.00 grant for research awarded to the Alaska Challenger Center for Space Science Technology Inc. by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The award is for a project titled "FOOD SECURITY AND SUSTAINABILITY AT HOME AND IN SPACE: IT'S MORE SIMILAR THAN YOU MIGHT THINK A COMMUNITY FOOD SECURITY AND SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM FOR THE KENAI PENINSULA" and has a period of performance through...
This is a $24,345.44 grant awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Bard College, a private university and non-profit organization, to fund a 100 ks NuSTAR exposure on the Galactic Center supermassive black hole Sgr A*. The award is part of the successful joint NuSTAR/Chandra/Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) observation campaigns during 2017-2018, and will overlap with the upcoming EHT observation window. The grant supports valuable astrophysics research at Bard College, which has a history of...
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...