National Consortium For Graduate Degrees For Minorities In Engineering And Science Inc.

National Consortium For Graduate Degrees For Minorities In Engineering And Science Inc., doing business as National Gem Consortium, is a nonprofit organization based in Alexandria, Virginia that administers STEM fellowship programs, conference sponsorships, and internship coordination for federal agencies supporting underrepresented minority graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. The vendor operates as a prime recipient on federal contracts and grants (92% of recent awards) with no subcontract footprint of decision relevance, competing exclusively full-and-open with no small-business set-aside designation across its federal portfolio.

National Gem Consortium's federal work centers on fellowship administration and professional development services. Representative contract work includes a $340 thousand purchase order from a Shared Services Center (awarded July 1, 2026, completing June 30, 2027) for GEM fellowship stipends, tuition, and administrative fees; a $225 thousand NASA award for MUREP GEM Fellowship MS and PhD contributions and sponsorship (June 2025 through August 2025); and a $202.5 thousand NASA purchase order for master's and PhD fellowship stipends and administration fees (awarded September 18, 2024, completing September 30, 2024). On the grant side, National Gem Consortium holds an NSF Project Grant (CFDA 47.049, Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, awarded October 1, 2023, completing April 25, 2025) for the Pathways to a Diverse STEM Workforce program, which will support 89 graduate students over three years through internship placements and mentoring in chemistry, engineering, and physics; and a $185,093 NSF Project Grant (awarded October 1, 2022, completing January 31, 2024) for infrastructure development supporting underrepresented minority internships in STEM, delivering living stipends, tuition, and paid internship coordination to 12 students in chemistry, physics, and chemical/environmental engineering.

Customer concentration is stark: the NASA Shared Services Center dominates with 15 awards carrying $2.4 million combined potential value, accounting for 100% of the vendor's reported potential-value footprint across contracts. The National Science Foundation contributes 8 awards and 1 division-specific award; the Department of the Air Force accounts for 2 awards with minimal dollar exposure ($5 thousand combined). Award activity has fluctuated across the past five years—three awards in 2022, climbing to six in 2023, declining to four in 2024, two in 2025, and three in 2026. Three awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $798 thousand, representing modest recompete exposure. The vendor subcontracts to Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC on Department of Energy work (Y-12 National Security Complex and PANTEX management and operating contract, sub-award February 16, 2024) and receives sub-grant funding from the University of Minnesota (Regents Of The University Of Minnesota, M-Force mentoring program, sub-grant award January 22, 2024), but neither represents a material operational footprint relative to its prime-centered business model.