The space-grant colleges are educational institutions in the United States that comprise a network of fifty-three consortia formed for the purpose of outer space-related research.[1] Each consortium is based in one of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or Guam,[2] and each consists of multiple independent space-grant institutions, with one of the institutions acting as lead.

Similar programs include sea-grant colleges (instituted in 1966) and sun-grant colleges (instituted in 2003).

Objectives

The program claims the following objectives:[3]

History

The National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program was established in 1988 by the US Congress following the success of similar scholarship opportunities in the oceanic Sea Grant and agricultural Land Grant fields. The catch-all term Space Grant refers back to these previous federal programs. In 1989, the program was given over to NASA, which now administers it in the same way that NOAA administers Sea Grant.

The first meeting of the National Council of Space Grant Directors took place from January 16 to January 19, 1990, at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Columbia, Maryland, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge, California. [4] In 2011, an effort was made to begin collecting the history of the council.[5]

Programs

Building Leaders for Advancing Science and Technology (BLAST) BLAST is a three-day summer event that takes place at Virginia's Old Dominion University. This free, STEM-centered event, is available to 8th and 9th graders with a 2.3 GPA or better.[6] BLAST's purpose is to show the students the interesting aspects of STEM to those who are unsure whether they want to be involved in STEM or not.

Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project The NEBP is a high-altitude, balloon launching program.[7]

eXploration Systems and Habitation (X-Hab) 2019 Academic Innovation Challenge The eXploration Systems and Habitation (X-Hab) challenge seeks better the academic and technological abilities of university students. It utilizes hands-on training in the implementation of space habitats for deep space missions.[8] There is an Advanced Exploration Systems (AES) Division where university students can compete to win awards worth $15,000–50,000 for a functional design that the AES finds useful and, or, interesting.[8]

John Mather Nobel Scholars Established in 2008, the John Mather Nobel Scholars is a scholarship program open to NASA-Goddard Space Flight.[9] The program provides $3,000 so that a chosen participant can share their research paper with NASA professionals. To be a part of this program, a GPA of 3.5 or higher is necessary along with being a junior or higher.

NASA KSC Higher Education Support Services The NASA/Kennedy Space Center Higher Education Support Services supports college grade Higher Education competitions.[10] Such competitions entail internships, senior design projects, and selective grants.

National Space Grant Distinguished Service Award The National Space Grant Distinguished Service Award was created by Josh Simpson and is awarded to students who will have an impact in a STEM field related to NASA's mission/goals.[11]

Space Grant Support Services The goal of the Space Grant Support Services is to better the Space Grant network. The Space Grant Support Services supports the Space Grant network in many different ways from an economical view to a public view.[12]

Space Systems Engineering Website The Space Systems Engineering Website is a free, six-week, online course that allows students to work and learn with NASA's engineers.[13] Course materials will always be accessible and students are able to use the learned resources in any way they please.

Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Program The Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Program is a one-week, online, STEM summer program. The program focuses on NASA-related research provided by NASA's STEM professionals.[14]

Virginia Commonwealth STEM Industry Internship Program (CSIIP) The Virginia Commonwealth STEM Industry Internship Program or CSIIP, provides an online internship application system for STEM majors.[10] This was done for the people to meet the increasing demand for citizens with STEM majors.

Virginia Earth System Science Scholars The Virginia Earth System Science Scholars is a STEM-centered program where participants participate with NASA's professional researchers.[15] The Virginia Space Coast Scholars (VSCS) program is an online, week long, STEM-centered program that focuses on the study of NASA's missions.[16]

William A Hiscock Space Grant Scholarship Fund The William A Hiscock Space Grant Scholarship Fund was created "in memory of William Hiscock, the former director of the Montana Space Grant."[10] Due to his efforts, many NASA ballooning centered programs were created.[17]

Participating institutions

As of 2002, there are over 850 participating institutions.[18]

Alabama Space Grant Consortium[19]

Alaska Space Grant Consortium[20]

Arizona Space Grant Consortium[21]

Arkansas Space Grant Consortium[22]

California Space Grant Consortium[23]

Colorado Space Grant Consortium[24]

Connecticut Space Grant Consortium[25]

Delaware Space Grant Consortium[26]

Florida Space Grant Consortium[27]

Georgia Space Grant Consortium[28]

Hawai'i Space Grant Consortium[29]

Idaho Space Grant Consortium[30]

Illinois Space Grant Consortium[31]

Indiana Space Grant Consortium[32]

Iowa Space Grant Consortium[33]

Kansas Space Grant Consortium[34]

Kentucky Space Grant Consortium[35]

Louisiana Space Grant Consortium[36]

Maine Space Grant Consortium[37]

Maryland Space Grant Consortium[38]

Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium

Michigan Space Grant Consortium[39]

Minnesota Space Grant Consortium[40]

Mississippi Space Grant Consortium[41]

Missouri Space Grant Consortium[42]

Montana Space Grant Consortium[43]

Nebraska Space Grant Consortium[44]

Nevada Space Grant Consortium[45]

New Hampshire Space Grant Consortium[46]

New Jersey Space Grant Consortium[47]

New Mexico Space Grant Consortium[48]

New York Space Grant Consortium[49]

North Carolina Space Grant Consortium[50]

North Dakota Space Grant Consortium[51]

Ohio Space Grant Consortium[52]

Oklahoma Space Grant Consortium[53]

Oregon Space Grant Consortium[54]

Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium[55]

Puerto Rico Space Grant Consortium[56]

Rhode Island Space Grant Consortium[57]

South Carolina Space Grant Consortium

South Dakota Space Grant Consortium[58]

Tennessee Space Grant Consortium[59]

Texas Space Grant Consortium[60]

Utah Space Grant Consortium[61]

Vermont Space Grant Consortium[62]

Virginia Space Grant Consortium

Washington D.C. NASA Space Grant Consortium

Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium

West Virginia Space Grant Consortium

Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium

Wyoming NASA Space Grant Consortium

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "NASA Space Grant Program". Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  2. ↑ "NASA Guam Space Grant". Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  3. ↑ National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program(Space Grant) 2010-2014 Archived 2012-09-26 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  4. ↑ http://national.spacegrant.org/index.php?page=history Archived 2018-05-13 at the Wayback Machine Archived 2018-05-13 at the Wayback Machine, National Council of NASA Space Grant Directors.
  5. ↑ https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19960014626.pdf Archived 2017-02-25 at the Wayback Machine Archived 2017-02-25 at the Wayback Machine, NASA.
  6. ↑ http://blast.spacegrant.org Archived 2018-04-25 at the Wayback Machine Archived 2018-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, Building Leaders For Advancing Science and Technology.
  7. ↑ https://www.spacegrant.org/ballooning Archived 2018-04-25 at the Wayback Machine Archived 2018-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, Donate To the Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project.
  8. 1 2 https://www.spacegrant.org/xhab Archived 2018-04-25 at the Wayback Machine Archived 2018-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, Select Exploration Systems and Habitation (x-hab) 2019 Academic Innovation Challenge.
  9. ↑ https://www.spacegrant.org/mather Archived 2018-04-25 at the Wayback Machine Archived 2018-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, John Mather Nobel Scholars.
  10. 1 2 3 https://www.spacegrant.org/programs Archived 2018-04-25 at the Wayback Machine Archived 2018-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, Foundation Programs.
  11. ↑ https://www.spacegrant.org/nsgdsa Archived 2018-04-25 at the Wayback Machine Archived 2018-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, Select National Space Grant Distinguished Service Award.
  12. ↑ https://www.spacegrant.org/services Archived 2018-04-25 at the Wayback Machine Archived 2018-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, Space Grant Support Services.
  13. ↑ https://spacese.spacegrant.org Archived 2018-04-25 at the Wayback Machine Archived 2018-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, Space Systems Engineering – Home.
  14. ↑ http://vsgc.odu.edu/VASTS/Archived 2022-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholars (vasts).
  15. ↑ http://vsgc.odu.edu/VESSS/Archived 2022-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, Virginia Space Coast Scholars.
  16. ↑ http://vscs.spacegrant.org Archived 2018-04-25 at the Wayback Machine Archived 2018-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, Virginia Space Grant Scholars.
  17. ↑ https://www.spacegrant.org/hiscock Archived 2018-04-25 at the Wayback Machine Archived 2018-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, William A Hiscock Space Grant Scholarship Fund
  18. ↑ "Space Grant Program". Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Alabama Space Grant Consortium". October 23, 2017. Archived from the original on April 26, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  20. ↑ "Alaska Space Grant Program". spacegrant.alaska.edu. Archived from the original on December 23, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  21. ↑ "Arizona Space Grant Consortium". Archived from the original on February 14, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  22. ↑ "Arkansas Space Grant Consortium". Archived from the original on December 23, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  23. ↑ "California Space Grant Consortium". Archived from the original on December 23, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  24. ↑ "Colorado Space Grant Consortium". Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  25. ↑ "Connecticut Space Grant Consortium". Archived from the original on December 23, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  26. ↑ "Delaware Space Grant Consortium". Archived from the original on December 23, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  27. ↑ "Florida Space Grant Consortium". Archived from the original on August 2, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  28. ↑ "Georgia Space Grant Consortium". Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  29. ↑ "Hawaii Space Grant Consortium". Archived from the original on December 23, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  30. ↑ "Idaho Space Grant Consortium". Archived from the original on December 23, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  31. ↑ "Illinois Space Grant Consortium". Archived from the original on December 23, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  32. ↑ "Indiana Space Grant Consortium". Archived from the original on August 13, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  33. ↑ "Iowa Space Grant Consortium". Archived from the original on December 23, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  34. ↑ "NASA in Kansas". nasainkansas.org. Archived from the original on December 23, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  35. ↑ "NASA Kentucky | Kentucky Space Grant and NASA EPSCoR Programs". Archived from the original on December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  36. ↑ "Louisiana Space Grant Consortium". laspace.lsu.edu. Archived from the original on December 23, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  37. ↑ "Maine Space Grant Consortium". Archived from the original on September 30, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  38. ↑ Maryland Space Grant Consortium Archived 2013-04-06 at the Wayback Machine. Md.spacegrant.org (2012-05-15). Retrieved on 2013-07-15.
  39. ↑ "Michigan Space Grant Consortium". Archived from the original on December 23, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  40. ↑ "NASA's MN Space Grant Consortium (MnSGC)". www.mnspacegrant.org. Archived from the original on December 23, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  41. ↑ "Mississippi Space Grant Consortium". Mississippi Space Grant Consortium. Archived from the original on December 23, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  42. ↑ Missouri Space Grant Consortium-Associates and Affiliates Page Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2016-01-11
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  44. ↑ "NASA Nebraska Space Grant". NASA Nebraska Space Grant. Archived from the original on December 23, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
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  46. ↑ "New Hampshire Space Grant Consortium". www.nhsgc.sr.unh.edu. Archived from the original on December 22, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  47. ↑ "New Jersey Space Grant Consortium (NJSGC)". Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  48. ↑ "New Mexico Space Grant Consortium | NMSGC Home". nmspacegrant.com. Archived 2013-12-05 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2013-12-05.
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  51. ↑ "North Dakota Space Grant Consortium". aero.und.edu. Archived from the original on September 4, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  52. ↑ "Ohio Space Grant Consortium". Archived from the original on January 15, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  53. ↑ "Oklahoma NASA Space Grant Consortium". spacegrant.oknasa.org. Archived from the original on December 23, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  54. ↑ "Oregon NASA Space Grant Consortium". Oregon NASA Space Grant Consortium. Archived from the original on September 20, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  55. ↑ "NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium | Connecting Pennsylvania Citizens to NASA Resources and Opportunities". sites.psu.edu. Archived from the original on December 23, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  56. ↑ "Puerto Rico Space Grant Consortium". prsgc.upr.edu. Archived from the original on December 26, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  57. ↑ "Welcome | Rhode Island Space Grant Consortium". Brown University. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  58. ↑ "South Dakota Space Grant Consortium". sdspacegrant.sdsmt.edu. Archived from the original on December 23, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  59. ↑ "Tennessee Space Grant Consortium - Home". tn.spacegrant.org. Archived from the original on August 17, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  60. ↑ "Member Institutions". TSGC. Archived from the original on December 2, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  61. ↑ "Utah Space Grant Consortium | Utah NASA Space Grant Consortium and EPSCoR". utahspacegrant.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  62. ↑ "Vermont Space Grant Consortium" (PDF). NASA. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
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