NASA's Minority University Research and Education
Project (MUREP) awarded approximately $1.8 million in new cooperative
agreements to three Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) across the United
States. These agreements provide opportunities for TCU students, faculty and
staff to engage in NASA-related science, technology, engineering and math
(STEM) research and activities.
The award is made jointly through both the
NASA MUREP for American Indian and Alaskan Native STEM Engagement (MAIANSE)
and the Earth Systems, Technology, and Energy Education for MUREP (ESTEEM)
activities.
The selected institutions are:
·
Southwest
Indian Polytechnic Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico
·
Chief
Dull Knife College, Lame Deer, Montana
·
Northwest
Indian College, Bellingham, Washington
The awards range in value from
approximately $422,200 to $844,400, which will support institutional
capacity-building at tribal colleges and the continuation and creation of
STEM engagement projects for students at the awarded institutions and their
partner institutions.
The selected proposals offer innovative
methods, approaches and concepts to make appropriate use of NASA’s current
and unique engineering and scientific resources with a strong emphasis on
engaging students and educators.
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in
Greenbelt, Maryland provides management and administration for the MAIANSE,
and NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia provides management
and administration for the ESTEEM activities. MAIANSE supports NASA's goal of
engaging students in the critical disciplines STEM and inspiring the next
generation of explorers. ESTEEM advances the institutional capacity of TCUs
to increase the number of underrepresented/underserved students in STEM
fields, specifically Earth systems science and climate resiliency.
The cooperative agreements are part of
NASA’s strategic emphasis on engaging the American Indian and Alaskan Native
communities. For a list of selected organizations and project descriptions,
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