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Did you know?

OVER
6,300
COLLEGE STUDENTS

receive Space Grant funding each year, with over 1,400 community college students

OVER
22,000
EDUCATORS ENGAGED

annually, reaching over 400,000 K-12 students through Space Grant funding

25%
OF PARTICIPANTS WERE FROM
UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS
40%

OF PARTICIPANTS WERE

FEMALE

Recent News & Events

Engineering students practice launching a tethered high-altitude balloon Sept. 23 on the Macon campus.

NASA Space Grant Supports Students in Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project

A Mercer University team of engineering students will launch a high-altitude balloon into near space during the Oct. 14 annular […]

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MAALIK MCPHERSON ’23 (LEFT) SPEAKS WITH ERIC SINSON ’23, PROFESSOR OF ENGINEERING JOHN MERTENS, AND KEVIN CLARK ’23.

Connecticut Space Grant Supports Undergraduate Research Awards

Trinity College engineering majors Kevin Clark ’23 and Ananya Swamy ’23 recently received student project grant awards from the NASA Connecticut […]

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NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen is pictured conducting maintenance activities during his first week aboard the International Space Station. This is Bowen’s fourth visit to the orbital outpost. Credits: NASA

Wyoming Space Grant Consortium Hosts State's First-Ever ISS Downlink

Students from Wyoming will have an opportunity this week to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station during […]

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A UNIQUE NATIONAL RESOURCE

The National Space Grant Foundation supports the Space Grant consortia in every state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Each of these state-based consortia conducts an array of strategically designed programs to support and enhance science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education in their state.

Click on a state or territory to learn more about its programming.

Programs run by Space Grant jurisdictions

Across the nation, Space Grant jurisdictions are making an impact. Here’s just a few:

High Altitude Student Platform
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NASA Robotic Mining Competition
STEM Enhancement in Earth Science