Space grant colleges
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The space-grant colleges comprise a network of 52 consortia, based at universities across the United States, for space-related research. Each consortium is based in one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia or Puerto Rico and consists of multiple independent institutions, with one of the institutions acting as the lead.
The U.S. Congress established the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program in 1988; NASA administers the program, and first took that role in 1989.
The program claims the following objectives [link]:
- Establish and maintain a national network of universities with interests and capabilities in aeronautics, space and related fields;
- Encourage cooperative programs among universities, aerospace industry, and federal, state and local governments;
- Encourage interdisciplinary training, research and public service programs related to aerospace;
- Recruit and train U.S. citizens, especially women, underrepresented minorities, and persons with disabilities, for careers in aerospace science and technology; and,
- Promote a strong science, mathematics, and technology education base from elementary through secondary levels.
Participating Institutions
- University of Alabama in Huntsville
- University of Alaska Fairbanks
- American University
- University of Arizona
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock
- Auburn University
- Brown University
- California Space Grant Consortium
- *University of California, San Diego - headquarters
- *California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
- *California State University, Long Beach
- *California State University, Los Angeles
- *California State University, Sacramento
- *California State University, San Bernardino
- *Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College
- *San Diego State University
- *Santa Clara University
- *Stanford University
- *University of California, Berkeley
- *University of California, Davis
- *University of California, Irvine
- *University of California, Los Angeles
- *University of California, Riverside
- *University of California, Santa Barbara
- *University of California, Santa Cruz
- *University of Southern California
- University of Central Florida
- College of Charleston
- University of Colorado at Boulder
- Cornell University
- University of Delaware
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- University of Hartford
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- University of Idaho
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- Iowa State University
- Johns Hopkins University
- [Kansas Space Grant Consortium]
- *Kansas State University
- *University of Kansas
- *Wichita State University
- Louisiana State University
- Maine Space Grant Consortium
- *University of Maine
- *University of New England
- *University of Southern Maine
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota
- University of Mississippi
- University of Missouri - Rolla
- Montana State University
- University of Nebraska at Omaha
- University and Community College System of Nevada
- University of New Hampshire
- New Mexico State University
- North Carolina State University
- University of North Dakota
- Ohio Aerospace Institute
- University of Oklahoma
- Oregon State University
- Pennsylvania State University
- University of Puerto Rico
- Purdue University
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
- Stevens Institute of Technology
- Texas A&M University
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Utah
- Utah State University
- University of Vermont
- University of Washington
- University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
- University of Wyoming
- Vanderbilt University
- Virginia Space Grant Consortium
- *College of William and Mary
- *Hampton University
- *Old Dominion University
- *University of Virginia
- *Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- West Virginia University
- Western Kentucky University
External links
- [NASA's National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program site]
- [California Space Grant Consortium Official Site]
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