NASA Awards $3.3 Million to Support STEM at Tribal Colleges

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Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

September 23, 2012

NASA is awarding $3.3 million to support academic excellence in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education at tribal colleges and universities, the agency announced in a press release dated Oct. 1.The awards, which have a three-year period and range in value from $215,000 to $592,000, are part of a Cooperative Agreement Notice released by the NASA Office of Education's Minority University Research and Education Program for the Tribal Colleges and Universities Project (TCUP).The institutions selected through a merit-based, peer-reviewed competition are: Kiksapa Consulting, LLC of Mandan, N.D.; Salish Kootenai College of Pablo, Mo.; and the American Indian Higher Education Consortium in Alexandria, Va.TCUP is a STEM education grant and mentoring program with the goal of expanding opportunities to academic institutions that prepare Native Americans to enter the nation's STEM workforce through internships, fellowships, research experiences, outreach, information exchange, capacity building and infrastructure development.read more

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