Over the next four years, NASA awards up to $870,000 annually to 52 institutions in the United States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. These investments are designed to create opportunities for the next generation of innovators by supporting workforce development, science, technology, engineering and mathematics education, and workforce development, science, technology, engineering and mathematics education in a national aviation collaboration.

The Space Grant Academy and Scholarship Program (Space Grants) established by Congress in 1989 is a workforce development program managed through NASA's Office of STEM Participation (OSTEM). The mission of the program is to produce a skilled workforce, prepare to promote NASA's mission and strengthen the U.S. aerospace sector.

“The Space Grant Program exemplifies NASA’s commitment to fostering a new generation of STEM leaders,” said Torry Johnson, deputy director of the STEM engagement program at NASA headquarters in Washington. “By working with institutions across the country, we ensure that students have the resources, guidance and experience they need to thrive among their aerospace staff.”

Here is a complete list of winners:

• University of Alaska Fairbanks

• University of Alabama Huntsville

• University of Arkansas, Little Rock

• University of California San Diego

• University of Colorado Boulder

• University of Hartford, Connecticut

• American University in Washington, DC

• Central University of Florida

• Georgia Institute of Technology

• University of Hawaii Honolulu

• Iowa State University, Ames

• University of Idaho, Moscow

• University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

• Purdue University, Indiana

• Wichita State University, Kansas

• University of Kentucky, Lexington

• Louisiana State University and A&M College

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Johns Hopkins University, Maryland

• Maine Space Grant Consortium

• University of Michigan Ann Arbor

• University of Minnesota

• Missouri University of Science and Technology

• University of Mississippi

• Montana State University, Bozeman

• North Carolina State University

• University of North Dakota, Grand fork

• University of Nebraska University of Omaha

• University of New Hampshire Durham University

• Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

• New Mexico State University

• Nevada Higher Education System

• Cornell University, New York

• Ohio Aviation Institute

• Oregon State University

• Penn State University

• University of Puerto Rico

• Brown University, Rhode Island

• Charleston College, South Carolina

• South Dakota School of Mining and Technical

• Vanderbilt University, Tennessee

• University of Texas at Austin

• University of Utah, Salt Lake City

• Old Dominion University Research Foundation in Virginia

• University of Vermont, Burlington

• University of Washington Seattle

• Carthage College, Wisconsin

• West Virginia University

Space grants are operated through state-based consortiums that include universities, university systems, associations, government agencies, industries and informal educational organizations, engaged in aerospace activities. Each consortium’s leadership bodies coordinate efforts within its state, providing opportunities for students and researchers while fostering collaborations with NASA and industries related to aerospace.

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