NASA has announced it has given USD 1.4m in cooperative agreement awards to help colleges focused on enrolling minority and low-income students develop new STEM courses, the agency said.
The MUREP Innovations in Space Technology Curriculum (MISTC) awards align with the priorities of the agency´s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD), which is responsible for developing the crosscutting, pioneering new technologies and capabilities the agency needs for current and future missions.
The selected minority-serving community colleges and their course ideas are Bronx Community College, New York; College of the Desert, Palm Desert, California; Los Angeles Pierce College, Woodland Hills, California; Passaic County Community College, Patterson, New Jersey; Prince George´s Community College, Upper Marlboro, Maryland.
Awardees will partner with a NASA center or facility to accomplish the goals and objectives of MISTC over a 15-month period of performance, for up to USD 330,000.
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