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Now Hiring! Assistant Director, NDSGC & ND NASA EPSCoR

Categories: ND NASA Space Grant Consortium

The NDSGC & ND NASA EPSCoR team is hiring!   Applications are now being accepted for Assistant Director, NDSGC & ND NASA EPSCoR. Applications are due Aug. 4, 2023.   Details on the position can be found on the UND website here.   Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree. Starting salary is $60,000+. K-12 classroom teachers, […]

STEM Ambassadors and NDSGC Team member at Fargo Air Show (2021) - Sydney Menne is wearing a blue NDSGC polo and name badge, Tori McIntosh is wearing a NDSGC shirt and name badge, and Danny Erdmann is wearing a blue NDSGC polo and name badge. They are standing under a tent at an outdoor event with a table of NASA handouts/stickers/ posters in front of them.

STEM Ambassador Applications Now Open!

Categories: ND NASA Space Grant Consortium

STEM Ambassadors and NDSGC Team member at Fargo Air Show (2021) - Sydney Menne is wearing a blue NDSGC polo and name badge, Tori McIntosh is wearing a NDSGC shirt and name badge, and Danny Erdmann is wearing a blue NDSGC polo and name badge. They are standing under a tent at an outdoor event with a table of NASA handouts/stickers/ posters in front of them.

The North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC) is now accepting student applications for the STEM Ambassador program for the 2023 – 2024 academic year. Minimum Requirements: Be enrolled at an NDSGC affiliate institution as a graduate student or undergraduate student in the 2023 – 2024 academic year e.g. H.S. seniors who graduated in spring 2023 […]

NASA EPSCoR Virtual Technical Interchange Meeting – Call for Researcher Presentations

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UPDATED WITH EXTENDED DEADLINE – JUNE 7, 2023 Who: North Dakota faculty researchers from ND NASA EPSCoR affiliate institutions What: Virtual Technical Interchange Meeting – Call for “Flash Presentations” from Researchers Where: Virtual Web Link (Microsoft Teams or Zoom) When: Two Dates: First meeting: June 22, 2023 with “Flash Talks” followed by second meeting on July 13, 2023 (breakout […]

A student from the North Dakota School for the Blind tests out one of UND’s space helmets. Photo by Walter Criswell/UND Today.

Space Grant Consortium makes space for everyone – UND Today Article

Categories: ND NASA Space Grant Consortium

A student from the North Dakota School for the Blind tests out one of UND’s space helmets. Photo by Walter Criswell/UND Today.

May 11, 2023 by Walter Criswell Published in: John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences, Learning “The NASA Space Grant Consortium, a nationwide effort started by NASA to increase interest and engagement in STEM and space studies in K-12 and university students, invited students with visual impairment from the North Dakota Vision Services/School for the Blind for a […]

Catharine “Cappy” Bunn, a doctorate student in physics, recently won a NASA FINESST fellowship to support her research on the heating effect of the sun's magnetic fields. MSU Photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez

Tentative NASA EPSCoR R3 CAN Topics Released

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Catharine “Cappy” Bunn, a doctorate student in physics, recently won a NASA FINESST fellowship to support her research on the heating effect of the sun's magnetic fields. MSU Photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez

NASA has released a tentative list of research topics to be addressed in the upcoming FY24 R3 solicitation. The solicitation is planned for a release in late summer or early fall 2023.   Link to PDF of Tentative Topics for NASA EPSCoR CAN Rapid Response Research (R3) Solicitation (updated 5.11.23) Updated Ames Research Center Topics […]

Educators at 2022 IDEAS Workshop work in teams on hands-on lesson plan.

Summer 2023 DEIA & NASA Educator Professional Development Workshop

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Educators at 2022 IDEAS Workshop work in teams on hands-on lesson plan.

*Registration for this event closed on June 1, 2023. The IDEAS (Innovative Differentiated Exploration Activities in Space Science) Team announces the Summer 2023 Educator Professional Development Workshop. What: Professional Development Workshop for Educators focused on Accessibility of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics) and NASA Activities & Resources Who: Pre-K, K-12, and Informal In-service and […]

ND NASA EPSCoR Research and Travel RFP – Spring 2023

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5.18.23 Update:  Congratulations to the following two proposals selected for research funding! Dr. Haochi Zheng | Using Satellite Observation to control noxious weeds and support livestock production in North Dakota | Department of Earth System Science and Policy | University of North Dakota Dr. Mijia Yang | Support the Development of an Artificial Bird Material […]

ND NASA EPSCoR Request for Pre-Proposals and Reviewers – ISS Flight Opportunity

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2.16.2023 Update: One pre-proposal has been selected to move forward for this opportunity: Sci-I: Dr. Kalpana Katti Title: Effect of microgravity and higher radiation on healing and metastasis potential of omentum   Overview: In response to the NASA Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) EPSCoR ISS Flight Opportunity Announcement Number: NNH22ZHA003C, the North Dakota NASA EPSCoR […]

NASA EPSCoR Virtual Technical Interchange Meeting – Call for Researcher Presentations

Categories: ND NASA EPSCoR

UPDATED WITH EXTENDED DEADLINE – JAN. 10, 2023 Who: North Dakota faculty researchers from ND NASA EPSCoR affiliate institutions What: Virtual Technical Interchange Meeting – Call for “Flash Presentations” from Researchers Where: Virtual Web Link (Microsoft Teams or Zoom) When: Two Dates: one meeting in late January 2023 with “Flash Talks” followed by one meeting in early February 2023 […]

ND NASA EPSCoR Request for Pre-Proposals & Reviewers – FY2023 R3 CAN

Categories: ND NASA EPSCoR

Congratulations to the two pre-proposals selected to move forward for full consideration by NASA: Benjamin Laabs, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Geospatial Sciences, NDSU, “Using InSAR and GPS to track landslides in North Dakota” Shuvashis Dey, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NDSU, “Towards a Low-cost, Pervasive Wireless Soil Salinity and Nutrient (N-P-K) Sensing System […]