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New Book by Rebecca Romsdahl, ESSP Professor

Categories: Earth System Science & Policy

  Dr. Rebecca J. Romsdahl’s Mindful Wandering: Nature and Global Travel through the Eyes of a Farmgirl Scientist takes the reader from a Minnesota farm to England, Morocco, Peru and beyond. Part travelogue, part book of essays, and part scientific manifesto, Romsdahl blends her experiences growing up on a Minnesota farm, studying and teaching environmental […]

ND Space Grant Bridge Fellowship – Connecting Students to STEM Research

Categories: Home Page News, ND NASA Space Grant Consortium, Space Studies

That’s the Big Dipper. That’s the Little Dipper. And not so long ago, that’s about as deep as Lake Region State College graduate Liz Deckert wanted to dip into space science. But that was before the kinesiology major and future chiropractor transferred this fall to the University of North Dakota, where she landed a NASA-funded Bridge Fellowship through […]

UND: TEAMS Pre-service teacher workshop

Categories: ND NASA Space Grant Consortium

The NDSGC met with University of North Dakota TEAM students and led a pre-service teacher presentation in December of 2021. We presented one hands-on activity and introduced the various NASA- and ND-based educator opportunities.   Activities from the session  NASA GLOBE App   Here are some helpful links: The Google Slides presentation can be found […]

NASA EPSCoR Funds Model Spacesuits for the Future

Categories: Home Page News, ND NASA EPSCoR, Space Studies

By Danielle Sempsrott NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Ever since he was a young boy, watching the televised lunar landings from his hometown of Cañuelas, Argentina, Pablo de León knew he wanted to contribute to human space exploration. Now, as chair of the Department of Space Studies at the University of North Dakota (UND), he’s doing […]

ND NASA EPSCoR Research Request for Pre-Proposals – NASA EPSCoR CAN

Categories: ND NASA EPSCoR

Overview: In response to the NASA Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) EPSCoR Research Announcement Number: NNH22ZHA005C, the North Dakota NASA EPSCoR (Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) is soliciting pre-proposals from faculty at affiliate institutions specifically designed to promote and expand NASA research in North Dakota. Following preliminary proposal selection by ND NASA EPSCoR, the […]

ND NASA EPSCoR Research Request for Pre-Proposals – NASA EPSCoR ISS CAN

Categories: ND NASA EPSCoR

Overview: In response to the NASA Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) EPSCoR ISS Flight Opportunity Announcement Number: NNH22ZHA003C, the North Dakota NASA EPSCoR (Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) is soliciting pre-proposals from faculty at affiliate institutions specifically designed to promote and expand NASA research in North Dakota. Following preliminary proposal selection by ND NASA […]

UND receives $45,000 NSF grant to measure fog using UAS

Categories: Atmospheric Sciences

NSF RAPID Grant will support fog-measuring efforts in fall and spring around Hector International Airport, Fargo, N.D. The University of North Dakota has received a $45,000 RAPID Grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct fog measurements. The grant will support two month-long observational periods near Hector International Airport in Fargo, N.D., to improve the […]

NASA ND Space Grant Info Session (Nov 1 2021)

Categories: ND NASA Space Grant Consortium

Attention all ND college students:    The ND Space Grant Consortium is hosting an informational Zoom webinar session for students interested in getting involved in NASA internships, research fellowships, scholarships, team projects, and STEM outreach efforts. This session will be recorded and linked below for students unable to attend.   The November 1st, 2021 video recording of this presentation can be […]

ND NASA EPSCoR Research & Travel RFP – Fall 2021

Categories: ND NASA EPSCoR

North Dakota NASA EPSCoR (Established Program to Simulate Competitive Research) is soliciting research proposals from faculty at affiliate institutions for Research Seed Grant funding and Travel Grant Funding. Funding must contribute to the completion of NASA relevant research designed to promote and expand particular NASA research sub disciplines in North Dakota. The purpose of the […]

Minot State University: Pre-service teacher workshop

Categories: ND NASA Space Grant Consortium

The NDSGC met with Minot State University students and led a pre-service teacher workshop in September of 2021. We conducted three hands-on activities and introduced the various NASA- and ND-based educator opportunities. Activities from the session  Pocket Solar System Rockets to the Rescue Strange New Planet Here are some helpful links: The Google Slides presentation […]