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The North Dakota NASA Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) is soliciting research proposals from faculty at North Dakota University System institutions and North Dakota Tribal Colleges to conduct NASA relevant research in one or more RFAs that are designed to promote and expand particular NASA research sub disciplines in North Dakota.  One proposal […]

Dr. Xiquan Dong, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, has received a $200,780 grant sub-award through the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) for the proposal entitled “Evaluation of NCAR CAM5 simulated MBL Cloud Properties Using a Combination of Satellite and Surface Observations”. Prof. Dong will provide the Department of Energy (DOE) ARM Azores ground-based observations and […]

Lydia Wiff has been awarded the 2015-2016 Globalair.com Calvin L. Carrithers Aviation Scholarship.  Her writing skills and determination to work in the aviation field exemplify the next generation of aviator we feel will make a contribution to the aviation industry. Notified by:  Jeffrey A. Carrithers, President, Globalair.com

Dr. Gretchen Mullendore, Associate Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, has received a grant in the amount of $168,182 from the National Science Foundation entitled “Collaborative Research: SI2-SSI: Big Weather Web: A Common and Sustainable Big Data Infrastructure in Support of Weather Prediction Research and Education in Universities”. Under this award, Gretchen will be working with scientists […]

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Funding awarded to ND Space Grant, NASA EPSCoR programming, and UND Human Spaceflight Lab director Dr. Pablo de Leon.  See more details here.

The University of North Dakota Observatory recently became the beneficiary of a testamentary gift of $150,000. The gift was announced by observatory director and Space Studies faculty member Paul Hardersen. Space Studies is a part of the UND John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences. Hardersen, who has led significant modernization and upgrades since taking over […]

After a year of effort, Dr. Paul Hardersen secured the first large donation to UND Space Studies by securing a $150,000 donation that will be delivered in the will of an anonymous donor. Although the funds — specifically dedicated to the Space Studies Observatory — will not arrive for some time to come, this donation […]

Educator in Fargo, ND, Tonya Greywind, was selected as one of three North Dakota teachers to receive Space Grant funding to attend the Space Academy for Educators at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL.  See the article published in the Fargo Forum below.  Peter Sykora of Ellendale, ND also attended, and Ellen […]

Regional Weather Information Center – “UAS Test Flight Research and Execution for Evaluation of UAS and Associated Ground Control Systems” – $53,525