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2025 NASA Rhode Island Space Grant Application for Graduate Fellows

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  February 18, 2025 Applications are now being accepted for Summer 2025 and the Fall 2025/ Spring 2026 Academic Year. Academic Year Fellows work the majority of their time on their studies and research in conjunction with their degree program....

2025 NASA Rhode Island Space Grant Application for Undergraduate Students

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  February 18, 2025 Applications are now being accepted for Summer 2025 and the Fall 2025/ Spring 2026 Academic Year. Academic Year Scholars work the majority of their time on their studies and research in conjunction with their degree program....

Plant the Moon Challenge: Spring 2025

Do you and your students want to see what it might be like to grow plants on the Moon or Mars? This is your chance! The NASA Rhode Island Space Grant Consortium is pleased to announce that funding applications are now being accepted for the Plant the Moon Challenge...

A NASA space grant is helping students learn about Rhode Island’s infamous history of trash

“We want to get students outside the classroom beyond the textbooks and internet articles they read about,” said Ralph Milliken, Program Director and DEEPS Associate Professor. “So they can understand the interplay on human society and the natural environment.”

Curriculum and Professional Development Application

The NASA RI Space Grant is accepting applications to fund curriculum development and professional development projects at K-12, undergraduate, and graduate levels throughout Rhode Island. All projects related to the development of NASA-relevant curricula, STEM-aligned...

Plant the Moon Challenge: Spring 2024

Do you and your students want to see what it might be like to grow plants on the Moon or Mars? This is your chance! The NASA Rhode Island Space Grant Consortium is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the Plant the Moon Challenge for the...

Satellite built by Brown students and launched by SpaceX shows a low-cost way to reduce space junk

SBUDNIC, built by an academically diverse team of students using off-the-shelf parts, was confirmed to have successfully operated in orbit, demonstrating a practical, low-cost method to cut down on space debris. The project is a result of a collaboration between researchers at Brown’s School of Engineering and the National Research Council of Italy. It is also supported by D-Orbit, AMSAT-Italy, La Sapienza-University of Rome and the NASA Rhode Island Space Grant.

NASA Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) – Rapid Response Research (R3)

Notice of Funding Opportunity: The NASA Rhode Island EPSCoR program is pleased to announce the recent release of the 2023 NASA EPSCoR Rapid Response Research (R3) call.

Notice of Funding Opportunity: NASA Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)

This EPSCoR award provides funding up to $750k over a period of 3 years, and our jurisdiction (Rhode Island) is able to submit 1 full proposal to NASA to be considered for funding.  We are now accepting proposal concepts – not to exceed 2 pages, more information below...

NASA’s Micro-g NExT Challenges

As NASA prepares for the return to Earth’s Moon, it is calling all undergraduate students who would like to gain a hands-on, authentic engineering design experience while also directly contributing to upcoming missions! Micro-gravity Neutral Buoyancy Experiment Design...

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National Space Grant

The National Space Grant College and Fellowship Project is a NASA-initiated program, created in 1989. The Space Grant is a network of 52 consortia from all 50 states, District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Rhode Island Space Grant (RISG)

The Rhode Island Space Grant has been operating from lead institution, Brown University, since 1991.  Since that time, more than 100 graduate fellowships and 180 undergraduate scholarships have been distributed to students at RISG Affiliate Institutions.  RISG is dedicated to promoting science, math, engineering, and technology at all levels, from K-12 to colleges and universities, from industry to the general public, with NASA space exploration and research as a hook to kindle interest and enthusiasm.

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