2026 NASA Rhode Island Space Grant Application for Graduate Fellows

Dec 9, 2025 | Awards, News

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  February 13, 2026 Applications are now being accepted for Summer 2026 and the Fall 2026/ Spring 2027 Academic Year. Academic Year Fellows work the majority of their time on their studies and research in conjunction with their degree program....

2026 NASA Rhode Island Space Grant Application for Undergraduate Students

Dec 9, 2025 | Awards, News

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  February 13, 2026 Applications are now being accepted for Summer 2026 and the Fall 2026/ Spring 2027 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 2026

Oct 28, 2025 | News

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...

NewportFILM Starman showing

Jul 31, 2025 | News

We are thrilled to be a community partner for the newportFILM showing of Starman, a documentary about NASA engineer and science fiction author, Gentry Lee. Details: Thursday, August 21st at the Rosecliff Lawn in Newport. Venue opens at 5pm Film begins at 7:50pm For...

2025 Spring Symposium

May 22, 2025 | News, News and Awards

The Rhode Island Space Grant Consortium was thrilled to host a very successful Spring Symposium at the Museum of Natural History and Planetarium on Saturday, April 26th. With over 20 posters and 18 talks, our awardees presented RI Space Grant funded research on a...

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

Jun 5, 2024 | News

View the full story from the Boston Globe. On a field trip supported by the RI NASA Space Grant, Barrington High School students visited the Blackstone River to learn about Rhode Island’s history of pollution. “We want to get students outside the classroom...