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As part of NASA's National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, we are funded to promote aerospace-related research, education, and public service programs to encourage a Diverse Workforce. This is accomplished through a national network of colleges, universities, industry and federal agency partners.
The Nebraska Space Grant offers several Funding Opportunities, including mini-grants and travel grants. Through our Higher Education and Public Programs, we focus on teacher training and workforce development. Additionally, we support NASA Education's Pathfinder Initiatives.
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The NASA Nebraska Space Grant is a proud sponsor of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program
Pleasanton and Norris Schools in Nebraska are participating in the historic SSEP Mission 1 to the International Space Station. The winning team’s experiment from Norris will be launched on SpaceX’s Dragon and become the first commercial vehicle to dock with the ISS. The 15 student payloads from SSEP are the only payloads on board. See the story and the link to the Nebraska team on the NASA website: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/station-here-we-come.html
Special thanks to our co-sponsor, the Sherwood Foundation
NASA Nebraska Space Grant Announces the 2012 Mini-Grant and Fellowship Competition
The NASA Nebraska Space Grant Consortium is pleased to announce the 2012 Space Grant Fellowship Competition. As part of NASA's National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, we work to promote aerospace-related research, education, and public service programs to encourage a Diverse Workforce. These goals are accomplished through a national network of colleges, universities, industry and federal agency partners.
The NASA Nebraska Space Grant Fellowship Program funds students to engage in the following types of activities related to aerospace:
• Student research, including senior design projects;
• Research or lab assistant for a faculty member;
• Internship in the STEM fields;
• NASA Center Internship or NASA-sponsored activity;
• Travel to participate in or attend a professional conference or workshop; or
Successful applicants will demonstrate a strong relationship between the proposed project and NASA’s Strategic Plan and NASA’s mission directorates.
The eligible funding period for these fellowship proposals is September 1st, 2012, to May 31st, 2013. Proposals for Space Grant Fellowships are due by June 15th, 2012.
Proposals for the 2012 NASA Nebraska Space Grant Fellowship program will be accepted from undergraduate and graduate students from one of the Nebraska Space Grant Consortium’s 14 academic affiliates. A full listing of eligible institutions and other submission guidelines are in the application documents available on the "Academic Affiliates" page.
Applications are available for download on the "Fellowships" page.
MINI-GRANTS:
Each year our mini-grant programs provide Nebraskans with opportunities to develop innovative projects in the state with strong ties and relevance to NASA.
Mini-grant proposals will be accepted from representatives of universities, community colleges, tribal colleges, non-profit organizations, and school districts across Nebraska. Specific eligibility requirements are included in each Mini-Grant application form. Proposals will be accepted for the following categories of projects:
Higher Education
Informal Education
Research
Teacher Training
Travel
The eligible funding period for mini-grant proposals is September 1st, 2012, to May 31st, 2013, and proposals are due no later than June 15th, 2012.
Successful applicants will demonstrate a strong relationship between the proposed project and NASA’s Strategic Plan and mission directorates. Details about eligibility and cost-share and other requirements for each of these mini-grant opportunities are available in the proposal documents located on the "Mini-Grants Funding Opportunities" page.
Any questions about these competitions should be directed to Michael Helgerson, Grants Specialist, at mhelgerson@unomaha.edu or by phone at 402.554.2042.
Congratulations to the 2012 Nebraska Academy of Sciences Presenters
For more information see the NAS 2012 page.
Congratulations to Jon Carey for HPER Teacher of the Year Award
Jon Carey is a NASA Nebraska Space Grant Fellow and was honored at the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER), “Joint Appointment and Part-Time Faculty Appreciation and Awards Luncheon” at the Milo Bail Student Center. The event honored part-time and joint appointment faculty celebrating a teaching anniversary and announced the winners of the part-time and joint appointment recipients of the “Excellence in Teaching Award.”
Daniel Blanke, director of the School of HPER, presented each of the following teachers with a certificate in honor of their many years of hard work and dedication to the students of HPER. This year’s anniversary winners by category:
Five Years
Brent Bloom, Erin Hicks, Pat Philippi, Shandalee Ramet and Kent Templien
10 Years
Stephen J. Brennan
15 Years
Denise Kreski and Glen Wragge
20 Years
Todd Samland.
Teacher of the Year awards went to Jon Carey and Matt Dykstra in the part-time category and Chris Gadsden in the joint appointment category. Teachers were nominated by their students and peers and were presented with a plaque of appreciation.
NASA Pre-Service Teacher Institute
The NASA Pre-Service Teacher Institute is a summer residential program for early childhood, elementary and middle school education majors preparing to teach in an elementary or middle school classroom. College students will spend an exciting time at NASA's Johnson Space Center where they are exposed to science, technology, engineering and match enrichment activities for their classroom. Meet NASA personnel, tour Johnson Space Center, and learn how to incorporate NASA's cutting edge research into lesson plans.
Workshops: June 24-30, 2012 or July 8-14, 2012
Application deadline: March 1, 2012
Includes: Stipend, limited travel reimbursement, hotel, breakfasts and light dinners, resource materials
For more information: http://education.jsc.nasa.gov/psti/
Capt. Mark Kelly Delivers University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Peter J. Hoagland Integrity in Public Service Lecture Series
Capt. Mark Kelly was UNL's Peter J. Hoagland Intergrity in Public Service Lecture Series presenter. The lecture took place on the UNL campus on Monday, January 23rd. This event was sponsored by the NU Foundation and NASA Nebraska Space Grant. Read More.
RockOn Workshop
The NASA Nebraska Space Grant is interested in funding a team to attend the RockOn Workshop this year. A team should be comprised of a college or university faculty member and 2 undergraduate or graduate students who are interested in attending this workshop, and spending the next year developing a payload to launch in the second phase next year. Those interested should contact Mike Helgerson at mhelgerson@unomaha.edu
RockOn 2012 University Rocket Science Workshop
Audience: Higher Education Educators and Students
Registration Deadline: May 1, 2012
Workshop Dates: June 16-21, 2012
U.S. university faculty and students are invited to a weeklong workshop to learn how to build and launch a scientific experiment into space. NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia is hosting the RockOn 2012 workshop June 16-21, 2012, in partnership with the Colorado and Virginia Space Grant Consortia. The registration deadline for the workshop is May 1, 2012.
The hands-on workshop teaches participants to build experiments that fly on sounding rockets. During the week, participants will work together in teams of three to construct and integrate a sounding rocket payload from a kit. On the fifth day of the workshop, the experiments will fly on a sounding rocket expected to reach an altitude of more than 70 miles.
Each experiment will provide valuable scientific data, analyzed as part of the student-led science and engineering research. The program engages faculty and students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills critical to NASA's future engineering, scientific and technical missions.
For more information about RockOn and to register online, visit http://spacegrant.colorado.edu/rockon/2012/index_2011.html.
Questions about the workshop or the registration process should be directed to Chris Koehler by email at koehler@colorado.edu or by telephone at 303-492-3141.
Nebraska Student Rocket Team to Take NASA Launch Challenge
More than 500 students from middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities in 29 states will show their rocketeering prowess in the 2011-12 NASA Student Launch Projects flight challenge. The teams will build and test large-scale rockets of their own design in April 2012.
NASA created the twin Student Launch Projects to spark students' imaginations, challenge their problem-solving skills and give them real-world experience. The project aims to complement the science, mathematics and engineering lessons they study in the classroom. Read Full Article.
Pleasanton and Norris High Schools in NE Microgravity Experiment Selected to Fly in March 2012 to Internationl Space Station
The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) in partnership with NanoRacks, LLC, announces the selection of 15 microgravity experiments to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Soyuz 30, scheduled for launch in March 2012. The experiments were selected as part of Mission 1 to ISS, the third flight opportunity provided by America’s Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP). The first two flight opportunities were on the final flights of Shuttles Endeavour and Atlantis. Pleasanton and Norris High School's experiement entitled, "Escherichia coli in Microgravity" studies the effects of microgravity on the DNA of pathogenic bacteria. Read More. SSEP Program Video Clip.
NASA Selects Student Teams for Microgravity Research Flights
WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected 24 undergraduate student teams to test science experiments under microgravity conditions. The teams will fly during 2012 as part of the agency's Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program (RGEFP).
The teams will design and build their experiments at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and conduct tests aboard an aircraft modified to mimic a reduced-gravity environment. The aircraft will fly approximately 30 parabolas with roller-coaster-like climbs and dips to produce periods of weightlessness and hyper-gravity ranging from 0 to 2g's.
The 2012 SEED teams are from Carthage College, Georgia Institute of Technology, Northwest Nazarene University, Oklahoma State University, University of Houston-Clear Lake, San Jacinto College, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Washington University in St. Louis and Yale University. Read Full Article.
Link to another news article entitled, "UNL Team chosen to work with NASA."
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