OpportunityTitle: MUREP Space Technology Artemis Research (M-STAR) Implementation Funding
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: U.S. colleges and universities designated by the Department of Education as Minority-Serving Institutions, including Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH), American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCU), Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI), Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI), Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions Program (NASNTI), Predominately Black Institutions (PBI), and Minority-Serving Community Colleges (includes community colleges with the above designations)
Description: In support of NASA&#8217;s Artemis program, the MUREP Space Technology Artemis Research (M-STAR) Implementation Funding activity is established. M-STAR will strengthen and develop the research capacity and infrastructure of U.S. MSIs in areas of strategic importance and value to NASA&#8217;s mission and national priorities. Overall, M-STAR awards have the goals of promoting literacy in STEM and enhancing the capability of institutions to participate in NASA&#8217;s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) research to support the Agency&#8217;s advancement of technologies needed for exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond. NASA STMD develops transformative space technologies to enable future missions.The goals and objectives of NASA&#8217;s M-STAR awards are as follows:Goal 1: Expand the nation&apos;s base for space technology by fostering new research and technology development concepts aligned with NASA priorities; Objective 1.1: Develop significant scientific, engineering, and/or technology research capabilities at MSIs that align with and engage one or more programs of STMD.Objective 1.2: Increase the lead institution&#8217;s capacity to contribute to the priorities of STMD and NASA&#8217;s Centers and facilities.; Goal 2: Promote MSI participation in NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate opportunities.Objective 2.1: Increase the lead institution&#8217;s readiness to pursue additional funding opportunities offered by NASA, industry, and other agencies.; Objective 2.2: Increase the lead institution&apos;s capabilities to leverage resources to enhance its research capacity at the project, program, department, college, and/or university levels.; Goal 3: Strengthen participation of faculty, researchers, and students at MSIs in the research programs of the NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate.Objective 3.1: Increase faculty and researcher knowledge and skills in aerospace-related research through professional development and NASA research opportunities.Objective 3.2: Increase capacity to develop student knowledge and skills in aerospace-related research through curriculum enhancement, redesign, and development at the course, degree, and/or department level.Objective 3.3: Increase capacity to develop student knowledge and skills in aerospace-related research through NASA internships and opportunities.; Goal 4: Facilitate mechanisms to ensure that the diversity of workers at NASA, and in undergraduate and graduate degrees awarded to students from MSIs in aerospace-related fields, reflect the diversity of our nation.Objective 4.1: Identify strategies to increase the number of undergraduate and graduate degrees awarded to students from MSIs in aerospace-related fields.
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GrantorContactText: John Weis