yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (12/22/89)
Terri Sindelar
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. December 21, 1989
RELEASE: 89-184
NASA DESIGNATES 4 ADDITIONAL SPACE GRANT COLLEGES/CONSORTIA
NASA today announced the selection of four additional
universities and consortia as Designated Space Grant
Colleges/Consortia in the National Space Grant College and
Fellowship Program, bringing the total to 21.
NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly said, "As a result of
Congress appropriating additional funds to expand the Space Grant
Program, NASA is now able to designate the remaining 4 qualified
consortia from the original competition. I strongly believe the
investment in these four new consortia will broaden geographic
representation and nourish the growing aerospace education programs
of the nation. In light of the President's recently announced
space exploration initiative, this program will be key to
attracting and developing future generations of the most talented
engineers and space scientists."
The four newly designated universities and consortia, listed
in alphabetical order, are: University of Hawaii at Manoa, Iowa
Space Grant College Consortium, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium,
and Tennessee Valley Aerospace Consortium.
In fiscal year 1990, the 21 designated Space Grant
Colleges/Consortia each will receive up to $225,000 per year, for
at least 5 years, and are expected to obtain, as a minimum,
matching non-federal funds. In addition, these designated
institutions will receive $100,000 funding from NASA to support
fellowships for undergraduate and graduate students.
The selection of the first 17 universities and consortia as
Designated Space Grant Colleges/Consortia was announced Aug. 31,
1989. Selection was based on a competitive evaluation of the
institutions' existing aerospace activities as well as the quality
of their plans to strengthen the national educational base for
science, math and technology.
Designated Space Grant Colleges/Consortia will provide
leadership and form partnerships with other universities,
government and industry to better understand, develop and use space
resources through research, education and public service functions.
The National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program
comprises three elements: (1) designation of Space Grant
Colleges/Consortia which will provide for a national network of
universities and colleges; (2) awards to support space grant
programs at other institutions that will expand participation of
colleges/universities/consortia that have not been as extensively
involved in aeronautics and space research and education; and (3)
space grant fellowships that will be made available to students at
institutions selected in the first two elements. The first of the
elements is the subject of this announcement. The second and third
elements of the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program
will be initiated in fiscal year 1990.
A complete list of Space Grant institutions can be obtained by
phoning the NASA Headquarters Newsroom on XXX/YYY-ZZZZ.