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1 ESMD Space Grant/KSC Update Lesley Garner, Ph. D
ESMD Space Grant/KSC Update Lesley Garner, Ph.D. ESMD Faculty Fellows Project Manager New AA starts TODAY! Realignment – KSC leadership ESMD – National program, building virtual community for students to maintain their contact Internship with BA good partnership NEET 3000 educators 20000 students 15000 public UCF build national asset

2 ESMD Space Grant Update
Introducing ESMD Faculty Fellowship: Summer 2007 Purpose: To gather senior design project ideas and internship opportunities relative to Exploration in support of the ESMD Space Grant Program Benefits NASA Center: Benefits from help in collecting Senior Design and Internship opportunities from technical organizations. Space Grants: Benefits by obtaining closer ties to NASA technical needs and opportunities. Faculty: Benefits from direct experience and knowledge of NASA needs. Students: Benefit from faculty and Space Grant knowledge of NASA opportunities and needs to align them better with workforce needs. Overall: Creates a more synergistic approach to gathering NASA needs and how best to leverage Space Grant opportunities. Also nurtures the creation of a community of practice. New AA starts TODAY! Realignment – KSC leadership ESMD – National program, building virtual community for students to maintain their contact Internship with BA good partnership NEET 3000 educators 20000 students 15000 public UCF build national asset

3 ESMD Space Grant Update
ESMD Faculty Fellowships Highlights: Fund 5 faculty as a cohort group (goal: to select one per SG region) Each Faculty paired with 2 NASA Centers (5 weeks at each Center) LaRC & GSFC GRC & MSFC SSC & JSC DFRC & JPL ARC & KSC Each SG can nominate up to 3 candidates Stipend of $14K plus allocation for travel All Faculty will meet at KSC during last week of program to exchange information Each faculty will be required to present cohort findings at a regional conference New AA starts TODAY! Realignment – KSC leadership ESMD – National program, building virtual community for students to maintain their contact Internship with BA good partnership NEET 3000 educators 20000 students 15000 public UCF build national asset

4 ESMD Space Grant Update
ESMD NASA Center Internships Few applied for Spring Deadline Nov 15 VSG will send applicants on Nov 17 Quick turn around for approval Sent to NASA POC SG award opportunity WEBSITE ACCESS Pilot testing now Key sent out first week of December Quarterly reports, Faculty Applications, Up-to-date info New AA starts TODAY! Realignment – KSC leadership ESMD – National program, building virtual community for students to maintain their contact Internship with BA good partnership NEET 3000 educators 20000 students 15000 public UCF build national asset

5 NASA Portal – Program Opportunities
Designed for one-stop shopping Database will eventually be fully populated with all programs


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