Volume 5, Number 3     May/June 1997

  Moving Forward

NASA Selects 39 Minority Institution Partners

ASA HAS SELECTED 39 minority institutions to receive 65 Partnership Awards intended to expand educational opportunities and enhance diversity in the NASA-sponsored research and education community. The selected institutions are from 17 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The awards are for two years, with a maximum of $200,000 per minority institution.

The 39 institutions were chosen by the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs (OEOP) in collaboration with NASA Headquarters program offices. The concept papers were submitted through the NASA Centers and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Papers were evaluated by review panels and submitted to NASA Headquarters for final selection. The program's goals are to:

• Strengthen the partnerships between minority institutions and NASA's Strategic Enterprises and Field Centers, America's aerospace industry, and other educational institutions
• Develop projects that are unique, innovative and outside of the usual NASA Minority University Research and Education Program's competitive opportunities, with the potential for long-term support from other sources

NASA received more than 200 concept papers. The institutions submitted their concept papers as research projects, educational projects or a combination of both. The complete list of the selected institutions may be found on the World Wide Web. See the OEOP's Minority University Research and Education Program Home Page at http://mured.gsfc.nasa.gov/

For more information, contact Sonja Maclin at NASA Headquarters.
Call 202/358-1761, E-mail: sonja.maclin@hq.nasa.gov
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