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Headshots of seven of the NASA and career interns + the NC Space Grant logo

Aug 21, 2025

NASA, Industry Interns Soar in Summer 2025 Internships

North Carolina Space Grant is pleased to announce the Summer 2025 class of interns. They completed summer-long projects with real-world applications and implications at Collier Aerospace in Raleigh and multiple NASA centers across the country.
A woman holding a bottle-like container with water in it by a pond

Aug 13, 2025

NC Space Grant and Sea Grant Announce New Joint Fellow

The North Carolina Space Grant and Sea Grant programs are pleased to announce the recipient of the 2025-26 joint research fellowship, Savannah Roth.

Jul 15, 2025

North Carolina Space Grant Selects 2025-2026 Graduate Research Fellows

North Carolina Space Grant congratulates its 2025-2026 graduate research fellows. Twenty two graduate students will conduct science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) research to benefit NASA, commercial space or the International Space Station. Students’ projects will investigate STEM topics such as carbon storage, microgravity, and black hole exploration.

Jul 2, 2025

NC Space Grant Congratulates 2025-2026 Undergraduate Research Scholars

North Carolina Space Grant is proud to announce its 2025-2026 undergraduate research scholars. Scholars will conduct exciting research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

Aug 23, 2024

Rebecca Jones Joins NC Sea Grant, WRRI, Space Grant

Rebecca Jones is now the communications director of North Carolina Space Grant, the Water Resources Research Institute of the University of North Carolina, and North Carolina Sea Grant. 
Three agar plates illuminated with UV light to reveal bacterial colonies

Sep 21, 2022

Climate Change and Resistance to Antibiotics

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a serious public health issue. Maya Hoon, recipient of the NC Space and Sea Grant joint fellowship, talks about her work examining how heavy metals in surface water and climate change may be linked to an increase in antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the Neuse River Basin.
Trees on an estuary shoreline with visible erosion

Jul 18, 2022

Mapping North Carolina’s Vulnerable Estuarine Shorelines

NC Space and Sea Grant joint fellow Jessica Richter describes her experience and research on mapping erosion along the shoreline of the Neuse River Estuary.