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Sep 7, 2022

Ready, Set, Compete! Apply for a Team Competition Award

NC Space Grant’s annual Team Experience and Competition Awards are now open. Undergraduate, community college and graduate students can propose collaborative team experiences that build toward a future competition. Awarded…

Sep 6, 2022

Apply for an MSI STEM Scholarship

Students at Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) in the state can now apply for NC Space Grant opportunities to support them as they begin journeys to lead future STEM — science, technology, engineering, and mathematics — efforts in the state and beyond.

Six young adults are standing in front of a building and carrying a long rocket together.

Aug 24, 2022

NC Space Grant Celebrates 2021-2022 Sponsored Teams Achievements

NC Space Grant is pleased to offer congratulations to eleven of our Team Experience and Competition sponsored student teams who have recently earned national honors. The teams participated in nine unique national and international competitions with focuses from lunar mining vehicles to autonomous underwater vehicles.

Aug 11, 2022

NC Space Grant seeks STEM communications specialist

North Carolina Space Grant is accepting applications for a full-time STEM communications specialist to work at our office on NC State University's campus in Raleigh, NC. Preferred qualifications include: experience in science communication and five years of professional experience. Potential applicants can find the complete posting on the university website.

Aug 9, 2022

Doing Astrobotany Research is Nothing Like “The Martian” … Except When It Is

Real astrobotany is very different from the fictional exploits of Mark Watney, the botanist/engineer astronaut stuck on Mars in the story. However, some definite parallels exist between life and fiction. NC Space Grant graduate fellow Aurora Toennisson speaks about her research to grow plants on other planets, the challenges of astrobotany and how The Martian gets it wrong--and right.

Aug 3, 2022

IDEAS Team Leads DEIA Workshop for Inclusive Space Science Activities: Photo Gallery

The IDEAS Team, made up of the North Carolina, South Carolina and North Dakota Space Grant consortia, facilitated a workshop at the University of North Dakota for instructors to discuss ways to make space science more accessible to students. Teachers came from across the country to participate in this week-long Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) Space Science Educators Workshop.

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.

Jul 14, 2022

NC Space Grant and Sea Grant Join 2022 NC UNITE Summer Experience: Photo Gallery

Facilitated by Fayetteville State University, NC UNITE is seeks to expose students to a wide range of STEM careers to encourage their interest in pursuing college majors and careers. Supported…

Students standing on a stage with their medals. In the background, a projection says "Engineering technology and design"

Jul 13, 2022

NC Students Earn SkillsUSA Honors

NC Space Grant congratulates the SkillsUSA Championship 2022 medalists on their incredible performance at this year’s national competition. Special congratulations are extended to several national honorees from Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) and Edgecombe Community College (ECC) who also participated in the 2022 NC Space Grant-supported NC High-Altitude Ballooning Challenge and Competition.

Jun 9, 2022

North Carolina Space Grant and Sea Grant Announce Joint Fellows

Contact: Katie Mosher, kmosher@ncsu.edu North Carolina Space Grant and North Carolina Sea Grant are pleased to announce two new recipients of joint graduate research fellowships: Allie Best of the University of…