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The ESMD Faculty Fellowship Program aims to collect senior design project ideas and internship opportunities aligned with NASA's Exploration objectives for the ESMD Space Grant Program. This initiative fosters collaboration among faculty, students, and NASA centers, enhancing workforce alignment with NASA's needs. The program will fund five faculty members, pairing them with multiple NASA centers and providing each with a stipend of $14K plus travel. The program culminates in a conference at KSC where findings will be shared, creating a community of practice focused on leveraging Space Grant opportunities.
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ESMD Space Grant/KSC UpdateLesley Garner, Ph.D.ESMD Faculty Fellows Project ManagerLesley.C.Garner@nasa.gov 321-867-3623
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. 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 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 ESMD Space Grant Update
NASA Portal – Program Opportunities • http://education.nasa.gov/edprograms/overview http://nasajobs.nasa.gov/studentopps/employment/ • Designed for • one-stop shopping • Database will eventually • be fully populated with • all programs