NASA awards $2 million grant to Oklahoma State University

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Oklahoma State University’s NASA Education Projects Office has been selected as the implementation partner for the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Educators Resource Center for the next five years, NASA announced today. The funding level for the upcoming five years is currently set for $2.25 million and brings OSU NASA Education Project grants to more than $40 million.

The ERC is located at Kennedy Space Center’s Visitors Center, which has over a million visitors each year. The Center serves educators throughout the region, including Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

“Under the direction of Dr. Ken Wiggins, OSU started innovative, hands-on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) segments for KSC’s ERC in the early 1980’s,” Dr. Steve Marks, Principal Investigator for OSU’s NASA Education Projects, indicated. “Today, his innovative work continues and OSU is positioned to enhance the legacy for years to come.”

OSU has more than 40 years of experience in educational partnerships with NASA. Currently, the University manages four grants from NASA Education with a total funding amount of more than $38 million.  OSU operates NASA’s Teaching from Space Project at NASA Johnson Space Center; the NASA Explorer Schools Project at NASA Glenn Research Center; the NASA Digital Learning Network Project at NASA Langley Research Center; and the NASA INSPIRE Project at NASA Kennedy Space Center.  

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