Projects and Grants per year
Grants and Contracts Details
Description
NASA Kentucky Space Grant Consortium, a diverse group of 28 Affiliates across the state, uses a
portfolio-of-programs approach and best practices to set students and faculty on Pathways of
Opportunities towards aerospace-related career goals, with a goal of contributing to a skilled, highperforming
and diverse workforce that meets the emerging needs of NASA and Kentucky. NASA KY
programs engage competitively-selected participants in STEM education and training primarily at the
post-secondary level, with complementary pipeline pre-college education programs. Diversity of
students, faculty and institutional types is essential and integral to this approach. Purposeful efforts are
made to reach potential participants and inspire them to enter and persist along their Pathway of
Opportunities. Program funding for the 2020-2024 cycle will be used for the following program
objectives: NASA Internships and Fellowships (NIFs), including NASA Center Internships (NCI)
and Kentucky Industry Internships (KII), along with NASA Kentucky Graduate Fellowships (GF) and
Undergraduate Fellowships (UF), offer a flexible set of hands-on NASA-aligned training to establish
individual student Pathways of Opportunities. For internships, the intern''s effort is guided by a NASA
or Industry mentor and serves to advance the student''s knowledge, to provide the experience of working
with technical professionals in support of NASA''s missions or with established or startup aerospace
companies in Kentucky. Undergraduate and Graduate Fellowships provide 1-on-1 research-based
training and interaction with an advisor, including stipend, materials, travel and tuition for graduate
students. NASA Mission Directorate (ARMD, HEOMD, SMD, STMD) alignment is required. Higher
Education funding is designed to be flexible and responsive; it supports emerging Consortium needs
and opportunities, with priorities selected by the Affiliates. Higher Education Enhanced Mini-Grants
(EMG) support a wide-array of post-secondary projects aligned with Kentucky and NASA priorities
under higher education goals. Team Projects support faculty-mentored experiences focused on
authentic, hands-on design in science and engineering to inspire innovation, including participation in
team competitions and flight opportunities. Research Infrastructure funding provides competitivelyawarded
Research Initiation Awards (RIA) for early-career faculty proposing research and building
NASA connections as one entry point to the faculty Pathway of Opportunity, where faculty can apply
for increasingly-challenging research awards to hone their proposal and research skills, and develop
student-mentoring abilities. Pre-College programs provide educational opportunities at sites across
Kentucky to attract and retain students, as well as develop educator content knowledge in NASArelated
STEM disciplines. Mini-Grants (MG) provide a wide variety of pre-college opportunities
including STEM camps and competitions, K-12 teacher training, as well as informal education such as
museum-based astronomy and aerospace programs for the general public. Pre-college Enhanced Mini-
Grants (EMG) support a wide-array of projects aligned with Kentucky and NASA priorities under precollege
education goals. Program evaluation data is drawn from two primary sources: NASA
Kentucky Student Information Forms (SIF) and PI reports of sub-award project results, including
numbers of participants, publications, and presentations. Program data is reported to NASA via OEPM
and APD. Program evaluation uses SMART metrics such as diversity and number of awards.
Longitudinal tracking of all significantly supported students is contracted with a service provider with
extensive experience in NASA-required tracking.
Status | Active |
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Effective start/end date | 2/4/20 → 2/3/25 |
Funding
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration: $4,267,101.00
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KY Space Grant TP-24-013: Design of Big Blue Rover for NASA Space Exploration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
8/1/24 → 1/31/25
Project: Research project
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KY Space Grant REU-24-037: Electric Propulsion Motors with Stator Current Excitation and Reluctance Rotors
Ionel, D. & Martin, A.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
8/1/24 → 1/31/25
Project: Research project