July 10, 2023 Utah artists at Sunshine Terrace. Photo by Maria Ellen Huebner In collaboration with E.A. Michelson Philanthropy, the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) is proud to announce the award of $855,000 in creative aging grant funding to nine state arts agencies. Part of NASAA’s new States Leading Creative Aging initiative, these grants will help...
Students from a minority-serving university in California are helping solve challenges of autonomous systems for future drone operations on Earth and other planets. These students are making the most of opportunities with NASA, the U.S. Department of Defense, and industry, focusing on autopilot development and advanced systems that adapt and evolve. Students from...
NASA announced Friday it selected three industry proposals to help develop technologies for future large space telescopes and plan for the agency’s Habitable Worlds Observatory mission concept, which could be the first space telescope designed to search for life outside our solar system. The mission would directly image Earth-like planets around stars like our Sun...
NASA participated in the second international face-to-face workshop this week among Artemis Accords signatories, which featured space officials from two dozen nations focused on advancing the principles for the safe, peaceful, and responsible exploration of the Moon, Mars and beyond. This year’s workshop was hosted by CSA (Canadian Space Agency) at their headquarters...
NASA has selected four proposals for concept studies of missions to help us better understand Earth science key focus areas for the benefit of all including greenhouse gases, the ozone layer, ocean surface currents, and changes in ice and glaciers around the world. These four investigations are part of the agency’s new Earth System Explorers Program – which conducts...
NASA has awarded nearly $1.5 million to academic, non-profit, and business organizations to advance state-of-the-art technology that will play a key role in the agency’s return to the Moon under Artemis, as well as future missions to Mars. Twenty-four projects from 21 organizations have been awarded under NASA’s Dual-Use Technology Development Cooperative Agreement...
The SFS Long Range Planning Committee (LRPC) has announced a 2018/2019 Request for Proposals for projects that address Objectives and Goals of the SFS Five-Year Strategic Plan. The LRPC is allocated $25K annually by SFS to encourage efforts to implement Strategic Plan elements. The competition is open to SFS members only, and proposals should be submitted according...
The SFS Long Range Planning Committee (LRPC) has announced a 2019/2020 Request for Proposals for projects that address Objectives and Goals of the SFS Five-Year Strategic Plan. The LRPC is allocated $25K annually by SFS to encourage efforts to implement Strategic Plan elements. The competition is open to SFS members only, and proposals should be submitted according...
Charlene Barshefsky, James Connaughton, and Jennifer Hillman will serve as co-chairs WASHINGTON, DC – The Climate Leadership Council announced a new Center for Climate and Trade to advance global policy solutions that leverage trade relationships and the market economy towards greater international cooperation and climate progress, including border carbon adjustments...
Two additional students named First Nations Policy Scholars LONGMONT, Colorado (February 26, 2021) – First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) today announced the awarding of 25 GATHER Native Agriculture & Food Systems Scholarships designed to encourage more Native American college students to enter agriculture fields so that they can better assist...