Foundation / Corporation
NASA South Dakota Space Grant Consortium (SDSGC)
02/23/21 11:59 PM MST
Fellowships of $8,000 to South Dakota high school STEM teachers who wish to enhance their science and engineering knowledge. Fellows will participate in a research group at an eligible university or laboratory during the summer term. Please note that all research projects must align with NASA’s mission and those of the SDSGC and its affiliates.
Research has shown that teachers who participate in research in science and engineering are able to provide an enriched classroom experience for their students in subsequent years.
Participants are expected to
SDSGC affiliate research institutions are: Augustana University (Sioux Falls), Black Hills State University (Spearfish), Dakota State Univ (Madison), Lake Area Tech (Watertown), Northern State Univ (Aberdeen), Oglala Lakota College (Kyle), Sanford Underground Research Facility (Lead), Sinte Gleska University (Mission), South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (Rapid City), South Dakota State University (Brookings), United States Geological Survey Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS), University of South Dakota (Vermillion).
Teachers will make their own arrangements for working with a research group.
GrantWatch ID#: 178306
Up to four RET fellowships will be offered.
The RET fellowship will be $8,000.
Fellowships will be offered during the summer of 2021.
Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs.
Applications are to be submitted as one complete pdf file to pnorris@sanfordlab.org.
Questions concerning the preparation and submission of applications and the administration of this program
should be addressed to Peggy Norris, Deputy Director, Education and Outreach, Sanford Underground
Research Facility, 630 E. Summit St, Lead, SD 57754, Email: pnorris@sanfordlab.org, Phone: 605-722-5049.
USA: South Dakota
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