Funding is provided for projects at the undergraduate and graduate level which support activities that encourage authentic, hands-activities, internships, competitions, participation in technical conferences, and research with other students and faculty.
Examples of higher education programs funded at affiliate institutions include:
- High Altitude Balloon Science Payload Design
Albany State Univ. - Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
Armstrong Atlantic State Univ. - Service-based External Engineering Project
Armstrong Atlantic State Univ. - NASA Fellows Applied Leadership Program in Science
Kennesaw State Univ. - Terahertz (THz) Optical Lithography for Undergraduate Research Infrastructure
Morehouse College - Weather Station for the Astronomical Observatory
North Georgia College and State Univ. - Development of an Educational Radio Telescope
North Georgia College and State Univ. - Practical Involvement for Undergraduate Students in Remote Sensing Analysis
Univ. of Georgia - Research in High Temperature Superconductors
Univ. of West Georgia
Funding is provided to enhance research capability of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). Programs funded include customer-focused research activities that develop innovative technologies, knowledge and infrastructures to advance NASA’s space and aeronautics objectives.
Examples of research programs funded at affiliate institutions include:
- Monitoring Climate Change in Georgia at the Local Level
University of Georgia - Mead Observatory's Real-Time Solar and Astronomical Monitoring
Columbus State University - A Study of Confocal X-Ray Fluorescence and its Potential use on Martian Landers
North Georgia College and State University - Rapid Prototyping, 3D Scanning and Reverse Engineering
Albany State University - Research on Novel Electromagnetic Metamaterial to use in Spacecraft
Albany State University
