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Welcome to the New Jersey Space Grant Consortium (NJSGC) web site. We are NASA’s educational arm in New Jersey for higher education, charged with progressing the goals of the National Space Grant program. The National Space Grant program consists of 52 consortia (50 states plus D.C. and Puerto Rico) and is managed by NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement. The program, and all of its participating institutions, prepare students to become members of the technically literate workforce which NASA and the aerospace industry need. More about NJSGC.

Events

NJSGC Summer Interns Embark Work on Big Aviation Data Analysis at FAA Technical Center

Four NJSGC summer interns, who are Atlantic Cape Community College (ACCC) physics and engineering majors, will be working at the FAA Technical Center on big aviation data analysis.

Highlights from NJSGC’s 2024 Annual Affiliate Meeting

On Friday, April 26, 2024, the New Jersey Space Grant Consortium (NJSGC) hosted its Annual Affiliate Meeting at Georgian Court University in Lakewood, NJ.

Bergen County High School Students Traveled to View the Total Solar Eclipse on April 8th

A group of high school students from Bergen County traveled to the path of totality of the eclipse on April 8th, 2024, as part of a program developed by our colleagues at Illinois Space Grant Consortium

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NASA Names TCNJ Senior Project Team Finalists in Human Lander Challenge

Congratulations to mechanical engineering seniors Harry Brier, John Hardie, Christian Katsikis, Matt Walsh, Aidan Wiehe, and their advisor Dr. Mohammed Alabsi for being named finalists in NASA’s Human Lander Challenge (HuLC) Competition.

Students Sponsored by NJSGC achieve their L1 Rocketry Certifications

This past month six undergraduates sponsored by The New Jersey Space Grant Consortium achieved their Level 1 rocketry certification from the National Association of Rocketry and Tripoli Rocketry Association.

NJSGC Sponsored RISE Students Paola Martis and Isabel Morales Win 2023 ABRCMS Award

2023 NJSGC sponsored students, Paola Garay Martis and Isabel Meléndez Morales, won the highly competitive top presenter prize at the 2023 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists national meeting ...

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SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference

NJSGC is a supporter of diversity initiatives at the School of Graduate Studies at Rutgers, providing Bridge Fellowships as well as travel and conference support. Professor Alex Lopez was a NJSGC Bridge Fellow during his first year as a graduate student at Rutgers.

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Rulaiha Taylor Completes her Doctoral Studies

Rulaiha Taylor, a toxicology graduate student at Rutgers University whom was supported by a NJSGC Bridge Fellowship in 2018-2019 on her first year in graduate school, successfully completed her doctoral studies and will be defending her dissertation on December 18, 2023.

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NJSGC Director attended the annual meeting of New Jersey planetarians

Haim Baruh attended the Annual Meeting of New Jersey Planetariums on Thursday, Nov. 30, at the New Jersey State Museum Planetarium in Trenton, New Jersey. Planetarium directors from across the state met to discuss their ...

AIAA Rutgers Rocket Propulsion Lab, funded by NJSGC, successfully launched their Excalibur II Rocket

AIAA Rutgers Rocket Propulsion Lab successfully launched their Excalibur II rocket on November 4th, 2023 at Upstate Research Rocketry Group.

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Latest Announcements

Mid-Atlantic Space Grant Regional Meeting

Join us for the upcoming Mid-Atlantic Space Grant Meeting on August 25-27th.

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2024-2025 Academic Year Internships

The application for the 2024-2025 undergraduate Academic Year Internships is now open.

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