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

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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Excalibur_II

Summer 2023 Poster Session

NJSGC had its annual Summer Internship Poster session
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Group Photo

NJSGC Sponsors Student Team Evaluating Prescribed Fires

Twenty STEM-interested high school students joined Rutgers scientists Hugh Roarty, Rick Lathrop, Kendall Eldridge and Lucas Marxen in examining the effectiveness of prescribed fire ...
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Group of Students and Professors

August 4th, 2023 NJSGC Summer Research Conference

The NJSGC Summer Research Conference will be held Friday, August 4, 2023, 9:00 am ay the Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) Building, Room 1209, on the Busch Campus in Piscataway, N.J.
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August 2nd, 2023 RISE Symposium

NJSGC-supported research program at Rutgers for minority students has another successful year, highlighted by a student symposium.
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RISE 2023 Symposium

Successful Launch at 2023 Rock-SAT-C Event

The New Jersey Rock-SAT-C team, centered at Stevens Institute of technology and advised by the NJSGC program coordinator Prof. Joe Miles, had another successful showing at the 2023 Rock-SAT-C event.
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Steven's Rocketry Team Members

Academic Year Posters 2023

NJSGC had its annual Academic Year Internship Poster session on April 28, 2023, on the CELS Atrium of Montclair State University. The poster session was attended by most of our 51 academic year interns.
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2023 Academic Year Poster Session

NJSGC Meeting 2023

NJSGC had its annual affiliate meeting on April 28, 2023, at Montclair State University. Over 15 affiliates were in attendance in person and via video link. Many thanks to our host, Prof. Marc Favata from MSU.
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NJSGC Annual Meeting Picture 4

Rutgers President Holloway Congratulates Rutgers Rocket Propulsion Lab

Rutgers President Holloway stopped by Weeks Hall at the invitation of the Rutgers Rocket Propulsion Laboratory team to sign the rocket that will soon take part in the intercollegiate competition Spaceport America Cup sponsored by Experimental Sounding Rocket Association (ERSA--the world’s largest intercollegiate rocketry contest.
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Rocket Signing

Rutgers Students visit the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum in 2022.

New Jersey students, under the supervision of Prof. Onur Bilgen, affiliate representative from Rutgers, New Brunswick campus, had three organized visits to the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum in 2022 and were treated to a tour of the aircraft carrier, several aircraft and the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
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2022 Trip to The Intrepid

Latest Announcements

2023-2024 Undergraduate Internships

The application for the 2023-2024 undergraduate Academic Year Internships is now open.

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2023-2024 Graduate Fellowships

The application for the 2023-2024 graduate fellowships is now open. Click here to learn more.

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