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 Holds Mid-Atlantic Space Grant Regional Meeting

NJSGC held its annual regional meeting in Atlantic City this past August.
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Summer 2024 Poster Session

NJSGC had its annual Summer Internship Poster session.
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Spring 2024 Poster Session

NJSGC had its annual Spring Internship Poster session.
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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.
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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.
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NJ Space Grant Affiliates Meeting

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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Bergen County High School Eclipse Viewing

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.
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Human Lander Challenge

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.
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L1 Certification

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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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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