{"id":142888,"date":"2022-10-25T18:58:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T22:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-483556"},"modified":"2023-07-26T16:42:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T20:42:08","slug":"nasa-gives-a-boost-to-minority-serving-institution-innovators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/learning-resources\/nasa-gives-a-boost-to-minority-serving-institution-innovators\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Gives a Boost to Minority Serving Institution Innovators"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-article-hero-header nasa-gb-align-full bg-carbon-90 width-full maxw-full color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-hero-header\">\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full maxw-full minh-tablet grid-container minh-tablet flex-column padding-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-foreground-wrapper display-flex flex-direction-column\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block margin-top-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-y-9 padding-x-3 desktop:padding-x-3 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"z-400 grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-7 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label color-spacesuit-white margin-bottom-2\">4 Min Read<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"heading-41 line-height-md color-spacesuit-white-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNASA Gives a Boost to Minority Serving Institution Innovators\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-5\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-left mobile-skrim-top z-200\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/iss044e045215_lrg.jpg?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Starry sky and night lights of Earth photographed from low Earth orbit\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/iss044e045215_lrg.jpg 4928w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/iss044e045215_lrg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/iss044e045215_lrg.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/iss044e045215_lrg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/iss044e045215_lrg.jpg?resize=1536,1022 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/iss044e045215_lrg.jpg?resize=2048,1363 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/iss044e045215_lrg.jpg?resize=400,266 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/iss044e045215_lrg.jpg?resize=600,399 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/iss044e045215_lrg.jpg?resize=900,599 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/iss044e045215_lrg.jpg?resize=1200,799 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/iss044e045215_lrg.jpg?resize=2000,1331 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"padding-y-3 padding-x-3\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-x-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Groundbreaking new ideas can come from anywhere, but some ideas face a tougher path to implementation than others. NASA has awarded a total of nearly $600,000 to 10 minority-serving institutions (MSIs) across the U.S. to amplify the voices of diverse innovators and help their ideas find a way into NASA\u2019s programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Awardee MSIs receive funding and NASA guidance to forge a partnership with a small business in hopes of proposing to the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/sbir.nasa.gov\/solicitations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NASA Small Business Technology Transfer<\/a> (STTR) Phase I solicitation. This planning grant opportunity, known as MUREP-STTR (M-STTR), was introduced in 2021 to incentivize long-term partnerships between MSIs and small businesses and maximize the potential for new technologies. The grants each have a maximum value of $50,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M-STTR is offered through a partnership between NASA\u2019s Space Technology Mission Directorate\u2019s Small Business Innovation Research\/Small Business Technology Transfer program (<a href=\"https:\/\/sbir.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SBIR\/STTR<\/a>) and NASA\u2019s Office of STEM Engagement\u2019s Minority University Research and Education Project (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/learning-resources\/minority-university-research-education-project\/\">MUREP<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe funding and mentorship provided through the M-STTR awards help the skilled research teams at these schools build knowledge and create connections with small businesses so they can take their ideas from the lab to the market, strengthening the STTR program in the process through their contributions,\u201d said NASA MUREP Partnerships Lead Rod Chappell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, NASA was named the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackengineer.com\/article\/us-black-engineer-magazines-2022-top-supporters-of-hbcu-engineering-schools-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">top government\/non-profit supporter of HBCU engineering<\/a> by US Black Engineer magazine. The M-STTR initiative is one way NASA is working to create a more equitable environment for innovation, within both the agency and the wider commercial space sector. Oakwood University, a historically Black university based in Huntsville, Alabama, was one of the inaugural 2021 M-STTR award winners and is now a 2022 NASA STTR Phase I awardee in partnership with a local small business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Awardee institutions and their accompanying M-STTR proposal titles are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>California State Polytechnic University, Pomona<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>            Panopticon Technology Development Partnershic<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>California State University, Long Beach<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>            Development of Enabling Technologies for a Novel All-Rotating UAV<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Florida A&M University<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>            Model Based Systems Engineering with Digital Twin for Energy Storage Design and Development<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hunter College<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>            Synthetic Mucins for Fulfilling NASA\u2019s Soft Materials Needs<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Texas State University<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>            Lunar Concrete for Additive Manufacturing Using Locally Available Resources on the Moon<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>University Of Central Florida*<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Developing Sensors and Instrumentation for Lunar and Ground Applications<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>High-Performance Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>University of Hawai\u02bbi at M\u0101noa<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>            An Open-Source, Comprehensive Robot Dynamics and Control ROS2 Simulation Environment for Planetary Surface Missions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>University Of Texas at Arlington<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>            An Ultra-Efficient High-Fidelity Tool for Thermomechanical Design of Tailorable Composites<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>University Of Texas at El Paso<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>            Carbon Dioxide Electrolysis via Electrochemical Reactions in Polymerized Ionic Liquid (POIL) Membranes for Oxygen Resource Recovery<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>University Of Texas at San Antonio*<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Embedded Optical Sensors Enabled by Additive Manufacturing for In-situ Measurements in Propulsion Flows<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Climate Enhancing Resource Utilization Through Ultra-low-temperature, Electrolytic Carbon Dioxide Valorization on Mars<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>*Proposals awarded to separate teams, each working with a different small business<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To view an abstract from each of the institutions, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/nspires.nasaprs.com\/external\/solicitations\/summary!init.do?solId=%7b199B21DC-6EB4-955D-E87D-1E502511886B%7d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/nspires.nasaprs.com\/external\/solicitations\/summary!init.do?solId={199B21DC-6EB4-955D-E87D-1E502511886B}<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Administered through NASA\u2019s Office of STEM Engagement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/learning-resources\/minority-university-research-education-project\/\">MUREP<\/a> supports the training and development of students and faculty at minority serving institutions in STEM fields. MUREP awards are established to strengthen and develop these institutions\u2019 research capacity and infrastructure in areas of strategic importance and value to NASA\u2019s mission and national priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/sbir.nasa.gov\/content\/nasa-sbirsttr-basics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Small Business Innovation Research\/Small Business Technology Transfer<\/a> (SBIR\/STTR) program provides funding to small businesses to support the research, development, and demonstration of innovative technologies that fulfill NASA needs as described in the annual solicitations and have significant potential for successful commercialization. Part of STMD, the program is managed by NASA\u2019s Ames Research Center in California\u2019s Silicon Valley. The technologies advanced through the program address challenges and support programs across all of NASA\u2019s mission directorates and centers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Groundbreaking new ideas can come from anywhere, but some ideas face a tougher path to implementation than others. NASA has awarded a total of nearly $600,000 to 10 minority-serving institutions (MSIs) across the U.S. to amplify the voices of diverse innovators and help their ideas find a way into NASA\u2019s programs. 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