NASA Awards Pre-College Grants to Nine Universities
--Sonja A. Maclin, (NASANews@luna.osf.hq.nasa.gov), NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC.
RELEASE: 96-97
NASA's Office of Equal Opportunity Programs announced the selection of nine minority universities to receive a three-year grant, Pre-college Awards for Excellence in Mathematics, Science, Engineering, and Technology (PACE/MSET), for educational outreach projects.
Each university will receive up to $100,000 per year for the three years of the grant, based on performance and availability of funds under the program.
The grants are intended to help students who have historically been underrepresented in college-preparatory mathematics and science classes gain the skills necessary to pursue science, engineering, and related fields in college.
The selected universities to receive grants are:
California State University, Los Angeles, CA
Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, NC
Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC
Hampton University, Hampton, VA
Lehman College, Bronx, NY
Northwest Indian College, Bellingham, WA
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic, Albuquerque, NM
Saint Augustine's College, Raleigh, NC
The grant program targets institutions of higher education, especially Historically Black Colleges, and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges and other minority universities whose student enrollment of underrepresented minorities exceeds 50 percent.
The PACE/MSET grant program is sponsored by the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs, Washington, DC.
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