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About MUREP

The NASA Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) invest in Minority Serving Institutions or MSIs nationwide through multiyear cooperative agreement awards and authentic STEM engagement. MUREP opportunities are designed to enhance the research, academic and technological capabilities of MSIs, while advancing NASA’s vision for a more diverse workforce.  

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Student from the College of Menominee Nation collecting data to determine efficiency of solar cells. This work was part of a MAIANSE award focused on increasing awareness of solar and other renewable energies.

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Abigail Argueta of Brentwood, NY, shows off the anemometer she built after learning about natural disasters, hurricanes, and how meteorologists measure wind speed at the Long Island Explorium in Port Jefferson, New York. As a NASA TEAM II Community Anchor, the Long Island Explorium shared with over 450 students and families how NASA’s technology and data can help us understand Earth’s environmental challenges.

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The Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) is administered through NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement. Through MUREP, NASA provides financial assistance via competitive awards to Minority Serving Institutions, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions, American Indian Tribal Colleges and Universities, Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions and other MSIs, as required by the MSI-focused Executive Orders. These institutions recruit and retain underrepresented and underserved students, including women and girls, and persons with disabilities, into science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.

MUREP investments enhance the research, academic and technology capabilities of MSIs through multiyear cooperative agreements. Awards assist faculty and students in research and provide authentic STEM engagement related to NASA missions. Additionally, awards provide NASA-specific knowledge and skills to learners who have historically been underrepresented and underserved in STEM. MUREP investments assist NASA in meeting the goal of a diverse workforce through student participation in internships and fellowships at NASA centers and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

MUREP activities address NASA Strategic Goals and Objectives:

  • Strategic Goal 4: Enhance capabilities and operations to catalyze current and future mission success.
    Strategic Objective 4.3: Build the next generation of explorers: engage students to build a diverse future STEM workforce

For further information, visit the How to Find MUREP Funding Opportunities webpage.
For general inquiries, contact: hq-murep@mail.nasa.gov.

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