STEM Engagement Reach Map and Metrics

In Fiscal Year 2022, NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) reached students and educators through institutional awards in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands. 

	NASA reaches diverse groups of K-12 students and educators through Next Gen STEM. The project’s grantees and affiliates help bring the excitement of spaceflight into classrooms and communities nationwide, broadening participation in STEM and igniting a passion for exploration.
	Space Grant consists of a national network of colleges and universities, informal education institutions, and industry affiliates to expand opportunities for students to participate in NASA’s aeronautics and space projects. Connecting these organizations are the 52 Space Grant consortia, (one in each state as well as Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico).
	NASA is one of six federal agencies with an EPSCoR program, which exists to strengthen STEM capabilities and research infrastructure in U.S. regions that historically have had less involvement in research and development activities. NASA EPSCoR funds projects in 28 jurisdictions, enabling researchers in those areas to participate in competitive R&D.
	Through MUREP, NASA invests in the advancement of research capacity at Minority Serving Institutions, and opportunities for MSI students to contribute to the agency’s missions and goals.

Metrics

In Fiscal Year 2022 (October 1, 2021 – September 30, 2022), NASA Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) projects provided 314 awards to lead institutions across 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands; engaging 78K+ educator, 798K+ student, and 333K+ other participants in NASA STEM engagement activities and educational content.

NASA’s Organizational Health & Performance Reach of STEM Engagement Metric (FY 2022)	EPSCoR	NGS	MUREP	Space Grant
Institutional Award Data
Total # of Institutional Awards	90	31	127	66
Total # of Institutional Awards to MSIs	12	0	76	12
Total # of States and U.S. Territories	28	19	27	52
Total Institutional Awards Funding Amount	$22.7M	$4.0M	$20.8M	$48.1M

Institutional Award Data Definitions:

• Institutional Awards represent STEM Engagement investments awarded to lead/primary award institutions (both formal and informal), via a grant/cooperative agreement solicitation process
• Institutional Awards to MSIs represents the classification of lead/primary award institutions that received awards (NOTE: EPSCoR and Space Grant lead/primary award institutions make sub-awards which are not reflected in this data)
• States and U.S. Territories represents where Institutional Awards were made
• Institutional Awards Funding Amount represents the amount of funding awarded to Institutional Awards

NASA’s Organizational Health & Performance Reach of STEM Engagement Metric (FY 2022)	EPSCoR	NGS	MUREP	Space Grant	Other STEM Engagements	Totals
Participant Data
Total # of Student Participants	685	244281	21131	450865	81808	798770
Total # of Educator Participants	444	35305	7468	30459	4908	78584
Total # of Other Participants	0	178166	26840	127307	1058	333371

Participant Data Definitions:

• Student Participants represent all students reached through STEM Engagement investments
• Educator Participants represent all educators reached through STEM Engagement investments
• Other Participants represent all others (non-students and non-educators) reached through STEM Engagement investments

Additional FY 2022 Key Data Points:

• Space Grant, MUREP, and EPSCoR grantee and awardee institutions reported 3,613 peer-reviewed publications, technical papers and presentations representing opportunities for learners to contribute to NASA’s aeronautics, space and science missions and work
• Notably, 47.0 percent of the peer-reviewed and other technical publications were authored or coauthored by students. Over 9K students received internships, fellowships, and other sustained engagement opportunities (e.g., engineering design challenges, and competitions)
• Over $43.0M in direct financial support to higher education participants
• 15.9 percent of participants identified as racially underrepresented*
• 17.6 percent of participants identified as ethnically underrepresented**
• 41.5 percent of the Agency’s internship and fellowship positions were filled by women

NOTE, underrepresented statistics for race and ethnicity exceeded the national averages for underrepresented students enrolled in STEM degree programs (per the National Center for Educational Statistics – https://nces.ed.gov)