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Community Anchors are awarded grants for one- to two-year projects designed to serve diverse populations in a sustainable way. The inaugural cohort of the TEAM II program’s Community Anchors initiative launched in early 2022. To date, 51 projects have been awarded, to share authentic STEM experiences with diverse audiences in 28 states.

If you are interested in proposing to become a Community Anchor, watch the TEAM II information page for current or forecasted opportunities. Details will also be announced in NASA EXPRESS; the Notice of Funding Opportunity will be published on NSPIRES. Stay tuned and help spread the word, so more amazing local institutions – libraries, museums, youth serving organizations – can start bringing authentic NASA STEM experiences to their communities!

2023 Community Anchor Projects

Expanding STEM/Astronomy Learning to Underserved Youth Communities

Cleveland Museum of Natural History

NASA Community Space Stations

Discovery Place, Inc.

Spaced Out!

Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum

Moon to Mars Montana

Exploration Works

Increasing STEM Engagement Among Underserved Youth

Florida Press Education Services

Teens plant an Ozone Indicator garden and cultivate

Food in Space and in the City

GrowingGreat

NASA Explore Days

Intrepid Museum Foundation

Empowerment Through Climate Action

Montshire Museum of Science, Inc.

Delivering NASA STEM Education Programs to Underserved Communities

Museum of Discovery and Science, Inc.

Family on Campus Using Science

Ocean County College

Imagine the Future of Space

San Diego Air & Space Museum

Youth engage in fieldwork research about the local ecosystem.

Using Community Science to Engage Underrepresented Youth

Discovery Museum, Inc.

Equipping and Inspiring Rural Students

STEM Advancement, Inc.

2022 Community Anchor Projects

University of Nebraska State Museum, Morril Hall

Investigating Their State from Space

University of Nebraska State Museum, Morrill Hall

Children's Museum of Indianapolis

Our Earth From Above

Indianapolis

Flint Hills Discovery Center

Kansas Kids and the Future of Aviation

City of Manhattan, Kansas

A child pointing at the ceiling inside a planetarium

Take the Show on the Road

Eugene Science Center

A capsule in the gallery at the Frontiers of Flight exhibit

Supporting STEM Teachers

Frontiers of Flight Museum

A group of Mississippi students look up at the solar eclipse with their protective glasses

Bringing NASA to Libraries

Infinity Science Center

The Oliver Observing Station at sunrise

Mira la Luna

Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy

A look inside the Mobile Earth + Space Observatory

Mobile Earth + Space Observatory

National Space Science and Technology Institute

A photo of the New York Hall of Science NYSCI Central Pavilion

Eclipse-ready Families

New York Hall of Science

A look inside the Northern Kentucky University Haile Planetarium

Planetarium Production Club

Northern Kentucky University

A photo of a sign that reads "Pacific Science Center"

Journey of Human Space Flight

Pacific Science Center Foundation

A look inside the full dome planetarium at Pajarito Environmental Education Center

New Mexico to Space

Pajarito Environmental Education Center

A silhouette of a child and various shapes at the ScienceWorks DaVinci's Garage Shadow Theater

Robotics in Space

Scienceworks Hands-on Museum

A bubble filled with smoke floats above children's hands during a Family STEM Night demonstration

Family STEM

Sierra Nevada Journeys

A young student in a purple shirt looks through a microscope

A Place for NASA

St Anna Episcopal Church

Two smiling people pose in front of a colorful science booth

STEM is For Everyone

Union Station Kansas City

A photo of the red planet Mars

4-H Moon to Mars

Utah State University

2021 Community Anchor Projects

Photo of an educator working with young students at the Alaska Challenger Center for Space Science Technology

Food Security at Home and in Space

Alaska Challenger Center for Space Science Technology

Photo of two educators wearing astronaut costumes while smiling and posing for a picture

Bringing NASA to Rural and Tribal Families

Gateway to Science Center

Photo of children in a classroom with an astronaut on a television screen

From Maine to Mars

Challenger Learning Center of Maine

Student educators Patrick and Cole demonstrate at Behind the Telescope event for Girl Scouts and their families.

Girls Behind the Telescope

Rowan University

Photo of a sign, the text reads "Welcome to Community Evening: NASA Night at LSC!"

NASA Nights

Liberty Science Center

Photo of students programming a robot

Rockets and Robots

Fayetteville State University

Photos and student-generated images of Mars on display at Clark County Library Art Gallery

Student Space Science Imaging

NOVA77 STEM Workshop

Treworgy Planetarium at Mystic Seaport Museum

Middle School STEM in the Planetarium

Mystic Seaport Museum

Photo of The "Showcasing Robots" girl scout badge

Connecting Girl Scouts to NASA

Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio

Photo of a student writing on a notepad

Building a STEM Squad

Paducah Junior College

Students from Saint Michael School at the Earth to Moon exhibit grand opening

Moon Exhibit for Libraries

Saint Francis University

Safely observing the Sun with a solar telescope

Fiesta del Sol

Alamo Community College District

Kopernik Observatory & Science Center

Ready, Set – Go and Explore!

Kopernik Society of Broome County

Photo of a student working with a piece of equipment

Students Investigate Air Quality Data

Hope College

Photo of stars forming inside a pillar of gas and dust.

An Expanding Universe at the Library

Minnesota State University

A young girl interacts with an object at spectrUM Discovery Area

Remote Fire Sensing for Tribal Communities

University of Montana

Families enjoy a virtual trip through space in the Astro-Dome

Inside the Astro-Dome

City of Houston

Isabela Lopez shows off her terrarium creation, in which she designed a closed system for succulent plants and moss after learning about terraforming extraterrestrial environments during the World Water Day workshop in March 2022 at Fab Lab El Paso.

Pathfinding in El Paso

Fab Lab El Paso

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.

NASA and Planet Earth

Children's Maritime Museum at Port Jefferson

Generation Artemis campers learn about NASA's Artemis program by constructing a rocket out of various materials

Generation Artemis

South Texas Astronomical Society

A child in a wheelchair teaches another child how to use the RealFlight simulator

Skill Development Through NASA Aeronautics

Red River STEM

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