Partnering with NASA STEM Engagement
NASA is committed to partnering to successfully accomplish its diverse missions, including the Artemis program and future exploration initiatives to Mars and beyond! Through collaboration with external partners, NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement expands its reach, engaging students of all grade levels through opportunities that align with the agency’s missions and STEM Engagement program – sparking a love of space and STEM topics.
Engage With Office of STEM Engagement
NASA has a rich history of collaborating across the STEM ecosystem to foster innovative student experiences that leverage our unique mission, people, and facilities. NASA Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) welcomes requests for high-impact collaborative activities that complement its efforts to build a diverse future STEM workforce. Requests should address mutually beneficial goals and engage students across the United States in opportunities connected to NASA missions, themes, or STEM Engagement projects; bolster external efforts that contribute to federal STEM goals; and broaden participation of students from groups traditionally underrepresented and underserved in STEM and STEM careers. Proposed collaborations may result in the development of a non-reimbursable (no-exchange-of-funds) Space Act Agreement.
Explore Learning Resources at NASASTEM Engagement Partner Priorities
NASA STEM Engagement prioritizes partnerships that, to the extent possible, engage U.S. students and teachers in partnership activities at no cost and that make partnership materials publicly and freely accessible across a variety of platforms. All categories of domestic entities, including U.S. Federal government agencies, are eligible to submit a Statement of Interest. A limited number of opportunities to partner with NASA STEM Engagement exist for international entities with nationwide U.S. domestic audiences. NASA OSTEM further prioritizes partnership activities that increase diversity, broaden participation, and include opportunities for students from groups traditionally underrepresented and underserved to participate in STEM (i.e., women, persons with disabilities, and Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, and American Indians or Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians or Other Pacific Islanders). OSTEM partnerships serve students from the pre-K through undergraduate levels in formal classrooms, out of school time settings, and on digital platforms.
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General Partnership Guidelines
The intent of this opportunity is to support external entities that advance national STEM education needs by sharing NASA’s mission with their audiences. This includes engaging audiences in technical mission content and STEM education resources, raising awareness of STEM career pathways, and highlighting NASA’s diverse technical workforce. NASA generally provides unfunded collaborators with access to NASA mission data and imagery, subject matter expertise in scientific and technical disciplines connected to NASA mission for consultation, content review and to share career pathways, and subject matter expertise in NASA STEM education and related disciplines.
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Current Agreements
Pursuant to direction in Title III of House Report 113-171 accompanying H.R. 2787, the FY 2014 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations bill and pursuant to direction in Section 841 of the NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2017, Public Law 115-10; NASA updates and posts on a quarterly basis applicable summary data on Space Act Agreements with U.S. Federal, non-Federal, and international partners.
Office of STEM Engagement Active Space Act Agreements
Opportunities With Our Partners
National Space Day Virtual Event for Grades 4-5
Join classes across the country for an out-of-this-world experience on National Space Day! This spring, the U.S. space industry and NASA are offering your students a look into the science and technology that will shape their generation’s future – on this planet and beyond. Get your students excited about the incredible wonders and potential of space by joining us for this unique 45-minute broadcast event through YouTube. Event Date: May 3
Department of Energy: New Mexico Lab-Embedded Entrepreneur Program Opportunity
The New Mexico Lab-Embedded Entrepreneur Program (NM-LEEP) are looking for entrepreneurial technical leaders who have the drive and ability to build a transformative technology and lead a team in its development. Application Deadline: May 7
National Nuclear Security Administration PATH Scholarships
The Program Award for Technical and Higher-Education (PATH), sponsored by National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), offers scholarships to students from Minority Serving Institutions pursuing a technical certificate, or an associate, bachelor, or graduate degree in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM)-discipline that supports the critical needs of the Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE). Application Deadline: May 15
NOAA Ocean Guardian School
Does your school have what it takes to help protect the ocean for the future? Promote ocean and watershed conservation at your school or in your local community by becoming an Ocean Guardian School. Application Deadline: June 1
2024 NOAA Planet Stewards Funding Opportunity
Have an idea that tackles an environmental issue that affects your community? Apply for a 2024 NOAA Planet Stewards funding opportunity today! Application Deadline: June 2
Federal Aviation Administration Airport Design Challenge
The Airport Design Challenge (ADC) is an interactive learning and collaboration opportunity for students in grades K-12. The FAA Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Aviation and Space Education (STEM AVSED) Program organizes and sponsors this exciting challenge.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: EquIP HQ
EquIP HQ is your invention education headquarters for everything related to intellectual property. Play online games and activities, watch inspirational and educational videos, all while learning how you, too, can innovate and change the world.
Girl Scout STEM Playbook
Encourage girls to explore the wonders of STEM, to dream big, and to believe in their ability to make a difference with the Girl Scout STEM Playbook.
Featured Partnerships
NASA collaborated across the STEM ecosystem through high-impact activities that complement its efforts to build a diverse future STEM workforce. These no-exchange of funds opportunities with industry and non-profits address mutually beneficial goals. In FY 2022, OSTEM supported 25 active national partnerships via Space Act Agreement and an additional 21 informal collaborations to share student content. This work resulted in over 7 million digital engagements including video views and product interactions.
NASA Partnerships Bring 2024 Total Solar Eclipse to Everyone
On Monday, April 8, 2024 NASA and its partners will celebrate the wonders of the total solar eclipse as it passes over North America, with the path of totality in the United States, from Kerrville, Texas, to Houlton, Maine. Explore ways NASA is working with partners to engage the public in the upcoming total solar eclipse.
NOGGIN – Nickelodeon’s Digital Platform for Pre-K Students
NASA and NOGGIN collaborated on a series of Artemis themed videos and interactive games. These products are available on a free you-tube channel launched in late 2022. The post popular clip is “My Best” which introduces students NASA trailblazers Guy Bluford and Katherine Johnson. This award-winning video gained 1.6 million views.
LEGO Education – Build To Launch With LEGO Education and Artemis I
NASA partnered with LEGO Education to introduce students around the world to Artemis content and careers through the Build to Launch Series. This multi-part animated series with connected engineering content was used by over 4,000 educators during the promotional period.
Girl Scouts of USA – Collaboration Moves Further Beyond Gravity
NASA and the Girl Scouts collaborated on “To the Moon and Back,” to introduce participants to STEM careers and explore space themed badges and activities that connect to Artemis I. Girl Scouts awarded more than 80 Artemis flown Space Badges to students for their essays, which asked girls to imagine their own role in space exploration.
NASA STEM Artemis Moon Trees
NASA Finds New Homes for Artemis Generation of ‘Moon Trees’ Across US. After careful review of hundreds of applications, NASA has selected organizations from across the country to receive ‘Moon Tree’ seedlings that flew around the Moon on the agency’s Artemis I mission in 2022, to plant in their communities. Notifications to selected institutions will be made in phases.
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NASA STEM Highlights 2022
NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement is committed to inspiring the students of the Artemis Generation and supporting the educators and caregivers who guide them to discover their own unique skills, interests, and capabilities.
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