Boise State University receives $1.2M federal grant for rural STEM education
Boise State UniversityIdahoBoise State University was awarded a $1,156,528 cooperative agreement from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on September 25, 2026. The funding supports expanding science engagement, citizen science participation, and lesson plan development across rural Idaho communities.
- This action
- $1,156,528
- Not the award total
- Action date
- Sep 25, 2026
- 48 days ago
- Program
- Science
- Assistance listing 43.001
- Spending window
- 4.9 years left
- Ends October 14, 2031
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People at Boise State University, the agency that received this funding.
Award details
- Recipient
- Boise State University
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Awarding office
- NASA Shared Services Center
- Assistance type
- Cooperative Agreement
- Action
- NEW AWARD
- Period of performance
- October 15, 2026 to October 14, 2031
- Award ID (FAIN)
- 80NSSC26M0132
About this award
From the award's filing with the federal government.
The project expands STEM engagement and citizen science participation across rural communities in Idaho by building partnerships with the central Idaho dark sky reserve. It provides educators with citizensciencealigned lesson plans robotic telescopes and training to integrate NASA science content into classrooms. The program supports statewide outreach through public events teacher workshops lightpollution monitoring and an astronomerinresidence initiative. These combined efforts aim to strengthen STEM literacy promote contributions to NASA science and enhance longterm community involvement in space science activities.
From USAspending
This record comes from USAspending.gov, the federal government's public database of spending. It describes one action on the award, so the amount shown is not the award's total.
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