{"id":12365,"date":"2012-10-02T08:34:31","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T08:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wptest.augsburg.edu\/?page_id=12365"},"modified":"2026-02-17T20:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:24:59","slug":"about-the-nasa-space-grant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/physics\/about-the-nasa-space-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Space Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_47322\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47322\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47322 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2014\/04\/ballooning-pic-2.jpg\" alt=\"ballooning-pic-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2014\/04\/ballooning-pic-2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2014\/04\/ballooning-pic-2-300x89.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image captured at the edge of space by Augsburg&#8217;s High Altitude Ballooning student group.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<p>Augsburg was one of three founding members of the Minnesota Space Grant College Consortium (along with the University of Minnesota and Bemidji State University).\u00a0 Since 1991 Augsburg\u2019s Space Grant program has provided financial support for Augsburg students in the form of scholarships and paid research opportunities in several NASA-related scientific fields, has supported educational events for the campus community, and has helped equip both in-service and pre-service K-12 teachers with the latest tools for science and \/ or mathematics education.<\/p>\n<h2>Program Areas<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"NASA Space Grant \u2013 SVERDRUP VISITING SCIENTIST\" href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/convo\/sverdrup\/\">The Sverdrup Visiting Scientist Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"NASA Spacegrant Undergraduate Research Program\" href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/physics\/undergraduate-research-assistantship-program\/\">Undergraduate Research Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"NASA Spacegrant Scholarships and Fellowships\" href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/physics\/scholarships-and-fellowships\/\">NASA Space Grant Scholarships<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-47328\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2014\/04\/MNSG-logo.jpg\" alt=\"MNSG-logo\" width=\"127\" height=\"153\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Affiliated with the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aem.umn.edu\/msgc\/\" target=\"_top\">Minnesota Space Grant Consortium<br \/>\n<\/a>Demoz Gebre-Egziabher, Ph.D., MN Space Grant Director<br \/>\nJames Flaten, Ph. D., MN Space Grant Associate Director<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Department of Aerospace Engineering &amp; Mechanics,\u00a0<\/span>University of Minnesota, Twin Cities<\/p>\n<h2>Contact Information<\/h2>\n<p>Ben Stottrup<br \/>\nProfessor of Physics<br \/>\nDirector, School of Natural Sciences<br \/>\nAffiliate Director of Augsburg University\u2019s Minnesota NASA Space Grant Program<br \/>\n<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#105;&#108;to&#x3a;&#x73;&#x74;&#111;tt&#x72;&#x75;&#x70;&#64;&#97;u&#x67;&#x73;&#x62;&#117;&#114;g&#x2e;&#x65;&#x64;&#117;\">&#x73;&#x74;&#111;&#116;t&#x72;&#x75;&#x70;&#64;&#97;u&#x67;&#x73;&#x62;&#117;&#114;g&#x2e;&#x65;&#x64;&#117;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Augsburg was one of three founding members of the Minnesota Space Grant College Consortium (along with the University of Minnesota and Bemidji State University).\u00a0 Since 1991 Augsburg\u2019s Space Grant program has provided financial support for Augsburg students in the form of scholarships and paid research opportunities in several NASA-related scientific fields, has supported educational &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12365","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12365"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47671,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12365\/revisions\/47671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}