2026-2027 Higher Education (HE): Curriculum Development (CD) and Hands-on-Training (HOT) Faculty Competition – 02/27/2026 Deadline to apply

The Nevada Space Grant Consortium (NVSGC) seeks to fund three projects for either Curriculum Development or Hands-On-Training. The primary focus for the Curriculum Development program is to establish new and/or revised courses and materials that infuse NASA content directly related to NASA Mission Directorate priorities (see paperclipped file) within NSHE institutional curricula. The primary focus for the Hands-On-Training (HOT) program is to establish new authentic STEM hands-on-training activities for college students that utilize NASA related interdisciplinary content.

2026-2027 Pre-College Teacher Training (TT) and Hands-On-Training (HOT) Program – 02/27/2026 Deadline to apply

The Nevada Space Grant Consortium (NVSGC) seeks to fund three Teacher Training and/or Hands-On- Training projects. These funds are specifically targeted to stimulate STEM experiences for pre-college students by providing materials and/or training to pre-college teachers or providing direct HOT informal learning opportunities.

2026-2027 NV NASA Space Grant Research Infrastructure – 02/20/2026 Deadline to apply

The Nevada Space Grant Consortium (NVSGC) seeks to develop a diverse and capable Nevada STEM workforce by providing funds for NASA-related faculty research and/or workforce development projects. Selected faculty projects will enhance Nevada’s research infrastructure and/or provide STEM workforce development opportunities for students in NASA Mission Directorate research topic areas (see attached list). These funds should not augment existing funded research projects.

2026 NASA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development Seed Grant – 02/20/2026 Deadline to apply

The programmatic focus is to further engage and utilize Nevada’s unique resources and talent for enhancing scientific discovery and/or developing new technologies to address NASA’s research priorities. The request for seed grant funds may be based on outcomes from prior workshops/meetings with NASA Personnel; however, a seed grant award should not augment existing funded research projects. Research Infrastructure Development (RID) activities should target unique activities that increase Nevada’s competitiveness.

2026-2027 NVSGC Undergraduate Scholarship Program – 03/06/2026 Deadline to apply

The Nevada NASA Space Grant Consortium (NVSGC) announces available funding for the 2026-2027 Undergraduate Scholarship Program. This opportunity is designed to support independently conceived research or hands-on-projects by NSHE undergraduate students in disciplines that will help advance the missions and goals of NASA. Scholarship projects should generate measurable results or advancements in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) research that are relevant to NASA’s science and technology goals.

2026-2027 NVSGC Graduate Research Opportunity Fellowship – 03/13/2026 Deadline to apply

The Nevada Space Grant Consortium (NVSGC) announces available funding for the 2026-2027 Graduate Research Opportunity Fellowship. The Nevada NASA Space Grant Graduate Research Opportunity Fellowships program (GROF) is designed to support independently conceived NASA-related research projects by graduate students. NASA fellowship opportunities are focused on innovation through projects that will generate measurable results or advancements in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math which will contribute to NASA’s current and future science and technology goals.

2026 Nevada NASA EPSCoR Basic Research Opportunity NOFO – 08/11/25 LOI Deadline

The National NASA EPSCoR Program will be releasing the 2026 Basic Research Opportunity (formerly Research Collaboration) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) in fall of 2025 (anticipated date). NV NASA EPSCoR will be permitted to submit a single full proposal, which will likely be due in mid-January 2026. To allow sufficient time to select and develop a single strong full proposal from Nevada, letters of intent and pre-proposals are being solicited in advance of the Federal NOFO release.

2025 National NASA EPSCoR International Space Station Flight Opportunity Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) – 05/27/2025 LOI Deadline

The National NASA EPSCoR Program has announced a solicitation for projects seeking an “International Space Station (ISS) Flight Opportunity” program. This solicitation is for projects that are mature enough to transition to a flight experiment with little or no additional NASA funding during the 3-year period of performance of the award.

Round 2: Academic Year 2025-2026 Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) – 06/02/2025 Deadline to apply

This program promotes intensive undergraduate research opportunities for NSHE students to enhance the recruitment and retention of undergraduates in STEM disciplines, particularly those related to fire science.

2025-2026 Harnessing the Data Revolution for Fire Science (HDRFS) Seed Grants – 04/15/2025 Deadline to apply

The Harnessing the Data Revolution for Fire Science (HDRFS) project has released a Request for Proposals for Seed Grants to engage faculty in areas related to, but not recognized in, the current research to provide new opportunities and pursue high-risk, high-impact research.

2025 Tuition-Covered Data Analytics Training – 03/24/2025 Deadline to apply

This program provides tuition coverage for students interested in data analytics training and provides internship opportunities with NSHE faculty research mentors. Students of this program will complete the Data Analytics training hosted by Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) virtually in partnership with NCLab.