Education & Public Outreach
NASA grantees provide hundreds of programs, activities, events, and resources. These contain information about just some of these efforts, which include award-winning educational web sites, major exhibitions in museums and science centers, partnerships with minority universities, research projects that allow students and teachers to participate in NASA missions, live webcasts, and public television broadcasts on major space science research areas.
The success of this program depends, in part, on the scientists and engineers who conduct research for NASA. There are many avenues for participation by scientists and for such contributions to be recognized and acknowledged.
Effective November 12, 2007, Alan Stern appointed Yvonne Pendleton to be the SMD front office Education and Public Outreach (EPO) point person. In that capacity, Yvonne will be representing Alan in an overall evaluation of SMD EPO funding and go-forward strategy and plans. As a result, SMD is re-evaluating its entire EPO program. NASA's EPO program within the Science Mission Directorate is very important and we want to make sure every dollar spent is going in the direction of enhanced productivity. An EPO-MOWG has been formed from members of the external community and their input will be heavily relied upon as we plan our steps forward.
- In our For Kids section kids can play and explore the Universe around them.
- NASA also has many resources and opportunities for educators.
- Discover exciting undergraduate, graduate and doctoral opportunities at our Student Programs page.
- Find graduate research opportunities.
- Citizen Scientists can learn more about space and how they can support scientific research.