New Cooperative Agreement Opportunity – NASA Office of Education

The NASA JSC Office of Education invites proposals to administer Teaching From Space (TFS), located at the NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas. As part of NASA’s portfolio of education programs and projects, TFS facilitates and manages NASA education activities that help the Agency achieve its education goals. These activities offer NASA Education unique capabilities and opportunities to involve educators and students through astronaut training, spaceflight missions, on-orbit education activities, future flight platforms and space missions, and a variety of education flight projects. The vision for TFS is: Facilitate education opportunities that use the unique environment of spaceflight and other flight platforms. TFS will focus on three objectives:

• Develop and provide NASA-unique experiences, opportunities, content, and resources to educators and students to increase K-12 student interest in STEM disciplines.
• Develop and facilitate a network of highly motivated educators.
• Build internal and external partnerships with formal and informal education communities to create unique learning opportunities and professional development experiences.

Organizations eligible to respond to this CAN are limited to higher education institutions, non-profit organizations, or consortia of organizations and institutions serving higher education.

Notices of Intent to propose are due March 28, 2008, and proposals are due April 28, 2008.

Further information about this CAN is available from Edward Pritchard, AE2/Office of Education, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas 77058; E-mail: edward.j.pritchard@nasa.gov or Cynthia McArthur, AE2/Office of Education, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas 77058; E-mail: cynthia.l.mcarthur@nasa.gov