NASA selects 12 U.S. institutions for M-STAR funding

NASA has selected 12 U.S. institutions for funding through the M-STAR initiative. The funding figures are 12,000,000 USD for the institutions and 1,000,000 USD for the M-STAR initiative. M-STAR is a new cohort within MUREP, a NASA project.

NASA selected 12 U.S. institutions, with 12,000,000 USD listed for those institutions and 1,000,000 USD listed for the M-STAR initiative.

M-STAR is an initiative within MUREP, and MUREP is a NASA project. The status for M-STAR is a new cohort.

M-STAR supports NASA's mission to develop innovative technologies for space transportation, human exploration, robotic discovery, and the expanding space economy.

The selected institutions are to build science and engineering capability, increase faculty and student engagement, and improve competitiveness for later federal and commercial research awards.

Selected institutions include California State University, Sacramento; University of Central Florida, Orlando; University of Hawaii at Manoa; University of Houston; University of Texas, San Antonio; and Kean University, Union, New Jersey.

They also include Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond; Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina; Howard University, Washington; Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas; University of New Mexico, Albuquerque; and Fayetteville State University, North Carolina.

For readers tracking the lunar industry, this funding places institutional technology work alongside NASA's listed areas of the Moon, Mars, and deep space.

The awards are tied to institutional capabilities listed in the facts: science and engineering growth, faculty and student engagement, and improved competitiveness for later federal and commercial research awards.

Some selected project titles name Artemis, and the entity context identifies Artemis as a program.