Director’s Council – March 2008 Washington, DC

March 2008 www.spacegrant.org

Director’s Council – March 2008Washington, DC

National Space Grant Foundationhttp://www.spacegrant.org/

101 Constitution Avenue NW, Suite 650 East

Washington, DC 20001

202-536-3030

202-536-3089 (Fax)

[email protected]


NSGF General Information

• Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Organization• Established by Space Grant Directors• Governed by a Board of Directors Elected by

Space Grant Directors• Board of Directors

– Wallace Fowler – President (TX)– Jack Higginbotham (OR)– Pat Hynes – Treasurer (NM)– Jaydeep Mukherjee (FL)– Mike Wiskerchen – Secretary (CA)


Purpose

To support and enhance the Space Grant Consortia in every state

To carry out education, research, and public outreach activities related to space,

aeronautics, aviation, and Earth system science


Distinguished Service Award

Award Presented at Fall Meeting in Atlanta


Financial Report

Balance as of 31 December 2007

State Balances Available atwww.spacegrant.org/info/accounts.html

2006 2007Beginning Balance $ 474,684 $ 639,894Income

Operating $ 69,362 $ 89,913 EAP $ 2,469,531 $ 3,024,951 Services $ 33,897 $ 71,460 Other Contracts $ 89,327 $ 89,439 State Accounts $ 143,006 $ 245,427 Endowment $ 15,148 $ 9,732 Total $ 2,820,271 $ 3,530,922

ExpensesOperating $ 49,224 $ 60,293 EAP $ 2,447,385 $ 2,968,360 Services $ 18,802 $ 81,080 Other Contracts $ 97,434 $ 69,475 State Accounts $ 42,216 $ 228,859 Total $ 2,655,061 $ 3,408,066

Year End Balance $ 639,894 $ 762,749


Sub-Account Balancesas of 31 December 2007

Account Endowment Expendable

NSGF 8,816 117,834

Council 6,014 13,734

EAP 91,967

Alabama 1,780 2,295

Alaska 1,065 6,186

Arizona 1,812 2,020

Arkansas 1,432 2,344

California 5,071 75,490

Colorado 1,377 652

Connecticut

1,268 1,198

Delaware 1,045 961

DC 1,771 47,241

Florida 2,241 1,928

Georgia 1,517 1,413

Hawaii 1,299 10,236

Idaho 1,744 2,276

Illinois 1,518 2,273

Indiana 1,431 1,520

Iowa 43,809 19,353

Account Endowment Expendable

Kansas 1,536 1,883

Kentucky 1,172 1,335

Louisiana 1,401 2,610

Maine 1,472 1,817

Maryland 1,783 13,076

Massachusetts 1,967 2,144

Michigan 2,179 9,311

Minnesota 1,816 3,015

Mississippi 1,839 6,308

Missouri 1,528 2,054

Montana 1,972 14,803

Nebraska 1,742 4,549

Nevada 1,381 1,351

New Hampshire 1,244 1,246

New Jersey 1,554 2,158

New Mexico 1,627 5,365

New York 1,632 1,294

North Carolina 1,140 2,513

AccountEndowmen

tExpendable

North Dakota 1,366 7,481

Ohio 2,041 2,027

Oklahoma 863 1,639

Oregon 1,387 7,314

Pennsylvania 1,964 11,340

Puerto Rico 1,525 2,461

Rhode Island 2,425 23,364

South Carolina 1,748 531

South Dakota 1,361 2,297

Tennessee 1,818 1,342

Texas 5,445 36,812

Utah 1,689 2,132

Vermont 926 1,107

Virginia 2,336 21,039

Washington 1,814 1,125

West Virginia 1,277 2,035

Wisconsin 2,308 15,626

Wyoming 1,929 2,677

Total 142,655 620,104


Investments

• Expendable – Money Market at Prevailing Rates

• Endowment – Index Funds

Mid Cap30%

Large Cap39%

Small Cap20%

Emerging Markets

6%

Cash5%

December 31, 2007

Distribution


Major Activities

• NASA Education Associates Program (CA / Ames)– Student and Faculty Internship Program at NASA/Ames– Prime Contractor with Subcontract to CASG Foundation– Contact: Lisa Brown (PA) or Mike Wiskerchen (CA)

• Aerospace Education Services Project (PA / Langley)– Bringing NASA to K-12 Education– Subcontractor to Penn State to Implement Professional

Development– Contact: Lisa Brown (PA)


Aerospace Education Services Project (AESP)

• Linking the K-12 Community to NASA

• Longest Running NASA K-12 Program

• Administration Change in 2007– Previous Administration: Oklahoma State– Current Administration: Pennsylvania State

• Programmatic Shift

• Significant Budget Reduction

• Website: http://csats.psu.edu/aesp.htm


AESP Programmatic Shift

AESP Teacher and Student

Program Enrollments

Programs 2005-06

K-12 pre-service workshops 42

# teachers 716

K-12 in-service workshops 896

# teachers 11,596

K-12 student assemblies 1,032

# students 80,374

K-12 classroom visits 1,688

# students 44,189

2007-08 2008-09 2009-10

90 150 250

1,530 2,550 4,250

90 x 3 days 100 x 3 days 110 x 3 days

1,800 2,000 2,200

100 100 100

8,000 8,000 8,000

600 3,480 3,480

15,600 90,480 90,480


AESP Programmatic Shift

• Develop Content Toolkits– AESP/NASA Determine Content Focus– Identification of High Quality Materials– Development of Materials to Fill Gaps– Participation of Content Experts– Aligned With National Standards– Toolkit Development Workshop– Packaged and Ready to Adapt to State Standards and Needs

• Toolkits Integrated Into Pre-Service Curriculum and In-Service Professional Development

• Mini-Grants to Integrate and Implement Toolkits• Follow-Up Activities by AESP Education Specialists


AESP and Space Grant

• AESP Education Specialist Requests– http://csats.psu.edu/aesp.htm

• Mini-Grant Recipients

• Serve as Reviewers of Mini-Grant Proposals

• Host Content Toolkit Workshop


Mini-Grants

• Provide Seed Funding To– Adapt Toolkits to State Standards and Needs– Integrate into Pre/In-Service Professional

Development– Conduct First Year of Professional Development

• Professional Development Characteristics– In Depth Training– Multi-Day (>=30 hours)– Sustainable Models– Participants Receive Undergraduate/Graduate Credit– Face to Face and/or e-learning


Mini-Grants (Continued)

• Administered by the NSGF• Funding Pool: $300 K/ year• Awards: 10 – 20 / year• Mini-Grants Mini-Proposals• Mini-Grants Mini-Reporting Requirements• Open to Space Grant Affiliate Universities • Timeline

– Draft AO Released: ~May 1, 08– AO Released: ~July 1, 08– Proposals Due: September 15, 08– Selections Announced: October 24, 08– Grants Begin: January 1, 09


Major Activities

• Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholars (VA / Langley)– Interactive On-line and Residential Experience for High School

Juniors at NASA/Langley– Modeled after Texas Aerospace Scholars at NASA/JSC– Contact: Mary Sandy (VA)

• International Electric Propulsion Conference (MI)– Meeting Registration, Payment Processing, Web Site, and Other

Various Items– Contact: Bonnie Bryant (MI)


Major Activities

• ESMD Student Paper Competition (KSC)– Administer NASA Funded Student Awards

• Systems Engineering Workshop and Curriculum Development (TX / JSC)– Systems Engineering Curriculum Development and

Implementation– Contact: Wally Fowler (TX)


NASA Systems EngineeringWorkshop 2008

• Purpose– To disseminate an undergraduate systems engineering

curriculum– To discuss effectiveness of pilot systems engineering activities

at UT Austin• Hosted by Johnson Space Center• Held on August 11-12, 2008• Agenda

– NASA Guest Speakers– Discussion of Systems Engineering Curriculum– Panel / Roundtables– Other Topics

• Contacts– Lisa Guerra – [email protected]– Talia Jurgens – [email protected]– http://www.tsgc.utexas.edu/workshop/


Major Activities

• Support Services– Provide Economies of Scale to Space Grant Network– Various Projects With 26 States– Contact: Mark Fischer or Jaydeep Mukherjee (FL)

– Application System (IA, IN, NC, NM, TX, VA, VASTS, Kenan)

– Longitudinal Tracking System (AR, FL, MD, MI, MN, MS, NC, NH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, WA)

– Meeting/Workshop Registration (National Meetings, Regional Meetings, IEPC, RockOn, StudentSat 6, SHOT II, Illinois

Aerospace Institute Camp)

– PathevoTM Contract(MD, TX, WV – 25 SG Institutions, ~20,000 students)

– Proposal Submission and Review System (FL, IN, NC, NM, TX, WV, AESP)

– Website Design/Redesign (DE, ND, VA, Council, IEPC, VASTS)

– Website Hosting(IA, Coordinators, Council, IEPC, VASTS)




Other Activities

• Represent Space Grant Nationally (50th Year Publication, NSTA, ASP, Space Week)

• Serve as Contracting Entity (AESP, ESMD Paper Awards, USRP, EAP, NSIP)

• Proposal Submission – National/Regional/Local(USRP, AESP, STSP, NSIP, MUST)

• Accepts Donations On Behalf of State Consortia(HI, NC, OR, TX)

• Bank Accounts – Interest Bearing and Endowment(Each State, Council)

• Equipment Purchases(DC, RI, TN)

• Mailing Lists(sgDirectors, sgCoordinators, sgExec, Student_Satellites)


Other Activities

• Distinguished Service Award

• Financial Arm for Regional Programs(Great Midwestern Region)

• Student Awards(IA, NC, WI)

• CMIS Forms

• Other(Penny Machines, TiViTz, Others)


Questions?

Documents

Director’s Council – March 2008 Washington, DC