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PR NASA EPSCoR
 

Established in 1994 by the Resource Center for Science and Engineering (RCSE) of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) in conjunction with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),  the PR NASA Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (PR NASA EPSCoR) has been implementing strategic tasks to enhance Puerto Rico’s research competitiveness and infrastructure, in alignment with the NASA mission and vision:

  • to understand and protect our home planet,
  • to explore the universe and search for life, and
  • to inspire the next generation of explorers … as only NASA can.

To achieve its goals and objectives, PR NASA EPSCoR advances and supports the following types of activities, including those that

  1. lead to collaborative research with NASA Field Centers and Directorates,
  2. expand PR’s capabilities in NASA-related sciences at the higher education level,
  3. attract students into Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields, and
  4. support new and ongoing NASA exploration mission-related research and students. 

In response to the National Space Exploration Agenda launched in 2004, PR NASA EPSCoR developed research and education activities designed to help the students and researchers in PR become involved in exploration mission-enabling projects in coordination with NASA centers and other research centers around the Nation with similar goals. The project “Vision for Space Exploration” is designed to enhance these efforts by supporting exploration-related projects, students, and researchers, while also disseminating understanding and excitement about NASA’s Exploration Program in PR.