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The University of Florida currently has more than 150 faculty members involved in NASA-funded research projects, including a key experiment on Perseverance and an active role in the LISA gravitational wave mission. UF faculty also play key roles in developing state-of-the-art technologies for future space missions and figuring out how to feed and sustain astronauts on long missions.

On May 24, the focus will be on NASA’s current mission structure, its origins and history, and the Science Mission Directorate, which is the largest of the four directorates and the one that most overlaps with UF’s diverse research portfolio. A second workshop on May 27 will focus on the remaining three NASA directorates in separate tracks that will allow participants to select the program that is the best fit for their research.

This workshop will be followed by an in-person event in the fall that will bring faculty together to share their research, form teams, interact with NASA personnel, and explore opportunities to pursue future NASA solicitations.

For more information, visit https://www.eng.ufl.edu/nasaworkshop/. This event is open to students, staff and faculty.