The NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) has released the Undergraduate Student Instrument Project (USIP) Educational Flight Opportunity (EFO) to solicit U.S. university proposals to develop an Earth or space science payload that will fly on a NASA suborbital vehicle, such as a sounding rocket, balloon, aircraft, or commercial suborbital reusable launch vehicle. SMD designed USIP to promote interest and proficiency in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and to develop careers in the STEM related fields through offering NASA’s unique suborbital research platforms for student educational flight opportunities.

Details on the opportunity can be found at: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/
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Title: Undergraduate Student Instrument Project Education Flight Opportunity

Released: Dec. 21, 2012
Proposal Due: April 5, 2013