Outreach Initiative

The annual HBCU/MSI Outreach Initiative is in its fourth year here at JPL. Our outreach has grown over the years, and below is a list of those schools who had committed to visiting our campus since 2016: This year’s HBCU/MSI Outreach Initiative is cancelled due to COVID-19. We will continue our outreach efforts online through our JPL-HBCU-MSI Researcher Council. For information on the Council, email smallbusiness.programsoffice@jpl.nasa.gov and enter JPL-HBCU-MSI Researcher Council in the subject line.

August 2017	August 2018	August 2019
Benedict College	Bowie State University	Bowie State University
Bowie State University	California State University, Los Angeles	California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Los Angeles	California State University, Long Beach	California State Polytechnic, University Pomona
California State University, Long Beach	California State University, Northridge	Fayetteville University
Clark Atlanta University	California State Polytechnic, University Pomona	Grambling University
Dillard University	Claflin University	Howard University
Fayetteville University	Elizabeth City State University	Jackson State University
Florida A&M University	Fayetteville State University	North Carolina A&T University
Grambling University	Florida A&M University	Pacific University
North Carolina A&T University	Grambling University	Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU)
Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU)	Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU)	San Diego State University (SDSU)
San Diego State University (SDSU)	San Diego State University (SDSU)	Tennessee State University
University of the Virgin Islands	Southern University and A&M College	University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)
	Tuskegee University
	University of California Riverside
	University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)
	University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras

The SBPO sponsors the annual HBCU/MSI Outreach Initiative to enable the facilitation of research partnerships and interactions with the HBCU/MSI community. In addition, this annual outreach initiative assists JPL in identifying research expertise at HBCU/MSIs and involving faculty in research and development proposal efforts.

JPL’s vision for current and future outreach efforts to HBCU/MSIs include:

Building upon previous experience with HBCU/MSIs
Establishing new partnerships
Generating additional support for innovative research