Program Overview

Introduction to the Virginia Space Grant Consortium

The Virginia Space Grant Consortium: National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program was created in 1988 to address scientific and technological workforce needs and the national decline in scholastic achievement, especially in math and science.

Program Goals

A major goal of the VSGC is to help develop the engineers and scientists of the future.

Program Objectives

• Address scientific and technological workforce needs
  • Focus on improving scholastic achievement
    • Especially in math and science