Rice University
What to Know:
- Rice has secured $22.3 million in combined new funding for two space research centers.
- The newest piece is an $8.1 million U.S. Space Force award for a center focused on sensing and data analysis.
- An earlier $14.2 million Texas Space Commission award supports a second center focused on research, partnerships and workforce training.
What to Know:
- The Texas Space Commission conditionally approved a $14.2 million award for Rice University to stand up a Center for Space Technologies within the Rice Space Institute.
- The Rice award completes the commission’s first $150 million round of awards, bringing the total to 24 projects.
- The commission said the Rice center is expected to focus on research and development, technology transfer, statewide partnerships, workforce training and space-focused education, with work tied to lunar exploration priorities.
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