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The Minority Serving Institution (MSI) Exchange is a tool that supports your search for innovative and diverse academic collaborators by curating STEM offerings and capability statements of MSIs nationwide. The MSI Exchange can inform partnerships for teaming opportunities and competitive federal awards such as contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants.

The user-friendly interface and mobile-responsive design makes the MSI Exchange the ideal search tool for:

STEM education, research, innovation and entrepreneurship are vital to bolstering and maintaining a strong U.S. economy and a competitive workforce. To increase innovation, NASA leverages diversity to tap into underutilized resources. The awareness created by the MSI Exchange can facilitate collaboration that contributes to NASA’s mission while strengthening technical capacity at MSIs, and building a diverse and competitive workforce for NASA and the Nation.

The MSI Exchange is maintained by the NASA Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP). For more information, review our list of Frequently Asked Questions.

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