Wes Hickman (202 224-5972) or Kevin Bishop (864 250-1417)

WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today announced South Carolina State University will receive an $810,000 grant to support their space sciences program. The funds will be used to support the University’s New Directions in Astronomy and Astrobiology project. “This grant will enable students and faculty at S.C. State to work closely with leading researchers in space science,” said Graham. “It will help train a new generation of South Carolinians to be leaders in future space technology.” NASA’s Minority University and College Education and Research Partnership Initiative in Space Science offers minority universities an opportunity to develop academic programs and/or faculty and student capabilities in space science through close partnerships with major space science research groups. South Carolina State is one of sixteen colleges and universities selected to participate in this program. ####