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The National Astronomy Consortium (NAC)

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 Interested in applying to the 2025 NAC program?

 

Please visit the new NAC website: https://public.nrao.edu/odi/nac/

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About the NAC

The National Astronomy Consortium (NAC) is a program led by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and Associated Universities Inc., (AUI) in partnership with the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP), and a number of minority and majority universities to increase the numbers of students from underrepresented minoritized groups and those otherwise overlooked by the traditional academic pipeline into STEM or STEM-related careers.

Primary Goal: to increase the number of students, who otherwise would have been overlooked by the traditional academic pipeline, in STEM and STEM careers by placing them in a cooperative, diverse team over the summer and beyond.


 

Highlights of the NAC program include:

 

 To contact the NAC please send an email to odi@nrao.edu.

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