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Gretchen Cook-Anderson
Headquarters, Washington                        July 8, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-0836)

RELEASE: 03-232

NASA COMMITTED TO DIVERSE WORKFORCE

     NASA's annual Joint Symposium of the NASA 
Administrator's Fellowship Program (NAFP) and the Harriett G. 
Jenkins Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Program (JPFP) is underway. 
NASA is highlighting the two major agency initiatives that 
address the workforce diversity pipeline, and university 
research and development capability.
 
Twenty-eight NAFP and 60 JPFP Fellows will participate in 
orientation, networking and professional development during 
the Symposium under this year's theme,  "NAFP and JPFP: 
Impacting Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics 
Education and the Workforce Pipeline."  NASA will announce 
the four recipients of its NAFP Faculty Research Awards, 
valued at $25,000 each, during the Symposium.

The purpose of the NAFP is to enhance the professional 
development of NASA employees in grades GS-13 and higher, and 
that of Mathematics, Science, Engineering and Technology 
faculty from Minority-Serving Institutions (MSI) who hold a 
Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree. Since it was created in 1997, 22 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, seven Hispanic-
Serving Institutions and two Tribal Colleges and Universities 
have taken part in the NAFP. NAFP also seeks to increase the 
overall capacity of MSIs to respond to NASA's research and 
development needs.

The JPFP provides annual, full-time, underrepresented 
graduate students in science, technology and education with 
financial support for their education in NASA-related 
disciplines. Students are selected for fellowships that 
include an annual six-week, hands-on research experience at a 
NASA Center. Fellowship tenure is three years for candidates 
seeking a master's degree or Ph.D. in fields including 
aeronautics, astronomy, biology, earth sciences, computer 
science, mathematics, physics and engineering.
For information about NASA on the Internet, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov

For information about the NAFP and the application process 
for 2004 visit:

http://www.uncfsp.org/nasa/nafp

 For information about the JPFP and the application process 
for 2004 visit:

http://www.uncfsp.org/NASA/Jenkins

For information about other NASA Education programs visit:

http://education.nasa.gov

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