NASA and Arab Youth Venture Foundation Launch Student Program

NASA and the Arab Youth Venture Foundation in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) have partnered to provide three to 12 UAE engineering students each year the opportunity to work with U.S. students, scientists, and engineers on NASA missions. The program's goal is to engage outstanding college students from the UAE in fields of science, technology, engineering and aerospace. Statement of Joyce Winterton, assistant administrator for education at NASA Headquarters:

"The space program has a unique ability to inspire students to pursue excellence in disciplines that drive science and technology innovation." "With this Space Act Agreement, NASA will engage outstanding students in the UAE to continue their development in the critical skills of science, technology, engineering and mathematics."

From January, 2010,  under this program, UAE students will join U.S. students in a research project administered by the Education Associates Program at NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif. This new partnership and NASA's many other education programs play a key role in preparing students in the critical disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

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