The Interdisciplinary National Science Project Incorporating Research
and Education Experience, or INSPIRE, is a multi-tiered student
pipeline project for students and their parent or legal guardian.
Participating students must be in grades 9-12 or in their freshman year
of college. INSPIRE is designed to provide grade-appropriate
NASA-related resources and experiences to encourage and reinforce
students' aspirations to pursue science, technology, engineering and
mathematics, or STEM, education and careers. The project also offers
resources and information for parents to help them better champion
their student's goals. INSPIRE provides participants a rich online
community, as well as opportunities to compete to participate in
NASA/STEM Experiences. INSPIRE participants will be matched to one of
the 10 NASA facilities, based on the participant's place of residence
and the NASA facility Area of Service. See the NASA facility table
below for the definition of each facility's Area of Service.