The U. S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) through its detachment at the Stennis Space Center, Mississippi (NRL-SSC) seeks proposals under authority of the National Defense Education Act (1959) to stimulate young pupils in the sciences, technology and mathematics (STEM) and under the Pre-Engineering Program.
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The NRL-SSC effort is graphically represented on the web page of the White House at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/files/documents/ostp/PCAST/McGahern.pdf (see page 10 of the pdf file).