TSGC had developed strong ties with organizations that are not members of the Consortium but have complementary objectives. These partnerships play an integral role in TSGC programs and enable TSGC to multiply its impact on the state and the nation.

In the last five years TSGC has formed over 60 major partnerships for the express purpose of expanding the impact of the program. These partnerships fall into 5 major categories:

• Formal K-12 Education Organizations [8]
• Industry/ Non-Profit Research Orgs [5]
• NASA Centers [5]
• Extension Services [3]
• Other Space Grant Consortia [34]
• Other [8]

Formal K-12 Education Organizations
TSGC has 8 major ongoing partnerships with formal K-12 education organizations which include individual schools, school districts, and Professional Organizations for K-12 teachers. Overall these partnerships included over 7,500 man hours of collaborative work which impacted over 140,000 people.

Organizations	Scope	People Man-hours #s Impacted
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired	Space Camp, Joint Project, K-12 Prol Development, Curriculum Development	5 people 40 hrs New Partnership
Amarillo ISD, Elisabeth Board of Education, Killeen ISD, Llano ISD, Mid Prairie Community SD, Sunray ISD,	Curriculum Development, K-12 Prof Development, GP Outreach	48 people 7,520 hrs 2,000 teachers 140,000 students
Rio Grande Valley Science Association	K-12 Professional Development	3 people 20 hrs 200 teachers

Industry/ Non-Profit Research [5]
TSGC has established 5 major research partnerships in conjunction with its Research Infrastructure program. Each of these partners contributed matching funding to a TSGC academic affiliate along with additional in-kind support. These partnerships included over 8 man-years and $500K in matching funding.

Organizations	Scope	People Man-hours #s Impacted
Ionwerks, Los Alamos National Laboratory, The Michigan Technic Corporation, Schlumberger Inc, Techathlon	Joint Research	18 people 17,000 hrs $500K funded

NASA Centers [5]
TSGC has established major partnerships with 5 NASA centers spanning Research, Higher Education, K-12 Education, and General Public Outreach. These partnerships represent over 4 man years of collaborative effort.

Organizations	Scope	People Man-hours #s Impacted
Langley	Space Camp, Joint Project, K-12 Prol Development, Curriculum Development	14 people 600 hrs 4 Researchers 10 U Students
JSC, KSC	Workforce Development	15 people 5,500 hrs 15 Researchers 2,000 U Students 1 M Others
JPL, GSFC	K-12 Prof Development, GP Outreach	15 people 2,500 hrs 5 Researchers 2,000 Teachers 140,000 Students

Cooperative Extensions Services [3]
In an effort to be more closely tied with the Land Grant program TSGC has established partnerships with 3 cooperative extension services organizations. These efforts represent more than 3,000 man hours of joint projects which impacted over 2,700 people.

Organizations	Scope	People Man-hours #s Impacted
Travis County 4-H & Youth Program, 4-H CAPITAL Project, Texas Extension Service	Space Camp, Children & Parents Involved in Technology and Literacy, Youth Development and Space Education	100 people 3,000 hrs 2,200 students 500 others

Other Space Grants [34]
Linking closely with other Space Grants TSGC has partnerships with 34 of the 51 other state organizations. These partnerships are comprised primarily of Space Grant sponsorship of student teams and K-12 educators who participated in TSGC developed and administered programs.

Organizations	Scope	People Man-hours #s Impacted
AZ,ID,MA,MT,NV,PA, VA,WA,AL,CA,CO,GA, IA,IN,KY,ND,NM,OR, UT,VT,WI,WV,WY	Workforce Development, Undergrad design	386 people 3,600 hrs 450 U students 1 M others
AK,AR,AZ,ID,IL,KS, LA,MA,MI,MT,NE, NH,NV,NY,OK,PA, TN,VA,WA	K-12 Prof Development	50 people 2,000 hrs 40 Teachers 3,600 Students

Other [8]
TSGC has also established 8 other major partnerships with other organizations. These collaborative relationships represent over 1,700 man hours of joint effort which impacted over 28,000 people.

Organizations	Scope	People Man-hours #s Impacted
Travis County Character Counts Collaborative, Earth Science Career Day	Teen Leadership Conference	22 people 200 hrs 750 Students 50 Teachers
Challenger Centers [3], Space Center Houston, Informal Science Educators Association, McDonald Observatory	K-12 Prof Development	60 people 1,500 hrs 28,000 Students 400 Teachers

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