<span style="font-size:large;">'''<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR)</span>'''</span>
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">GESTAR was lAUNCHED </span></span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;"></span> <span style="font-size:medium;">A multidisciplinary team of Morgan State University scientists, under the leadership of Dr. Joseph A. Whittaker, successfully won a joint cooperative agreement from the Earth Sciences Division of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) worth nearly $96M, the largest federal contract in the institution's history. Through funding, the MSU component of the GESTAR Program began in May 2011. This program brings more than 40 established and internationally recognized scientists to MSU and creates broad research and internship opportunities in earth and atmospheric sciences for students. </span>
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