Participants

Mentor Astronomers: 15
Educators: 151
States: 44

Mr. Jeff Benter

Tri-Valley CUSD #3, Downs, Illinois

Team: IMPULS/Rebull - 2025
Team: StarChasers/Rebull - 2024
Team: FIRes/Gorjian - 2022

Ms. Janine Bonham

Oley Valley School District, Oley, Pennsylvania

Team: FIRes/Gorjian - 2022

Dr. Varoujan Gorjian

NITARP Deputy Director - Caltech, Pasadena, California

Team: BINAP 2025 - 2025
Team: HIPS AGaiN/Gorjian - 2025
Team: BINAP 2024 - 2024
Team: Cyclops AGN/Gorjian - 2024
Team: AGNatha/Gorjian - 2023
Team: BINAP 2023 - 2024, 2023
Team: FIRes/Gorjian - 2022
Team: OIRMA/Gorjian - 2021, 2020
Team: Dust Mights/Gorjian - 2019
Team: Cosmic dIRt/Gorjian - 2018
Team: SIRXS-Deep/Gorjian - 2017
Team: NITARP management, 2016-date - 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
Team: HIPS AGN/Gorjian - 2016
Team: LADDT/Gorjian - 2015
Team: NITARP management, 2014-2015 - 2015, 2014
Team: SIRXS/Gorjian - 2014
Team: NITARP management, 2009-2013 - 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009
Team: CM4Seyferts/Gorjian - 2013
Team: HR4AGN/Gorjian - 2012
Team: TRS/Gorjian - 2011
Team: LDM/Gorjian - 2010
Team: NGC4051/Gorjian - 2008

Ms. Anna Karsten

Lincoln High School (MN), Lake City, Minnesota

Team: FIRes/Gorjian - 2022

Ms. Olivia Kuper

Braswell High School, Aubrey, Texas Lake Dallas Middle School, Lake Dallas, Texas North Greene High School, Greeneville, Tennessee

Team: BINAP 2025 - 2025
Team: BINAP 2024 - 2024
Team: SCHARP/Rebull - 2023
Team: BINAP 2023 - 2024, 2023
Team: FIRes/Gorjian - 2022
Team: Independent Research 2019 - 2020
Team: Independent Research 2018 - 2018
Team: CephC-LABS/Rebull - 2017

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A NITARP pause: we are not expecting to be able to support a NITARP 2026 class as a result of the current funding uncertainty. We hope to resume in 2027.