The Florida Space Grant Consortium (FSGC) was formed in 1989, when NASA implemented the national Space Grant College and Fellowship Program. It is a voluntary association of seventeen public and private Florida Universities and colleges. The Consortium also includes all of Florida's community colleges, as well as the Astronaut Memorial Foundation, Florida Space Authority, Higher Education Consortium for Science and Mathematics, and Kennedy Space Center. FSGC supports the expansion and diversification of Florida's space industry, through providing grants, scholarships, and fellowships to students and educators from Florida's public and private institutes of higher education.