Support the people behind STARI
Help support the scientists, engineers, and students developing STARI, with opportunities for hands-on research, training, and mission work.
Support the next step in discovery
A clearer view of distant worlds.
Help advance STARI and the technologies behind future space interferometers, bringing the ambition of seeing distant worlds in greater detail a step closer.
From an idea to an instrument
Help build the tools for discovery
Support can help strengthen STARI today and lay the groundwork for future science missions. Talk with the team about these opportunities.
Reduce risk and equip the mission
Fund risk reduction work, including additional testing and validation, and help purchase space-qualified hardware for STARI.
Expand onboard instrumentation
Help explore additions to STARI’s onboard instrumentation, such as webcams, that could provide more views of the spacecraft and their operations.
Enable an extended mission
Help fund operations and analysis beyond STARI’s primary mission, creating opportunities for additional experiments and demonstrations if spacecraft health and resources allow.
Prototype the next science mission
Support laboratory prototyping and testing of instruments and optical systems for a follow-on space interferometry science mission.
Explore exoplanet and black hole missions
Support preliminary design studies for a future space interferometry mission focused on exoplanets or black holes, connecting ambitious science goals with instrument and mission concepts.
Support STARI & space interferometry
Give through the University of Michigan
Explore Astronomy giving
U-M Astronomy identifies instrumentation and equipment as a giving priority. Explore the department’s giving opportunities through the University of Michigan’s official donation website.
For a gift intended specifically for STARI or space interferometry, please contact John Monnier first to confirm the appropriate fund and designation.
Read U-M’s Astronomy giving priorities (PDF), including the Instrumentation and Equipment Fund.
Start a conversation
Find the right way to help
Interested in a gift, a foundation or industry partnership, equipment, or technical collaboration? Tell us what interests you about STARI and the future of space interferometry.
Dr. John D. Monnier
STARI Principal Investigator
University of Michigan
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