Mavericks that are interested in conducting their own civilian space research programs and submitting their research proposals to other Mavericks on the MavNET for funding can do so by upgrading their accounts and submitting research proposals.
Project Ursa was established by six senior Mechanical Engineering students from the University of Maine to use SolidWorks to design and fly a Sounding Rocket to compete for the 100,000 FT Carmack Prize and calculate aerodynamic effects along the Mach shock envelope of the airframe.
Mavericks Civilian Space Foundation facilitates civilian space research and STEM education programs as prefecture #105 of the Tripoli Rocketry Association.
