In early August 2023, NSI participated in offsite meetings with representatives from U.S. Space Force鈥檚 (USSF) University Partnership Program (UPP) at the Tools, Applications & Processing (TAP) Lab. In addition to the program management team from USSF鈥檚 UPP program office, personnel from the TAP lab, and CU Boulder's Air Force ROTC detachment were all in attendance. The UPP team, which is focused on building capacity for educating and training the USSF's next generation of service members, requested the meeting to discuss the overall status of the effort and initiate discussion on how to further develop the program. The CU system, selected for its broad array of related workforce development and research capabilities was the second university to join the UPP.