two-week summer space policy program which "combines visits to Russian space facilities with tours of cultural and historical sites in and around the Moscow Oblast region" as well as working in teams "to develop simulated interplanetary space missions" with students from Bauman Moscow State Technical University. Baker Institute Student Forum In 2002, a group of students began the Baker Institute Student Forum, with the goal of "increasing students’ interest in exploring and contributing to the resolution of pressing policy issues." Alongside the forum’s usual activities and events, BISF holds an annual student policy competition, in which students analyze policy issues and offer recommendations according to a specified topic. The Baker Institute also publishes BISF's "undergraduate journal of scholarship in domestic and international public policy," the Rice Journal of Public Policy. Graduate programs The Master of Global Affairs Program is a two-year professional master of arts degree developed by the Baker Institute for Public Policy and Rice's School of Social Sciences. The program faculty come from both the School of Social Sciences and the Baker Institute. The Master of Energy Economics Program is a 12-month professional master's program in energy economics, developed by the Baker Institute for Public Policy and the Rice Economics Department. References External links Rice University Think tanks based in the United States 1993 establishments in Texas New Classical architecture Think tanks established in 1993