Undergraduate & Graduate STEM Research Scholarships
<div face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" font="" margin:="" segoe="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:"> <font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"5\""><span 2014-15="" div="" margin:="" research="" scholarship="" segoe="" stem="" style="\"font-family:" undergraduate=""><font face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:">The VSGC Undergraduate STEM Research Scholarship Program provides awards of up to $8,500 to rising juniors and seniors who are enrolled full-time in a program of study in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) and have a specific faculty-mentored research project that has NASA or aerospace relevance.</span></font></span></font></div> <div face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" font="" margin:="" segoe="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:"> <ul> <li face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:"> <font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span apply="" are="" awards="" for="" margin-bottom:="" margin-top:="" may="" non-renewable="" scholarships.="" segoe="" students="" style="\"font-family:" the="" ul=""><font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span 000="" 15="" a="" academic="" during="" li="" stipend="" student="" style="\"margin:" the="" year=""><font face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:">a $3,500 stipend during summer 2014 or 2015 (must be specified in application) plus,</span></font></span></font></span></font></li> <li face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:"> <font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span apply="" are="" awards="" for="" margin-bottom:="" margin-top:="" may="" non-renewable="" scholarships.="" segoe="" students="" style="\"font-family:" the="" ul=""><font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span 000="" academic="" activities="" allocation="" and="" conducted="" during="" for="" li="" materials="" research="" style="\"margin:" support="" the="" to="" travel="" year=""><font face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:">$1,000 research allocation during the summer 2014 or 2015 (if doing summer research).</span></font></span></font></span></font></li> </ul> <div div="" margin:="" segoe="" style="\"font-family:"> <font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span apply="" are="" awards="" for="" margin-bottom:="" margin-top:="" may="" non-renewable="" scholarships.="" segoe="" students="" style="\"font-family:" the="" ul=""><font face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:"><b>The maximum award per year cannot exceed $8,500.</b></span></font><font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span a="" and="" by="" commonwealth="" competivite="" funded="" goals="" is="" margin-bottom:="" margin-top:="" nasa="" of="" scholarship="" segoe="" style="\"font-family:" the="" this="" ul="" virginia="" with=""> </span></font></span></font> <ul> <li face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:"> <font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span apply="" are="" awards="" for="" margin-bottom:="" margin-top:="" may="" non-renewable="" scholarships.="" segoe="" students="" style="\"font-family:" the="" ul=""><font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span a="" and="" by="" commonwealth="" competivite="" funded="" goals="" is="" margin-bottom:="" margin-top:="" nasa="" of="" scholarship="" segoe="" style="\"font-family:" the="" this="" ul="" virginia="" with=""><font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span academic="" achievement="" aerospace="" and="" high="" li="" promoting="" recognizing="" research="" style="\"margin:" undergraduate="" while=""><font face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:">Increasing participation of underrepresented minorities, females and students with disabilities in aerospace-related careers</span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></li> <li face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:"> <hr align="\"center\"" div="" margin:="" segoe="" size="\"2\"" style="\"font-family:" width="\"100%\"" width:="" /> <font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span apply="" are="" awards="" for="" margin-bottom:="" margin-top:="" may="" non-renewable="" scholarships.="" segoe="" students="" style="\"font-family:" the="" ul=""><font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span a="" and="" by="" commonwealth="" competivite="" funded="" goals="" is="" margin-bottom:="" margin-top:="" nasa="" of="" scholarship="" segoe="" style="\"font-family:" the="" this="" ul="" virginia="" with=""><font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span aeronautics="" align="\"center\"" and="" consortium="" div="" goals="" grant="" implementing="" margin:="" national="" of="" segoe="" space="" style="\"font-family:" text-align:="" the="" virginia=""><font face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:"><b>Eligibility:</b></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></li> </ul> </div> <ul li="" margin-bottom:="" margin-top:="" segoe="" style="\"margin:"> <li> <font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span apply="" are="" awards="" for="" margin-bottom:="" margin-top:="" may="" non-renewable="" scholarships.="" segoe="" students="" style="\"font-family:" the="" ul=""><font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span a="" and="" by="" commonwealth="" competivite="" funded="" goals="" is="" margin-bottom:="" margin-top:="" nasa="" of="" scholarship="" segoe="" style="\"font-family:" the="" this="" ul="" virginia="" with=""><font face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:">Must be U.S. citizen</span></font></span></font></span></font></li> <li face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:"> <font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span apply="" are="" awards="" for="" margin-bottom:="" margin-top:="" may="" non-renewable="" scholarships.="" segoe="" students="" style="\"font-family:" the="" ul=""><font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span 12="" a="" as="" at="" consortium="" credit="" enrolled="" five="" full-time="" grant="" li="" member="" minimum="" must="" of="" one="" space="" student="" style="\"margin:" the="" virginia=""><font face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:">Must have completed at least two years of a STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) undergraduate program and be classified as a junior or senior during the 2014-2015 academic year (must have at least junior status by summer 2014 if choosing this option)</span></font></span></font></span></font></li> <li face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:"> <font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span apply="" are="" awards="" for="" margin-bottom:="" margin-top:="" may="" non-renewable="" scholarships.="" segoe="" students="" style="\"font-family:" the="" ul=""><font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span a="" aerospace="" an="" be="" demonstrating="" in="" interest="" li="" must="" of="" or="" program="" s="" study="" style="\"margin:" supporting=""><font face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:">Must have a grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale</span></font></span></font></span></font></li> </ul> <div 0px="" face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" font="" margin:="" segoe="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:"> <div border-style:="" face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" font="" padding:="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:"> <font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span apply="" are="" awards="" for="" margin-bottom:="" margin-top:="" may="" non-renewable="" scholarships.="" segoe="" students="" style="\"font-family:" the="" ul=""><font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span div="" link="" margin:="" segoe="" style="\"font-family:" to=""><font face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span 0px="" a="" border-bottom-color:="" border-bottom-width:="" border-style:="" div="" href="\" none="" padding:="" pk="vas1</a" segoe="" style="\"font-family:" target="\"_blank\""> </span></font></span></font></span></font></div> </div> <div face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" font="" margin:="" segoe="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:"> <font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span apply="" are="" awards="" for="" margin-bottom:="" margin-top:="" may="" non-renewable="" scholarships.="" segoe="" students="" style="\"font-family:" the="" ul=""><font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span div="" link="" margin:="" segoe="" style="\"font-family:" to=""> </span></font></span></font><font face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\""><span face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="">The Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) Graduate Research STEM Fellowship Program provides fellowships of $5,000 in add-on support to graduate students to supplement and enhance basic research support. </span></font><font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" style="font-family: '"Helvetica', 'sans-serif"';"><span a="" aerospace="" and="" div="" enrolled="" faculty-mentored="" full-time="" has="" have="" in="" margin:="" math="" nasa="" of="" or="" program="" project="" research="" segoe="" specific="" study="" that=""><font face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="">The purpose of the VSGC Graduate STEM Rresearch Fellowship program is to encourage talented individuals to pursue careers in the aerospace industry that support NASA’s mission. Awardees will be required to certify through their academic department that basic research support of at least $5,000 in matching funds is also being provided before funds are released. These Fellowships are intended to enhance basic graduate support such as graduate research assistantships, graduate teaching assistantships, and non-federal scholarships and fellowships.</span></font></span></font></div> <div face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" font="" margin:="" segoe="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:"> <font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span apply="" are="" awards="" for="" margin-bottom:="" margin-top:="" may="" non-renewable="" scholarships.="" segoe="" students="" style="\"font-family:" the="" ul=""><font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"5\""><span 2014-15="" div="" fellowship="" graduate="" margin:="" research="" segoe="" stem="" style="\"font-family:"><font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span a="" academic="" achievement="" active="" aerospace="" aligns="" an="" and="" annually="" are="" awards="" based="" competitive="" div="" experience="" faculty-mentored="" fellowship="" fellowships="" for="" graduate="" high="" in="" is="" made="" making="" margin:="" meets="" merit="" on="" one="" participate="" program="" recognizing="" renewable="" require="" research="" s="" satisfactory="" sector="" segoe="" students="" style="\"font-family:" that="" the="" this="" with="" year=""><font face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:"><b>Goals:</b></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></div> <ul li="" margin-bottom:="" margin-top:="" segoe="" style="\"margin:"> <li> <font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span apply="" are="" awards="" for="" margin-bottom:="" margin-top:="" may="" non-renewable="" scholarships.="" segoe="" students="" style="\"font-family:" the="" ul=""><font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"5\""><span 2014-15="" div="" fellowship="" graduate="" margin:="" research="" segoe="" stem="" style="\"font-family:"><font face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:">Encouraging undergraduate students in STEM and aerospace-related fields of study to continue to the graduate level</span></font></span></font></span></font></li> <li face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:"> <font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span apply="" are="" awards="" for="" margin-bottom:="" margin-top:="" may="" non-renewable="" scholarships.="" segoe="" students="" style="\"font-family:" the="" ul=""><font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span academic="" achievement="" aerospace-related="" and="" graduate="" high="" li="" promote="" recognizing="" style="\"margin:" while=""><font face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:">Increasing participation of underrepresented minorities, females and students with disabilities in aerospace-related careers</span></font></span></font></span></font></li> <li face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:"> <font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span apply="" are="" awards="" for="" margin-bottom:="" margin-top:="" may="" non-renewable="" scholarships.="" segoe="" students="" style="\"font-family:" the="" ul=""><font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span administration="" aeronautics="" and="" consortium="" div="" goals="" grant="" implementing="" margin:="" national="" of="" segoe="" space="" style="\"font-family:" the="" virginia=""><font face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:"><b>Eligibility</b></span></font></span></font></span></font></li> </ul> </div> <ul li="" margin-bottom:="" margin-top:="" segoe="" style="\"margin:"> <li> <font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span apply="" are="" awards="" for="" margin-bottom:="" margin-top:="" may="" non-renewable="" scholarships.="" segoe="" students="" style="\"font-family:" the="" ul=""><font face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:">Must be a U.S. citizen</span></font></span></font></li> <li face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:"> <font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span a="" as="" at="" be="" consortium="" enrolled="" full-time="" graduate="" grant="" li="" member="" must="" of="" one="" space="" student="" style="\"margin:" the="" virginia=""><font face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:">May apply prior to entering or anytime during your graduate program</span></font></span></font></li> <li face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:"> <font face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span a="" aerospace="" an="" be="" demonstrating="" in="" interest="" li="" must="" of="" or="" program="" s="" study="" style="\"margin:" supporting=""><font face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" size="\"2\""><span face="\"Helvetica,sans-serif\"" font="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:">Must have a grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale</span></font></span></font></li> </ul> <div face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" font="" margin:="" segoe="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:"> Link to online application:</div> <div face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" font="" margin:="" segoe="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:"> </div> <div face="\"Calibri,sans-serif\"" font="" margin:="" segoe="" size="\"2\"" span="" style="\"font-size:"> <a href="\" target="\"_blank\"">https://spacegrant.net/apps/?pk=vaf1</a></div>
Posted By: Poornima Madhavan
Date: Thu Feb 06 15:08:18 EST 2014