About NASA Space Grant Fellowships
The Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium offers fellowships for graduate students in science, engineering or math at Washington State University. These competitive fellowships are based on academic achievement, a personal essay, a recommendation from a faculty mentor and future academic promise.
Graduate students receiving stipend and tuition support for the nine month school year from state or privately funded sources (TA and RA) are eligible for this program. Students with federal support are not eligible for this award. Students should consult with their mentors before submitting an application to verify the source of their funding.
To apply:
- Submit an application (found at http://www.wsgc.wsu.edu/grad/application.html).
- In addition to personal information you will need the following:
- Your mentor’s name and email address.
- The title or short description of your project.
- A one page “statement of interest”. The essay should explain your interest in an area of science or engineering broadly related to activities supported by NASA.
- A letter of recommendation will be requested from the faculty mentor named in the application.
To be eligible for a NASA Space Grant, you must:
- Have a faculty mentor who will supervise your research project during the duration of the scholarship period.
- Have a research project in a field broadly related to activities supported by NASA.
- Be a U. S. citizen.
Other requirements - Awardees are required to:
- Submit a one page summary of the funded research and explain how it will help in future academic work or career goals by April 9, 2010.
- Attend one NASA Space Grant meeting during the Spring 2010 semester.
Twelve graduate fellowships of $2500 each will be awarded, six each from the College of Sciences and the College of Engineering and Architecture. Fellowships are awarded for the spring 2010 semester. Students may reapply for the NASA Space Grant Fellowships. The Washington NASA Space Grant program values diversity and strongly encourages women and minorities to apply.
Deadline for applications for Spring 2010 is Dec. 4, 2009.
For questions, contact
- Engineering
- Prof. DF. Bahr
- Director, Undergraduate Research
- Washington State University
- dbahr@wsu.edu
- 335-8523
- Sciences
- Mary Sanchez Lanier
- Associate Dean, College of Sciences
- Washington State University
- sanchez@wsu.edu
- 335-5548