About NASA Space Grant Scholarships
The Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium offers scholarships for students in science, engineering, or math at Washington State University. These competitive scholarships are based on academic achievement, a personal essay, a recommendation from a faculty mentor, and future academic promise. At WSU we are directing these funds to undergraduates who wish or choose to carry out undergraduate research projects in a field broadly related to activities supported by NASA. Many students are interested in carrying out research at the undergraduate level, and through this program the Colleges of Science and Engineering and Architecture hope to enable students to begin participating in supervised engineering and science research at an early stage in their academic careers.
Eligible Washington State University students must submit an application, a 1 page maximum personal essay regarding their interest in science and engineering as it may apply to NASA, and a recommendation letter from a faculty mentor that will advise the student during the program. Students should identify faculty mentors in research areas of interest to NASA, and who are willing to supervise students for the length of a project. All application materials are found at http://www.wsgc.wsu.edu
Four undergraduate scholarships of $2500 each will be awarded, two each from the College of Sciences and the College of Engineering and Architecture. Scholarships are awarded for one semester, and may be renewable. The expectation is that students will participate in undergraduate research broadly related to NASA with their mentor for a length of time equal to that of the scholarship term (i.e. a student with a 1 semester scholarship should expect to be working on a project that is at least 1 year long), with additional financial support from either the faculty advisor, School, or College during the subsequent semesters.
To be eligible for this scholarship, applicants must be U.S. citizens enrolled in a science or engineering discipline at the Washington State University related to NASA’s research interests. The Washington NASA Space Grant program values diversity and strongly encourages women and minorities to apply.
Deadline for applications for Spring 2008 is Dec. 19, 2007.
For questions, contact
- Engineering
- Prof. DF. Bahr
- Director, Undergraduate Research
- Washington State University
- dbahr@wsu.edu
- 335-8523
- Sciences
- Prof. J.L. Paznokas
- Assistant Dean for Integrated Science Office of Undergraduate Education Programs and Outreach
- Director, SMEEC
- Washington State University
- paznokas@wsu.edu
- 335-6822