Grants & Funding

Astronaut Scholarship Foundation

Published Date: November 18, 2004

Program Information

Program Name:

Astronaut Scholarship

Program URL:

http://www.astronautscholarship.org/

Program Year:

2005

Program Description:

Candidates for Astronaut Scholarship Foundation scholarships are nominated by department heads and faculty members at 17 cooperating educational institutions. Two nominees from each school are submitted to the ASF Scholarship Committee chaired by Dr. Harvey A. Miller. Nominees must be at least third year college students, have excellent grades, and must have participated in lab and research work in their field. With this background, the student is fairly well committed to continuing on this course. The Scholarship Committee selects one student from each school and presents the 17 names to the ASF Board of Directors for approval. In some cases, students have carried over their awards to a second or third year.

Program Restrictions:

Scholarship recipients are U.S. citizens.

Scholarship recipients are engineering or physical science students (e.g. physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, computer science) with intentions to pursue research or advance their field upon completion of their final degrees. Students intending on pursuing a practice in professional medicine are not considered. Those intending to do biomedical research are considered.

Recipients are juniors, seniors, or graduate students at one the following schools:
Georgia Institute of Technology Harvey Mudd College
Miami University
North Carolina A&T State University
North Carolina State University
North Dakota State University
Pennsylvania State University
Purdue University
Syracuse University
Texas A&M University
Tufts University
University of Central Florida
University of Colorado
University of Kentucky
University of Minnesota
University of Washington
Washington University

Recipients are nominated by faculty or staff in their department to a university wide committee which must submit two nominees to the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Scholarship Committee.

One recipient from each institution is selected from the two nominees, based upon the required packages of individualized information provided by the schools.

Special consideration is not given to aeronautical/astronautical engineering students or those intending to pursue careers as astronauts. Special consideration is given to students who have shown initiative, creativity, excellence and/or resourcefulness in their field.

Public Contact Information

Supported Components and Scientific Fields

Supported Components:

Student Scholarships

General Fields Supported:

Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Science, Technology

Specific Fields Supported:

Astrophysics, Biochemistry/Structural Biology, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Cell Physiology, Computational Biology, Computer Sciences, Developmental Biology, Earth Systems, Ecology/Environmental Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Nanotechnology, Neuroscience

Program Eligibility Requirements

Who can apply?

Students

If organizations may apply, check which ones:

None provided

If students may apply, check which ones:

Grade 14, Grade 15, Grade 16, Graduate Students

Are awards targeted to a specific population group?

No

If yes, check those that apply:

None provided

Is this program limited to organizations or residents within the United States?

Yes

Are awards targeted to people in specific U.S. states?

No

If yes, check those that apply:

None provided

Are awards targeted to a specific region within a state?

No

If yes, specify

Application Process and Program Award Term

Application Process, Initial Contact or Approach:

Other (specify): Must be nominated by school faculty member from one of the particpating schools.

Application Details:

Application Deadline(s)?:

No

If yes, date(s):

Deadline Comments:

Award Duration:

Fixed

Program Competition Information

Year (last reported competition)  

	Number of Applicants	Number of Awards	Total Funding Dollars	Range of Awards
Other Applicants:
Individual Award Rates:
Institutional Award Rates:

Sample of Recent Grantees

Grantee	Award Year	Award