2010-2011 NASA Iowa Space Grant Scholarship Program

Purpose

• To provide a scholarship opportunity, primarily for first and second year undergraduates, in Science/Technology/Engineering/Math (STEM) disciplines.
• To improve retention, involvement in research, and to encourage participation in Iowa Space Grant Consortium (ISGC) base program activities at each ISGC academic affiliate campus.

Eligibility

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Full-time enrollment at Drake, Iowa State, Iowa, or Northern Iowa as of August 2010.
• Graduation date May 2011 or later.
• Awardees are required to enroll in an independent study course for the Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 semesters with the base program faculty.
• Students from underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.

Description

Subject to the availability of NASA funding, the awardee will generally receive a $7,000 scholarship (or fellowship if a graduate student) as two equal payments (Fall 2010 and Spring 2011) applied to their university account after receipt of an acceptance letter.  Awardees will need to provide an unofficial transcript upon graduation and agree to participate in a NASA longitudinal tracking process which surveys student progress and eventual employment outcome to help assess the effectiveness of the program.

Selection

The awards will be made to the students who have the strongest likelihood of contributing to the objectives of the base program at their respective campus.  For brief descriptions and links to our base programs click here. (Please Note: The OPL Raccoonworks at Univ. of Iowa is not an option in this competition.)  Potential applicants should learn about their campus base program and are encouraged to discuss the requirements of the independent study course with the following managers before applying:

• Dr. Charisse Buising at Drake University Charisse.Buising@drake.edu
• Dr. Amy Kaleita at Iowa State University Kaleita@iastate.edu
• Dr. Charles Stanier at the University of Iowa Charles-Stanier@uiowa.edu
• Dr. Ramanathan Sugumaran at the University of Northern Iowa Ramanathan.Sugumaran@uni.edu

The selections will be made by the ISGC Campus Coordinator at each campus, in consultation, with the base program manager (listed above) and the ISGC Director.

Application

Applications are accepted on-line only at https://secure.spacegrant.org/apps/?pk=ias2

Applications must be completed by 4:00 p.m. on 8 February 2010. Selections will be made by 26 February 2010.

Inquiries

Send questions to isgc@iastate.edu.