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Program

Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Scholarship

Organization

Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF)
Opportunity Type

Scholarship
About the Program

The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation was created to ensure that the United States would maintain its leadership in science and technology by supporting some of the very best science and engineering college students.
Scholarship candidates must be nominated by faculty members. Students may not directly apply for the award.
Students interested in the scholarship award should contact the ASF liaison at their attending university.
The scholarship candidates are nominated by faculty in their department to a university-wide committee. The university committee selects their best two candidates and submits these nominees to the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Scholarship Committee.
The ASF Scholarship Committee selects one recipient from each school and presents the candidates to the ASF Board of Directors for approval. If both nominees from a school are deemed unqualified, the scholarship will not be awarded to the school.
Application Website

astronautscholarship.org/history/scholarship-program-details/

Program Benefits

Scholarship Amount
 $10,000
Renewable?

No

Requirements

Description
  • Scholarship nominees must be U.S. citizens.
  • Scholarship nominees must be engineering or natural or applied science (e.g. astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, computer science) or mathematics students with intentions to pursue research or advance their field upon completion of their final degrees. Students intending to pursue a practice in professional medicine are not eligible for the scholarship. However, those intending to perform biomedical research are eligible.
  • At the time of nomination, scholarship candidates must be at least second year (sophomore) college students, have excellent grades, and have conducted a considerable amount of lab and research work in their field.
Open to residents of:
 National - All 50 States
Open to students attending school in:
 National - All 50 States
Degree Programs
  • Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.)
Eligible Majors
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science
  • Aeronautical Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Bioengineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Computer Engineering
  • Physics
  • Astronomy
  • Earth Science
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    Year in School
    • College Sophomore
    • College Junior
    Enrollment Status
    • Full time
    Citizenship
    • U.S. Citizens
    Keywords
    		 Science, engineering, Astronaut, scholarship
    Last Modified Date
    		 April 23, 2015