In reference to public Law 109-155-DEC. 30, 2005, 119 STAT. 2927, 42 USC 16741, Section 431 NASA Aeronautics Scholarships, NASA will develop a scholarship program to promote aeronautics education at the graduate level in the United States. The NASA Aeronautics Scholarship program was first offered starting in FY2007 to support the 2007/2008 academic year.
This Scholarship, hereinafter referred to as the Aeronautics Fellowship will be for full-time graduate students who are United States citizens and are enrolled in, or have been accepted by and have indicated their intention to enroll in, accredited Masters Degree programs in aeronautical engineering or equivalent programs at institutions of higher education.
This graduate level fellowship program will be a partnership between the NASA Office of Education and the NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD), and will be based on an existing NASA fellowship program—the Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP).
All individuals who apply for a GSRP fellowship in an aeronautical engineering or equivalent program will qualify for the Aeronautics Fellowship program. Three (3) individuals each year from this qualified group will be selected to receive the basic GSRP stipend. In addition, each of the three individuals will receive the option for a summer or 10-week internship at a NASA Center to conduct aeronautics research. Scholarship recipients will coordinate their research under the guidance of a NASA mentor or advisor who covers NASA aeronautics research programs. The internship will include a stipend of $10,000 above the basic GSRP yearly stipend of $30,000 for FY08, as defined in the background material for GSRP. Each aeronautics fellowship will be provided for a maximum of two years, and will include a maximum of two years of GSRP fellowship stipend plus two summer internships with their $10,000 supplemental stipends. These stipends are to cover educational expenses such as room, board, tuition, and fees.
At the conclusion of the Aeronautics Fellowship, the individual has the option to continue in the GSRP for the optional third and final year. Individuals selected for this third year after completing the Aeronautics Fellowship program must meet all GSRP program requirements for this third year.
The Office of Education will administer the program using the existing GSRP structure. The ARMD will make final selection of fellowship recipients from the GSRP applicants who apply for consideration under aeronautics research disciplines. Once an individual is selected, he or she will be assigned a NASA mentor or advisor in their study discipline. The location of their mentor and the location of the NASA research in their study area will determine the location of their summer or 10-week internship.
ARMD and its programs and projects will provide applicants with options from which to select research areas appropriate to ARMD research goals. A point of contact for each area will be listed to provide general assistance and to help locate a suitable NASA mentor or advisor. These research opportunities are listed on the GSRP website under topics for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD).
At the conclusion of the Aeronautics fellowship program all individuals are required to publish a paper or journal article on their research within six (6) months of the conclusion of their program. Understanding that there are often long lead-times before actual publication of research articles, it will be acceptable to the program that, within the six-month time period, the fellowship recipient's article will have been accepted for publication. Upon publication, the article must be forwarded to NASA in order to officially conclude the program.
Students applying for the Aeronautics Fellowship must meet all requirements for the GSRP, including meeting the deadline, completing the application, submitting a proposal specifically targeting one of the Aeronautics research topics in the 2008 GSRP solicitation, submission of all on-line and mail-in materials. Upon completion of the 2 year Aeronautics Fellowship Program, students will be eligible for an additional (1) year of support under the GSRP Fellowship Program.
In summary, the Aeronautics Fellowship will be offered to students pursuing the Masters degree. It will provide 2 years of support for students consisting of $30K, plus an additional $10K to cover a specialized internship in Aeronautics. Once the students complete the 2 year Masters Program, NASA will offer 1 additional year of support under the GSRP at the rate of $30K.
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