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Graduate Fellowships

Students pursuing a master’s or doctoral degree at one of the Idaho Space Grant Consortium (ISGC) member universities may be eligible to apply for the ISGC Graduate Fellowship. Other requirements include:

· U.S. Citizenship

· Registered full-time in a graduate level program

· Study in a NASA-focused research area

· A current GPA of 3.0 or higher

All awards are up to $15,000 per academic year including fringe benefits but not health insurance. The fellowships are renewable annually upon the completion of program requirements and are granted for a maximum of three academic years.

Individuals accepting this award may not concurrently receive other Federal fellowships or traineeships. The exception to this policy is Section 178(a) of Title 38, U.S. Code, which allows a student to receive concurrent educational benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The ISGC offers four fellowship opportunities:

NASA ISGC RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP --- 2009-2010 deadline has passed
The NASA ISGC Research Fellowship is available to full-time graduate students in science, math, engineering or related discipline. Proposed research MUST DIRECTLY ALIGN with a minimum of one of NASA's strategic goals in order to be eligible for consideration.

IDAHO NASA EPSCoR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP --- 2009-2010 deadline has passed
The Idaho NASA EPSCoR Research Fellowship is available to full-time graduate students in science, math, engineering or related discipline. Proposed research MUST DIRECTLY ALIGN with a minimum of one of NASA's strategic goals in order to be eligible for consideration.

IDAHO RISE FELLOWSHIP --- 2009-2010 deadline has passed
The NASA Idaho Space Grant Research Involving Student Engineers and Educators Fellowship is available to a graduate student in engineering, physics, chemistry, life sciences, and closely-related fields. The RISE Fellow will work with teams of students to facilitate the Idaho RISE program across the state.

For each institution, the Idaho RISE Fellow will:

  • Act as Institution Project Manager for Idaho RISE;
  • Interact with all of the Insitution Idaho RISE teams to set goals for Idaho RISE flights;
  • Oversee all program logistics including, but not limited establishing project goals, technical specifications, milestones and schedules; arranging meetings, and keeping ISGC management informed of program progress on a regular basis;
  • Oversee and track expenses for the Institutional RISE program;
  • Play a significant role in the planning, organization, scheduling, and convening of the annual statewide Idaho RISE symposium;
  • Be the primary institution point of contact with other RISE programs at universities and high schools throughout the State.


IDAHO RLEP FELLOWSHIP --- 2009-2010 deadline has passed
The NASA Idaho Space Grant Robotic Lunar Exploration Program Fellowship is available to graduate students in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and closely-related fields. Students selected will work together to facilitate the Idaho RLEP program across the state.

Graduate students selected must commit to serving a 10-week internship at the NASA Ames Research Center in the summer of 2009, and to work with the current Idaho RLEP fellow to complete the following tasks to facilitate the Idaho RLEP program:

  • Act as the primary program, schedule, and technical contact between the University of Idaho and RLEP engineers and researchers at NASA Ames;
  • Advise, mentor and coordinate activities of all participating Idaho RLEP teams (possibly including teams at Boise State University, Idaho State University, and elsewhere);
  • Serve as a liaison between NASA Ames and the university/college teams;
  • Oversee all program logistics, which include, but are not limited establishing project goals, technical specifications, milestones and schedules; arranging teleconferences, videoconferences, and meetings; and keeping ISGC management informed of program progress on a regular basis;
  • Develop a test plan and schedule for hardware testing in Idaho and field testing at NASA Ames as appropriate.

 

ISGC Fellowship Program Goals

  • To identify, recruit and retain students in math, science, engineering and science / math education disciplines
  • To encourage women and underrepresented students to enter NASA-related fields of study
  • To increase awareness of NASA activities in Idaho

 

Idaho NASA EPSCoR Fellowship Application
(Deadline has passed)

NASA Idaho Space Grant Fellowship Application
(Deadline has passed)


Independent Fellowship Opportunities

  • NSF GK-12 Fellowships

Search opportunities here.

Goals of a specific NASA Mission Directorate can be found at the following Web sites:

Science Mission Directorate
http://nasascience.nasa.gov

Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/home/index.html

Aeronautics Mission Directorate
http://www.aeronautics.nasa.gov

Space Operations Mission Directorate
http://spaceoperations.nasa.gov/



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