NCSGC Graduate Research Fellowships

North Carolina Space Grant Consortium

Award: $10,000

Deadline: March

To encourage graduate students to pursue research and careers in STEM fields that support NASA’s Mission Directorates. Qualifications: Applicants must be enrolled full-time in a program of study in STEM and propose a specific research project with NASA, commercial space, or ISS relevance; graduate students from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and minority serving institutions (MSIs) and/or from historically underserved and underrepresented communities; the Graduate Research Fellowship applicant must be: a United States citizen; currently enrolled, or accepted to be enrolled, in a full-time, advanced degree program of study in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) at any accredited university or college in the State of North Carolina; students who drop below full-time status are no longer eligible to receive funding; conducting a research project that has relevance to a NASA Mission Directorate, commercial space, and/or the ISS; in good academic standing with a GPA of 3.0 (out of 4.0) or equivalent verifiable grade scale; applicants are eligible to receive a total of two Graduate Research Fellowships during their academic studies; students must apply each time to the competitive application process. Selection criteria: Proposals will be evaluated and scored per the parameters below: research interests and goals (25%); research plan (35%); alignment of research to NASA mission directorates and the NC Space Grant strategic plan (10%); anticipated Impact (20%); letter of recommendation (10%). How to apply: Applications can be submitted online; must include a final research report to NC Space Grant; essay questions; description of the proposed research project; research interests, goals, and anticipated findings. (maximum 3 pages); research plan. (maximum 6 pages); alignment of research to NASA mission directorates and the NC space grant strategic plan. (Maximum 2 pages); career impact. (Maximum 3 pages); faculty letter of recommendation. Focus: Space and planetary sciences.

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