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Seattle Science Festival: Design a Mars habitat contest
Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium, in conjunction with Pacific Science Center and the Seattle Science Festival, is challenging students to design a Martian base habitat for the planet's first human explorers.
Students will compete in three age categories: grades K-4, 5-8 and 9-12. All competitors will design and draw an original concept of a Martian base. Entries from students in grades 5-12 must also include an essay (two pages or less) describing the operation of their bases.
The grand prize includes a one-year family membership to Pacific Science Center, two tickets to the Seattle Science Festival Science Luminaries Series event of their choice, two IMAX tickets, a commemorative Space Shuttle flash drive, a Seattle Science Festival t-shirt and $150 cash award.
Prizes will be awarded on the basis of originality, feasibility and science/engineering accuracy. Entries must be postmarked no later than Friday, April 6, 2012. Click here for complete rules and entry forms. (January 19, 2012)
Apply now for a UW Space Grant transfer scholarship
Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium annually offers scholarships for community college transfer students intending to study science, technology, engineering or mathematics at the University of Washington.
Scholarships range from $1,000 to $5,500 and are awarded for one year at a time. Under certain circumstances, award recipients may apply for scholarship renewal.
Community college transfer students have until March 16, 2012 to apply. For application forms and more information, visit our undergraduate scholarship page. (January 12, 2012)
NASA summer internship applications open
Applications to NASA internship programs across the country are now open, with deadlines ranging January 17 to February 1, 2012.
The NASA One Stop Shopping Initiative:SOLAR -- an agency-wide application system for undergraduate and graduate students, primarily in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines -- has opened registration for more than 20 different NASA programs. Nine additional programs are available through the NASA Academy application process.
For links to these programs and more, visit student internships. (December 14, 2011)
2011 WSGC awards celebrated
The 2011 Washington NASA Space Grant Reception and Poster Session, held at Meany Hall on the University of Washington's Seattle campus on September 29, brought together students from different institutions participating a variety of Space Grant programs.
For more information, reception programs and photos, visit our reception page. (November 3, 2011)
WSGC science & engineering fair awardees announced
This month Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium awarded $200 book scholarships to two outstanding participants in the Washington State Science and Engineering Fair.
The WSGC award for best project in a basic science discipline went to C. Mannick, a senior at Curlew High School in Curlew, for her project evaluating a current method of bioremediation of nitrate enriched mining effluent. The award for best project in engineering went to B. Petit, a senior at W.F. West High School in Chehalis, for his work on creating a narrow beam EMP generator.
S. Shanmugam, a junior at Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bellevue, received an honorable mention for a her work on developing an algorithm for computers to search for other computers within a computing cloud in a given geographic area.
See the WSSEF website for a complete list of science and engineering fair awardees. April 18, 2011)
What Do We Really mean by STEM Education?
On May 3, Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium co-presented the City Club event, "What Do We Really Mean by STEM Education?"
This discussion with the five recipients of the 2010 Washington State LASER Science Education Advocate Awards is now available online here and through the TVW and City Club websites.
(May 6, 2010)
