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Space Grant scholarship applications available online

Each year Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium offers scholarships to incoming freshmen planning to study engineering, math or science at the University of Washington.

These competitive scholarships are based on academic achievement, personal essays, recommendations, and future academic promise. Awards range from $1,000 to $5,500 per scholar and are awarded for one year at a time. Scholarship recipients may apply for award renewal for up to three years, depending on the availability of funding and providing that they maintain program requirements for their majors and a satisfactory GPA.

The scholarship application deadline is January 14, 2008. For more information, visit Undergraduate Scholarships. October 19, 2007

NASA ERC in Seattle closes

The NASA Regional Educator Resource Center (RERC), located in the Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium offices on the University of Washington campus in Seattle, is no longer open.

NASA educational materials may be ordered from the main NASA Web site at www.nasa.gov or through NASA's Central Operation of Resources for Educators (CORE).

Links to other regional and national resources for science and math teachers are available on our Web site. October 19, 2007

Change in Washington Space Grant leadership

Due to her increased responsibilities as associate dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs for the University of Washington, Dr. Janice DeCosmo has officially resigned as director of Washington NASA Space Grant.

Dr. Julie Lutz, a Space Grant associate director since 1996, will serve as the Consortium's interim director while we conduct a search for a new director.

The College of Arts & Sciences, in conjunction with NASA, invite nominations and applications for a faculty member to serve as director and principal investigator for this statewide higher education program based at the University of Washington. Please see the announcement of the director's position for more information.

Click here to see a copy of Dr. DeCosmo's farewell letter to students and alumnni. March 7, 2007

Friends of Washington NASA Space Grant formed

Campaign UW: Creating Futures—the University of Washington's campaign to sustain its educational excellence—offers Space Grant alumni, their families and other friends of the program a unique opportunity to support the program's work through the new Friends of Washington NASA Space Grant Fund.

Established this summer, Friends of Washington NASA Space Grant supports scholarships and fellowships, student research opportunities at NASA and at member institutions, and other diverse projects and events that encourage science, math, engineering and technology education for Washington residents.

While NASA provides the Consortium's base funding, the agency requires its contribution to be matched by private support. Contributions to Friends of Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium help meet this goal.

There are two ways to support Friends of Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium. If you receive a mailing from Campaign UW, you may designate all or part of your gift to go Friends of Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium.

You can also pledge your support directly through the link on our website labeled Support Space Grant.

Your past support has helped Space Grant expand its resources and programs to Washington learners of all ages. Your future support will allow us to do even more to further science, technology, engineering and mathematics education in Washington. November 16, 2004

Washington Space Grant awarded five-year extension

NASA headquarters has extended funding for the Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium for an additional five years, citing the statewide program's overall excellence and significant achievements especially its undergraduate research programs.

Reviewers singled out the Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) at the University of Washington for special praise ranking it as being "among the best such programs in the world."

The Consortium provides more than 125 scholarships and fellowships a year, underwrites dozens of undergraduate research opportunities at UW, Consortium member institutions and at NASA Centers annually, and serves as a year-round resource for math and science teachers and informal educators through workshops, newsletters and classroom materials. Space Grant also sponsors public outreach programs and events to encourage interest in space-related science among learners of all ages.

"Washington Space Grant has been a wonderful asset for our students," says Dean Ron Irving of the College of Arts and Sciences. "Their scholarships attract many of the state's strongest science-oriented students. Once here, the students have the opportunity to engage in research with UW faculty members, and they make the most of this opportunity, as I get to see each year at the annual program at which the students exhibit their research results."

"Janice DeCosmo deserves great credit for her fostering of this community and for her dedication to the goals of the program, thanks to which Space Grant has achieved national prominence."

A complete copy of the press announcement is available online. August 2, 2004

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