New NASA Scholarships–Apply by 3/31/15
- On January 13, 2015
NASA has announced three new scholarship and research opportunities for FY 2015:
- Minority University Research Education Project (MUREP)
- Aeronautics Scholarship Program–Undergraduate
- Aeronautics Scholarship Program–Graduate
These are competitive year-long opportunities focused on students in eligible NASA STEM disciplines.
Students Must:
- Be U.S. Citizens
- Have a 3.0 GPA or above
- Be pursuing a STEM discipline (please see below for MUREP and Aeronautics disciplines)
Funding:
- Up to $9,000 per student will be paid toward tuition
- Stipend of $6,000 for summer internship
- Up to four years funding per student
Due Date for Applications:
- March 31, 2015
Please click here for the official NASA link and how to apply.
MUREP STEM Disciplines–Degrees or Fields of Study
CHEMISTRY:
- Chemical Catalysis
- Chemical Measurement and Imaging
- Chemical Structure, Dynamics, and Mechanism
- Chemical Synthesis
- Chemical Theory, Models and Computational Methods
- Chemistry of Life Processes
- Environmental Chemical Systems
- Macromolecular, Supramolecular, and Nanochemistry
- Sustainable Chemistry
- Chemistry, other (specify)
COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (CISE)
- Algorithms and Theoretical Foundations
- Bioinformatics and other Informatics
- Communication and Information Theory
- Computational Science and Engineering
- Computer Architecture
- Computer Networks
- Computer Security and Privacy
- Computer Systems and Embedded Systems
- Databases
- Data Mining and Information Retrieval
- Formal Methods, Verification, and Programming Languages
- Graphics and Visualization
- Human Computer Interaction
- Machine Learning
- Natural Language Processing
- Robotics and Computer Vision
- Software Engineering
- CISE, other (specify)
ENGINEERING
- Aeronautical and Aerospace Bioengineering
- Biomedical
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Electrical and Electronic Energy
- Environmental Engineering
- Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
- Materials Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Nuclear Engineering
- Ocean Engineering
- Optical Engineering
- Polymer Engineering
- Systems Engineering
- Engineering, other (specify)
GEOSCIENCES
- Atmospheric Chemistry
- Aeronomy
- Biogeochemistry
- Biological Oceanography
- Chemical Oceanography
- Climate and Large-Scale Atmospheric Dynamics
- Geobiology
- Geochemistry
- Geomorphology
- Geodynamics
- Geophysics
- Glaciology
- Hydrology
- Magnetospheric Physics
- Marine Biology
- Marine Geology and Geophysics
- Paleoclimate
- Paleontology and Paleobiology
- Petrology
- Physical and Dynamic Meteorology
- Physical Oceanography
- Planetary Science
- Sedimentary Geology
- Solar Physics
- Tectonics
- Geosciences, other (specify)
LIFE SCIENCES
- Biochemistry
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- Biophysics
- Cell Biology
- Developmental Biology
- Ecology
- Environmental Biology
- Evolutionary Biology
- Genetics
- Genomics
- Microbial Biology
- Neurosciences
- Organismal Biology
- Physiology
- Proteomics
- Structural Biology
- Systematics and Biodiversity
- Systems and Molecular Biology
- Life Sciences, other (specify)
MATERIALS RESEARCH
- Biomaterials
- Ceramics
- Chemistry of materials
- Electronic materials
- Materials theory
- Metallic materials
- Photonic materials
- Physics of materials
- Polymers
- Materials Research, other (specify)
MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
- Algebra, Number Theory, and Combinatorics
- Analysis
- Applied Mathematics
- Biostatistics
- Computational and Data -enabled Science
- Computational Mathematics
- Computational Statistics
- Geometric Analysis
- Logic or Foundations of Mathematics
- Mathematical Biology
- Probability
- Statistics
- Topology
- Mathematics, other (specify)
PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Nuclear
- Particle Physics
- Physics of Living Systems
- Plasma
- Solid State Theoretical Physics
- Physics, other (specify)
Note: Some funding mechanism will not accept all of these fields of study and may include some that are not listed.
Aeronautics Disciplines–Degree or Fields of Study
ENGINEERING
- Aeronautical and Aerospace
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Electrical and Electronic
- Energy
- Engineering Mechanics
- Engineering Science
- Industrial Engineering
- Materials Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metallurgical
- Polymer
- Systems Engineering
Additional Supported Fields in:
- Mathematics
- Computer Science
- Physics