{"id":7427,"date":"2017-07-18T11:15:55","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T19:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/?p=7427"},"modified":"2017-07-18T11:15:55","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T19:15:55","slug":"john-mather-nobel-scholar-2017-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casgc.ucsd.edu\/?p=7427","title":{"rendered":"John Mather Nobel Scholar 2017 Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0National<\/span>\u00a0Space<\/span>\u00a0Grant<\/span>\u00a0Foundation<\/span>\u00a0is pleased to announce the\u00a02017 John Mather Nobel Scholar recipients<\/a>.\u00a0 The recipients will be honored at an awards ceremony\u00a0<\/span>July 21st<\/span><\/span>\u00a0in Greenbelt, Maryland.\u00a0 The program is open to current NASA\/Goddard\u00a0Space<\/span>\u00a0Flight Center based undergraduate and graduate student interns. Each year the program awards travel allowances towards the cost of presenting research papers at professional conferences. Applicants must have demonstrated high academic achievement, have a strong interest in\u00a0space<\/span>\u00a0and Goddard\u00a0Space<\/span>\u00a0Flight Center, be a rising undergraduate junior, senior or graduate student, and be currently holding a Goddard-based research internship.<\/span><\/p>\n

Selected students are recognized as John Mather Nobel Scholars and receive a $3,000 travel allowance towards the cost of presenting research papers at professional conferences.\u00a0 Recipients will meet with\u00a0Dr John C Mather<\/a>, Senior Astrophysicist and Goddard Fellow and Nobel Prize recipient, and other distinguished individuals. The California Space Grant Consortium congratulates all of the winners on their accomplishments!<\/p>\n

The 2017 John Mather Nobel Scholar recipients are:<\/p>\n