The Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) has announced the VSGC Scholarship and Fellowship program for 2024-2025. Since 1990 the VSGC has made 2,127 awards totaling over 8.9M to students at our member universities. Each academic year, VSGC awards about $320,000 in scholarships and fellowships to about 75 students. A major goal of the VSGC is to help produce the engineers and scientists of the future and diversify the STEM workforce. The career opportunities in STEM and aerospace have greatly expanded. To encourage talented individuals to pursue STEM fields and research, the VSGC offers the following scholarships and fellowships: Graduate Research STEM Fellowship Program provides fellowships of $6,000 in add-on support to graduate students to supplement and enhance basic research support. Applicants must be enrolled full-time in a program of study in STEM and have a specific faculty-mentored research project that has NASA or aerospace relevance. Link: Virginia Space Grant Consortium (odu.edu) Due February 9, 2024 Undergraduate Research STEM Scholarship Program provides awards of up to $8,500 to rising juniors and seniors who are enrolled full-time in a program of study in STEM and have a specific faculty-mentored research project that has NASA or aerospace relevance. Link: Virginia Space Grant Consortium (odu.edu) Due February 9, 2024 STEM Bridge Scholarship Program provides scholarships of $1,000 to students who are rising sophomores or juniors majoring in STEM. Students from any federally recognized minority group in STEM and enrolled full-time in a program of STEM at one of the five Virginia Space Grant member universities are strongly encouraged to apply. Link: Virginia Space Grant Consortium (odu.edu) Due March 8, 2024

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