>From: NIAC Mailer <mailer@niac.usra.edu>
>To: undisclosed-recipients:;
>Subject: NIAC Student Fellows Prize, deadline April 15
>Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 12:33:31 -0400
>
>*NASA OFFERS PRIZES TO STUDENTS WITH REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS
>* The NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) is offering up to
>four
>$9,000 fellowships to students with ideas that can dramatically
>advance
>NASA's vision for space exploration.
>
>The NIAC Student Fellows Prize program* *is intended to provide an
>opportunity for creative college undergraduates to develop
>revolutionary
>advanced concepts in the fields of aeronautics, space, and the
>sciences.
>
>"The NIAC encourages potential Student Fellows to focus their
>thoughts
>and stretch their imagination decades into the future in an
>aggressive
>pursuit of concepts that will 'leap-frog' the evolution of current
>aerospace systems and can be the framework for future NASA missions
>and
>programs," said Dr. Diana Jennings of the Universities Space
>Research
>Association (USRA), NIAC Associate Director. USRA runs NIAC for
>NASA.
>"Students receiving these funds will be designated as NIAC Student
>Fellows. We seek exceptional creativity, and the promise for
>important
>future advances based on a track record of significant
>accomplishment,
>and potential for the fellowship to facilitate subsequent creative
>work," added Jennings.
>
>While the NIAC seeks concepts that stretch the imagination, these
>concepts should be based on sound scientific principles, according
>to
>Jennings. Student Fellows are also required to team up with a mentor
>who
>has experience in an aerospace-related field, either from academia
>or
>industry.
>
>The deadline for proposal submissions is April 15, 2005. Awards will
>be
>announced in May.
>
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>Each Student Fellow will receive a total of $9,000 for the Academic
>year
>2005-2006. Funds will be directly disbursed to the Student Fellow in
>three equal increments: September 2005, December 2005, and March
>2006.
>Student Fellows have the flexibility to use the funds as needed to
>advance their concept development, with the requirement that they
>must
>also be used to fund travel and hotel expenses for themselves and a
>mentor to two meetings, one in Boulder, Colo. in October, 2005, and
>the
>other in Atlanta, Ga. in March 2006. Student Fellows are responsible
>for
>all taxes related to receipt of these funds.
>
>More information, including a complete description of the
>eligibility
>requirements, program requirements, and application procedures, is
>available at:
>
>*http://www.niac.usra.edu/files/students/call/NIAC_Student_Fellows_2005-2006.pdf*
>
>
>
>More information about the NIAC, including previously sponsored
>proposals, is available at:
>
>*http://www.niac.usra.edu/index.html*
>
>For more information about NASA's vision for space exploration,
>refer to:
>
>*http://www.nasa.gov/missions/solarsystem/explore_main.html*
>