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Applications Open: November 1, 2023
Submission Deadline: February 5, 2024
Award Announcements: March 29, 2024
2024 Summer Research: Up to $6000
2024-2025 Academic-Year Research: Up to $6000
The Dr. Laurel Salton Clark Memorial Graduate & Professional Research Fellowship Award was established in 2004 in honor of Dr. Laurel Clark, Columbia Space Shuttle astronaut and resident of Wisconsin. The award is granted annually to a promising Wisconsin student enrolled in a graduate or professional degree-granting program at a WSGC member institution, pursuing studies in the fields of environmental or life sciences, whose research has an aerospace component. Additionally, the WSGC seeks to support those students who personify the qualities of leadership, intellectual balance, and an ongoing commitment to improving the human condition that were the hallmarks of Dr. Clark’s life.
ACADEMIC PREPARATION
STEM-RELATED PROMISE SUPPORTING NASA MISSION DIRECTORATES RESEARCH OR DESIGN:
NON-PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
Applicants who meet the following requirements can apply for this fellowship by registering and applying online at spacegrant.carthage.edu/about/login:
Additionally, applicant must:
The Consortium invites applications for the Dr. Laurel Salton Clark Research Fellowship Award for the 2024-2025 academic year. For consideration, application forms must be complete and be accompanied by supporting documentation. The Consortium especially encourages applications from members of minority groups, women, persons with disabilities, and from those pursuing interdisciplinary aerospace studies in, but not limited to, engineering, the sciences, architecture, law, business, nursing, and medicine. Award winners will be chosen based on academic performance, space-related promise, alignment of the proposed work with the purpose of the Award in honoring the legacy of Dr. Salton Clark, and quality of the application.
Required Letters of Recommendation: Letter(s) of recommendation may also be emailed to [email protected]. Subject: LSC24_LOR.
Two (2) Letters of Recommendation:
(a) One from your academic advisor or mentor stating his or her willingness to supervise your space, aerospace or space-related project and a description of his or her advisory role.
(b) One from another faculty member, employer, or aerospace professional familiar with your proposed area of work.
As part of your award acceptance, you will be asked to attend the Annual Wisconsin Space Conference in August and submit the following documents to your Grant Management page on the WSGC Grant Application page:
Complete the following tasks:
Please direct questions about the Dr. Laurel Salton Clark Memorial Research Fellowship program to:
Lindsay McHenry, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Scholarships/Fellowships
Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium
Phone: 414-229-3951
E-mail: [email protected]
Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium
Carthage College
2001 Alford Park Drive
Kenosha, WI 53140
Phone: (262) 551-6504
E-mail: [email protected]