100 students to be awarded scholarships
Washington, D.C – A consortium led by the Hispanic College Fund (HCF) with the support of The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and the United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation (UNCFSP) announced the opening of the NASA MUST scholarship application. The NASA MUST scholarship application is now available online athttp://www.hispanicfund.org. with a deadline of February 1, 2008.
The NASA MUST consortium was awarded a grant to administer NASA’s Motivating Undergraduates in Science and Technology program (MUST), a program that awards scholarships and internships to undergraduate students pursuing degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, more widely known as STEM fields. Students from underrepresented groups in STEM are encouraged to apply.
The NASA MUST program will award100 undergraduate students a one-year scholarship of up to one-half of the student’s tuition and academic fees not to exceed $10,000 per academic year plus a maximum stipend of $5,000 to participate in a mandatory summer research experience at a NASA center. A NASA center summer placement is based on a student’s career goals and depends on internship availability. Additionally, students will benefit year-round from tutoring, lecture series, faculty and peer mentors.
The NASA MUST Consortium is a dynamic collaboration of three qualified and experienced not-for-profit organizations with applicable expertise to manage all facets of the NASA MUST Program. The HCF, SHPE and UNCFSP each have an established track record of providing education and support services to Minority Institutions, faculty, and students.
For more information and details about the NASA MUST program, visit any of the Consortium member websites: http://www.hispanicfund.org , http://www.shpe.org or http://www.uncfsp.org. For information about NASA’s education programs, visit http://www.education.nasa.gov. Consortium member contacts include: Matthew Goldmark, HCF, (202) 296-5400; Rafaela Schwan, SHPE (817) 272-1116 and Sonya Green, UNCFSP, (703) 205-7636. (Hispanic Wire.)
