BYU-Idaho students majoring in fields involving science, math or engineering now have another opportunity for a scholarship.
NASA announced this month that Idaho’s Space Grant Consortium would be elevated to a “designated” consortium, which is the top spot in the program.
“It’s exciting,” said April Christenson of the Idaho Space Grant Consortium. Now the program will be “bigger and better,” she said.
Sixteen more scholarships of $1,000 a year for four years will be offered, bringing the total to $37,000 a year in scholarships state-wide.
Each participating college or university is guaranteed at least one scholarship recipient.
Any remaining funds the consortium has will go to fellowships for graduate students.
The value of the fellowships will increase from $6,000 dollars a year to $15,000 a year.
The Space Grant Consortium began in 1989, when Congress mandated it as a program to, “help maintain America’s preeminence in aerospace science and technology,” according to an ISGC representative.
BYU-I has been involved in the program for about 12 years now, said Brian Tonks, a BYU-I Physics Professor.
The number of BYU-I students who have participated in the program in past years has been relatively small, but Tonks adds that the program is not very well known.
Tonks encourages students interested in fields related to aerospace to apply. Information is available at http://isgc.uidaho.edu.
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