MARYLAND SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM The Maryland Space Grant Consortium was established in 1989 under NASA's National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program. One of the goals of the Maryland Space Grant Consortium is to offer financial support to Maryland residents or graduates of Maryland high schools who are undergraduate students in attendance at an affiliate institution who otherwise might not be able to attend college and who wish to pursue a career in math, science, engineering, technology, or a space related field. Awards vary and must be used for educational expenses (tuition, books, fees and room and board). APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS • Maryland resident or graduate of a Maryland high school AND U. S. Citizenship • Aspirations to apply your discipline to the aeronautics community (i.e. English major who wants to write about space for a scientific periodical or pre-med student who wishes to understand health in space) • Full-time student majoring in (but are not necessarily limited to): the biological and life sciences, chemistry, geological sciences, physics and astronomy, engineering and computer science. • Awards are for one year, but are renewable upon maintaining a 3.0 G.P.A. • Community service o For UMBC students, a required component of this award will be to volunteer at the Maryland FIRST Lego League (FLL) Championship, which is hosted on campus • Annual commitments include: o Meeting in the Baltimore area with Maryland Space Grant Consortium staff and scholars from other partner institutions o Brief report to NASA (this will be explained in greater detail to you at the annual meeting), while at UMBC and for the first several years after graduation APPLICATION DEADLINE: MAY 15, 2010 The application is brief and requires a short essay and the names of two references (letters are not required). The essay question is: How will a Maryland Space Grant Consortium Scholarship help you meet your educational/financial goals? You can access the application at the following website: http://www.mdspacegrant.org/scholarship_application.html