Scholarship Program For undergraduate STEM students
Future Space Professionals Scholarship Program
The Space Force Association is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization created to provide an intellectual space for discussion and debate relevant to the US Space Force and to give a voice to space professionals to contribute their ideas, opinions, and research on the pursuit of spacepower.
The Future Space Professionals Scholarship Fund seeks to provide tuition funding to undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics students in their junior or senior year.
The purpose of the Future Space Professionals Scholarship is to encourage students with diverse backgrounds, skills, and experiences to pursue STEM education as a foundation for future service as a space professional in industry, government, or the US Space Force. The SFA values the strengths inherent in the community of space professionals when the community includes a spectrum of diversity founded on the common foundation of a STEM education
The SFA will consider all qualified applicants for scholarship award. Required applicant qualifications:
- Full or part-time enrollment in an accredited university.
- Enrolled in a STEM degree program.
- Be within 24-months of their projected graduation date.
- Maintain a GPA of 3.4 or higher.
- The intent to enter the community of space professionals upon graduation. The community of space professionals includes those working in STEM fields relevant to the pursuit of spacepower in industry, the US Government, private space ventures, or the US Space Force.
Application Process. Applicants will submit the following documents to the Director, Space Education Committee at [email protected] No Later Than November 5th 2024 at 1200 Eastern Time:
- The attached application form in PDF format.
- A completed statement of intent to enter the community of space professionals.
Additionally, all applicates must have a letter of recommendation from a faculty member in their STEM department which explains why the applicant is worthy of the scholarship, the duration and depth of involvement the faculty member has had in the applicant’s education, and confirmation statement of the applicant’s GPA. The faculty recommendation will be submitted to [email protected] No Later Than November 5th 2024 at 1200 Eastern Time.
For the 2024 selection cycle there will be three awards available in the value of $2500.
