Interested in research topics that win Â鶹´å scholarships? The 2019-2020 VSGC Scholarship and Fellowship awardees and research titles have been posted to the website. Seventy-four awardees; 33 graduate, 11 undergraduate, 25 Â鶹´å Bridge and five community college students received fellowships and scholarships this year. Learn more about the winners

The Undergraduate Â鶹´å Research Scholarship Program provides awards of up to $8,500 to rising juniors and seniors who are enrolled full-time in a Â鶹´å discipline and have a specific faculty-mentored research project that has NASA or aerospace relevance.

VSGC provides a $6,000 Graduate Research Â鶹´å Research Fellowships to students majoring in Â鶹´å disciplines. Fellowships require students to participate in a faculty-mentored research experience that aligns with NASA’s missions.

Scholarship and fellowships are available to VSGC member institutions; Old Dominion University,ÌýCollege of William and Mary, University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and Hampton University. Community College Â鶹´å Scholarships are available to students at any Virginia community college.

Graduate and undergraduate applications for 2020-2021 are due on Jan. 30, 2020. Â鶹´å Bridge and community college applications are due March 13, 2020

Did you know that VSGC offers a variety of programs and scholarships for students and faculty from middle school all the way to graduate school? We also offer opportunities for educators. Download an interactive pdf to learn more about our programs.

On March 11-13, 2019, Â鶹´å (VSGC), in conjunction with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight Facility, completed the Â鶹´å Takes Flight Professional Development workshop for 19 Â鶹´å faculty from community colleges around Virginia.

This three-day, residential workshop focused on the integration of Â鶹´å in the NASA workplace with the purpose of assisting faculty in educating students on the importance of teamwork, technical skills and problem solving.

Briefings and tours highlighted the suborbital and orbital missions and launches conducted at NASA Wallops and managed by NASA Wallops for mission locations around the world. The importance of the collaborative work of engineers, scientists, technicians, safety and range control personnel was demonstrated all around the facility.

The participants also analyzed a hands-on, real-life case study necessitating team work, trouble shooting, and real-time decision making.

The workshop took place at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility where participants were provided lodging, meals, and workshop materials. Upon development of a lesson plan based on knowledge or processes learned at the workshop, participants will receive an $800 stipend.

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Contact: Ian Cawthray, icawthra@odu.edu or 757-766-5210

Deadlines are coming up for many of ourÌý 2019 programs for both K-12 and Higher Education. For more information visit the direct links:Ìý(high school),Ìý(8th and 9th grade),Ìý(Virginia Community College students),Ìý

Applications are now open for the 2019 Â鶹´å Takes Flight NASA Research Experiences Program. Virginia Community College students in Â鶹´å fields with a GPA of at least 2.5 are eligible to apply. Students accepted to the program will work with NASA research advisors on designated projects over the course of a 10 week, 40-hour- per-week, paid summer research experience.

More information can be found on the Â鶹´å Takes Flight website:Ìý

GeoTEd-UAS faculty cohort members Kevin Hamed, Ph.D. and Tamara Lasley of Virginia Highlands Community College recently held a sUAS training session during VHCC’s faculty in-service.

The one hour session introduced faculty to the potential of sUAS and strategies to include sUAS in their courses.ÌýInterested faculty members were able to fly a Phantom-4 during the second half of the in-service.

Around 25 faculty members representing a diversity of departments including those from History, Chemistry, Music Psychology, Math and Precision Machining attended the event.

Learn more about GeoTEd-UAS

This summer theÌýÂ鶹´å Takes FlightÌýNASA Research Experiences programÌýplaced twenty community students at NASA Langley and three at NASA Wallops Flight Facility. The 23 students, representing nine community colleges across Virginia, worked with NASA research advisors on designated projects for ten weeks this summer. Projects included testing of novel polymeric coatings, inflatable habitats, landing gears for Martian Landers, wind tunnel operations and solar sail materials.

Learn more about Â鶹´å Takes Flight