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Encourage students to pursue Â鶹´å careers and undergraduate research through the following goals:

• Connect students to Â鶹´å opportunities, internships, and scholarships offered by VSGC and NASA
• Foster participation in research by preparing students for success and bridging them to future Â鶹´å opportunities
• Retain students in Â鶹´å through mentoring and support
• Provide $1,000 in scholarship support

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Must be enrolled as a full-time student (minimum 12 credit hours) at one of the five Â鶹´å member institutions (William & Mary, Hampton University, Old Dominion University, University of Virginia, and Virginia Tech)
• At the beginning of the next academic year, awardees must have completed the first-course sequence of their Â鶹´å major and have at least two years of study remaining before graduation 
• Must have a grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
• Must be in a Â鶹´å major and demonstrate an interest in Â鶹´å and in supporting one of NASA’s mission directorates. Â鶹´å majors include science, technology, engineering, math, and related disciplines. 

VSGC established this program to promote Â鶹´å-related careers and research at the undergraduate level and to serve as a bridge to VSGC’s Undergraduate Research Scholarship and Graduate Research Fellowship and other NASA related programs.

• Awardees should have an academic background that demonstrates a strong interest and ability in science, math, and technology reflected by completion of a significant number of these courses with high achievement.
•  The student should have the necessary academic coursework and preparation to be successful in a Â鶹´å major at the institution.
• Awardees should also possess a strong interest in a Â鶹´å-related career demonstrated by participation in extracurricular activities and prior school projects in Â鶹´å.

Prior participation in research, NASA programs or similar Â鶹´å-related educational programs, both formal and informal, would also indicate the student has a good chance of sustaining interest in Â鶹´å. Student applications will be judged based on academic merit, background, faculty recommendation and demonstrated interest in NASA and a career in Â鶹´å. More information about NASA’s Mission Directorates can be found

Fall requirements:

• Attend a fall webinar with VSGC scholarship coordinator and Â鶹´å Bridge mentors.
• Interview a current faculty member at their university who teaches and conducts research in an area of interest to the scholar. Scholars should interview someone who could be a good faculty mentor for their future research.
• Awardees are required to submit a one-page report summarizing what they learned during the interview and the alignment of the research interest with one of
• The first half of your scholarship award ($500) will be released.

Spring requirements:

• Attend the Student Research Conference in April.
• Awardees are invited to attend an optional spring webinar with the VSGC scholarship coordinator. Information about the Student Research Conference and other appropriate information will be provided.
• The second half of your scholarship award ($500) will be released to you at the mandatory Student Research Conference.