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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Dear Colleagues,<br>
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Please read the below announcement for MS and PHD fellowships with stipends
ranging from $30K to $36K. Proposals need to be submitted via NSPIRES by
February 23rd; funding will be through training grants to institutions.
Students need to be either U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents.<br>
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Below is a table listing the maximum funding available for MS and PHD students
for stipends, faculty allowance, on-site NASA allowance, health insurance,
tuition & fees:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Maximum value – Master’s
candidate </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Maximum value – Doctoral
candidate </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=default style='mso-line-height-alt:5.6pt'><span style='font-size:
11.5pt'>Student Stipend </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=default style='mso-line-height-alt:5.6pt'><span style='font-size:
11.5pt'>$30,000 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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height:5.6pt'>
<p class=default style='mso-line-height-alt:5.6pt'><span style='font-size:
11.5pt'>$36,000 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=default style='mso-line-height-alt:5.6pt'><span style='font-size:
11.5pt'>Faculty Advisor Allowance </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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height:5.6pt'>
<p class=default style='mso-line-height-alt:5.6pt'><span style='font-size:
11.5pt'>$9,000 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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height:5.6pt'>
<p class=default style='mso-line-height-alt:5.6pt'><span style='font-size:
11.5pt'>$9,000 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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height:12.5pt'>
<p class=default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>On-site NASA Center/R&D
lab experience Allowance </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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height:12.5pt'>
<p class=default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>$10,000 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td width=208 valign=top style='width:156.05pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
height:12.5pt'>
<p class=default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>$10,000 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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height:5.6pt'>
<p class=default style='mso-line-height-alt:5.6pt'><span style='font-size:
11.5pt'>Health Insurance Allowance </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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height:5.6pt'>
<p class=default style='mso-line-height-alt:5.6pt'><span style='font-size:
11.5pt'>$1,000 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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height:5.6pt'>
<p class=default style='mso-line-height-alt:5.6pt'><span style='font-size:
11.5pt'>$1,000 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=default style='mso-line-height-alt:5.6pt'><span style='font-size:
11.5pt'>Tuition and Fees Allowance </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<td width=208 valign=top style='width:156.05pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
height:5.6pt'>
<p class=default style='mso-line-height-alt:5.6pt'><span style='font-size:
11.5pt'>$10,000 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td width=208 valign=top style='width:156.05pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
height:5.6pt'>
<p class=default style='mso-line-height-alt:5.6pt'><span style='font-size:
11.5pt'>$10,000 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=default style='mso-line-height-alt:5.6pt'><b><span style='font-size:
11.5pt'>TOTAL </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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height:5.6pt'>
<p class=default style='mso-line-height-alt:5.6pt'><span style='font-size:
11.5pt'>$60,000 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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height:5.6pt'>
<p class=default style='mso-line-height-alt:5.6pt'><span style='font-size:
11.5pt'>$66,000 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Best Wishes,<br>
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Tehseen<o:p></o:p></p>
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color:black'>________________________________________________________</span></b><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>Dec. 29, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'>David E. Steitz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'>Headquarters, Washington<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'>202-358-1730<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'><a href="mailto:david.steitz@nasa.gov" target="_blank">david.steitz@nasa.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>RELEASE: 10-347<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>NASA SEEKS SPACE TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP APPLICANTS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>WASHINGTON -- NASA is seeking applications from graduate
students for<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>the agency's new Space Technology Research Fellowships.
Applications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>are being accepted from accredited U.S. universities on
behalf of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>graduate students interested in performing space technology research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>beginning in the fall of 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>The fellowships will sponsor U.S. graduate student
researchers who<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>show significant potential to contribute to NASA's strategic space<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>technology objectives through their studies. Sponsored by NASA's<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>Office of the Chief Technologist, the fellowships' goal is to
provide<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>the nation with a pipeline of highly skilled engineers and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>technologists to improve America's technological
competitiveness.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>NASA Space Technology Fellows will perform innovative space<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>technology research today while building the skills necessary to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>become future technological leaders.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>"Our Space Technology Graduate Fellowships will help create
the pool<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>of highly skilled workers needed for NASA's and our nation's<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>technological future, motivating many of the country's best young<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>minds into educational programs and careers in science,
technology,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>engineering and mathematics," said NASA Chief Technologist
Bobby<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>Braun at the agency's Headquarters in Washington. "This
fellowship<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>program is coupled to a larger, national research and development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>effort in science and technology that will lead to new products
and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>services, new business and industries, and high-quality,
sustainable<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>jobs. Fellowships will be awarded to outstanding young researchers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>and technologists positioned to take on NASA's grand challenges
and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>turn these goals and missions into reality."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>The deadline for submitting fellowship proposals is Feb. 23.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>Information on the fellowships, including how to submit
applications,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>is available at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'><a
href="http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/early_stage_innovation/grants/NSTRF.html"
target="_blank">http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/early_stage_innovation/grants/NSTRF.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>To learn more about NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist and
the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>crosscutting space technology areas of interest to NASA, visit:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/oct" target="_blank">http://www.nasa.gov/oct</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Tehseen Usman Lazzouni<br>
Program Coordinator<br>
California Space Grant Consortium<br>
University of California, San Diego<br>
9500 Gilman Drive #0411<br>
La Jolla, CA 92093-0411<br>
(858) 822-1597 voice<br>
(858) 534-7840 fax<br>
<a href="mailto:tlazzouni@ucsd.edu">tlazzouni@ucsd.edu</a><br>
<a href="http://casgc.ucsd.edu">http://casgc.ucsd.edu</a><span
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