Applications are open for the 2025-26 Maryland Space Grant Scholarships
Deadline- May 14, 2025: https://md.spacegrant.org/
These scholarships are awarded to full-time STEM majors who are planning to work for NASA or other space-research or aerospace-related careers. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and enrolled full-time at UMD. Eligibility requirements also include a 3.0 GPA or better. Space Grant puts a strong emphasis on funding students from groups that have been traditionally underrepresented in Astronomy, including women, persons of color, veterans, and LGBT+ students. So far, this program had not been specifically canceled for its DEI focus, however, you may be aware that the Trump administration is proposing to cut NASA's budget by almost half, and so it's unclear how any major budget reductions might affect the scholarship program. Hopefully the budget will be settled before recipients are selected, which usually happens in July.
Awards are typically in the $1k - 2k range and must be used for educational expenses (tuition, books, fees, and room and board). The award is for one year and is renewable annually; current scholarship recipients must re-apply each year.
Please feel free to contact (mhayesge@umd.edu) or the MD Space Grant office (collinge@jhu.edu) if you have any questions. Good luck!
