{"id":130539,"date":"2022-08-11T12:17:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T16:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130539///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130539//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130539//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130539//?p=130539"},"modified":"2023-11-03T11:08:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T15:08:04","slug":"3-ucf-students-selected-for-2022-astronaut-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130539///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130539//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130539//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130539//3-ucf-students-selected-for-2022-astronaut-scholarship/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130539//","title":{"rendered":"3 UCF Students Selected for 2022 Astronaut Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"
Three UCF students have been awarded the highly competitive Astronaut Scholarships this year /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130539/u2014 raising the university/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130539/u2019s student awards from the organization to 54 since 1989./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130539/n
Each year, over 60 students across the country are awarded up to $15,000 each through the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF). ASF awarded its first seven scholarships, which were sponsored by the founding Mercury 7 astronauts, in 1986. Students must be nominated by a faculty member at their institution and must demonstrate considerable dedication to their field of study. In addition to the monetary award, scholars receive a paid trip to ASF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130539/u2019s Innovators Weekend as well as the chance to connect with Astronaut Scholar alumni, the Foundation, and the astronauts themselves./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130539/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130539/u201cWe are extremely proud of the ASF Scholars selected this year,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130539/u201d says Morgan Bauer, director of the Office of Prestigious Awards. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130539/u201cThese students are the future leaders in their respective STEM fields./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130539/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130539/n
All three of UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130539/u2019s scholarship recipients are part of the Burnett Honors College, and are either in the process of completing, or have completed, an Honors Undergraduate Thesis (HUT). Read below to learn more about their research and what they hope to achieve in college and beyond./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130539/n