{"id":140014,"date":"2024-03-07T12:19:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T17:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140014///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140014//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140014//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140014//?p=140014"},"modified":"2024-03-08T13:10:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T18:10:15","slug":"what-is-an-astronaut-scholar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140014///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140014//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140014//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140014//what-is-an-astronaut-scholar/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140014//","title":{"rendered":"What Is an Astronaut Scholar?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Three UCF students have been awarded the highly competitive Astronaut Scholarships for 2023 /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140014/u2014 raising the university/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140014/u2019s student awards from the organization to 57 since 1989./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140014/n
In 2023, 68 students from the nation/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140014/u2019s top research institutions were awarded up to $15,000 each through the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF). 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/140014/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/140014/n
NASA/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140014/u2019s first space travelers, the Mercury 7 astronauts, sponsored the original seven Astronaut Scholarships. It/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140014/u2019s awarded to explorers, but not necessarily the kind that wear spacesuits and helmets. These are students who dedicate their research to making a difference in this world and beyond./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140014/n
A natural-born writer who turned to biology for personal reasons; a soccer player turned planetary scientist; and a competitive dancer studying the universe through the lenses of physics and art./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140014/n