2011 Edward A. O¹Connor Jr. Founder¹s or Rockwell Collins Scholarship Application

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Subject: 2011 Edward A. O¹Connor Jr. Founder¹s or Rockwell Collins
Scholarship Application

2011 Edward A. O¹Connor Jr. Founder¹s or Rockwell Collins Scholarship
Application
Available for download http://ne.outofschoolstem.org/news.php?item.34

Through a generous donation from Rockwell-Collins, the Aerospace States
Association offers scholarships to students interested in
aerospace-related fields of study. ASA¹s Scholarship Program Application
deadline: APRIL 30, 2011

An integral part of the mission of the Aerospace States Association (ASA)
is to:

³Š support and develop initiatives that significantly enhance student and
teacher education in space and aeronautics and increases the number of
students in the pipeline.²

In light of that component of the mission statement, it is proposed that
ASA establish a scholarship with terms and conditions as follows:

A $1,500 ASA scholarship, to be competed for, and awarded annually to up
to two students pursuing an aerospace-related education.
The schol arship/s shall be available each year.
The student can only win once.
The Education Committee of ASA will administer the scholarship competition.
The ASA delegate/alternate from each member state shall publicize the
scholarship through the state¹s aerospace-related institutions of higher
learning, career centers, and/or other appropriate entities.
The candidate¹s application for the scholarship shall include
community-related activities, school-related activities, grade point
average, field of study and an official transcript. An academic-based,
personal letter of recommendation shall also accompany the application.
These documents shall be sent to the attention of the ASA Education
Committee Chair at the address on the application form for review.
The applicant may only be an entering sophomore or junior in an
undergraduate degree program pursuing study in the areas of physical
sciences, engineering, or aviation or aerospace related fields.
Scholarship candidate¹s application should be submitted to the ASA
Education Committee Chair by April 30 of each year.
The scholarship would be made available for the fall school term of the
year under consideration.
The scholarship shall be awarded in the form of a check made out to the
scholarship awardee/awardees appropriate school, and it shall be
understood that the funds are for tuition and books only.
The ASA member state of the recipient shall consider staging a
presentation of the scholarship in the recipient¹s state with the presence
of the ASA representative/organization and the Lt. Governor, where
applicable.

Visit http://aerostates.org/scholarships for more informaiton.