Did anyone apply for the NASA Aeronautics Scholarship (fellowship)?

[zep]

I just (kind of) submitted my NASA Aeronautics Scholarship Program application. All my stuff is entered into the online application, but the application (oddly) closed before 11:59 PST (10:40 PST) today and I didn't click the submit button. I emailed my attachments to the program staff just to be safe. Fortunately, this application seems very informal compared to, say, the NSF GRFP.

Did anyone else apply?

[wlcoyle]

I applied, for the second time.

Was rejected last year and just got rejected for a Fulbright grant. Hopefully I will have better luck with the NASA one or maybe the NSF GRFP I applied for too.

I wish that more applications were like NSF. At least they give you reasons why your application was good or bad. NASA didn't give me anything to go off of last year.

100++ applicants and 5 spots for Grad students...worst odds!!

Good luck!

[zep]

Congratulations on applying again!

100++ applicants and 5 spots for Grad students...worst odds!!

Just curious--where did you get the information about the number of applicants?

[InquilineKea]

Does anyone know what they look for, as compared to what the NSF GRFP looks for? Also, how much additional work is it on top of the NSF GRFP fellowship? It says that you have to write a "five page proposal" - it does sound like a significant amount of extra work for what probably amounts to a small chance at actually getting it...

And is it far more competitive for grad students than for undergrads? Ugh

They say this...

NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) works to solve the challenges that still exist in our nation's air transportation system: air traffic congestion, safety and environmental impacts.

Solutions to these problems require innovative technical concepts, and dedicated research and development. NASA's ARMD pursues the development of new flight operation concepts, and new tools and technologies that can transition smoothly to industry to become products.

Through green aviation, NASA is helping create safer, greener and more effective travel for everyone. Our green aviation goals are to enable fuel-efficient flight planning, and reduce aircraft fuel consumption, emissions and noise.

NASA aeronautics' four research programs conduct fundamental, cutting-edge research into new aircraft technologies, as well as systems-level research into the integration of new operations concepts and technologies into the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). A fifth program manages a portfolio of wind tunnels and other testing facilities (icing, propulsion), flight research and support aircraft, and the evolution of test technologies at NASA centers around the country.

NASA has already made decades of contributions to aviation. We continue to develop solutions to benefit the flying public every day.

• Improve gate-to-gate mobility in the air transportation system
  
  
• Reduce aircraft noise, emissions, fuel use and overall environmental impact on communities surrounding airports
  
  
• Maintain or improve safety of aircraft in an increasingly complex system.
  

Hmm... did anyone doing climate modeling research ever win this?

Edited September 30, 2012 by InquilineKea