NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) Program
NASA announces a call for graduate fellowship proposals to the NASA
Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) program for the 2010-2011
academic year. This call for fellowship proposals solicits
applications from accredited U.S. universities on behalf of
individuals pursuing Master of Science (M.Sc.) or Doctoral (Ph.D.)
degrees in Earth and space sciences, or related disciplines. The
purpose of NESSF is to ensure continued training of a highly
qualified workforce in disciplines needed to achieve NASA’s
scientific goals. Awards resulting from the competitive selection
will be made in the form of training grants to the respective universities.
The deadline for NEW applications is February 1, 2010, and the
deadline for RENEWAL applications is March 15, 2010.
The NESSF call for proposals and submission instructions are located
at the NESSF 09 solicitation index page at
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ – click on “Solicitations” then click on
“Open Solicitations” then select the “NESSF 10” announcement. Also
refer to “Proposal Submission Instructions” listed under “Other
Documents” on the NESSF 10 solicitation index page.
All proposals must be submitted in electronic format only through the
NASA NSPIRES system. The advisor has an active role in the
submission of the fellowship proposal. To use the NSPIRES system,
the advisor, the student, and the university must all
register. Extended instructions on how to submit an electronic
proposal package are posted on the NESSF 10 solicitation index page
listed above. You can register in NSPIRES at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/.
For further information contact Russell Deyoung, Program
Administrator for NESSF Earth Science Research, Telephone: (757)
864-1472, E-mail: larc-nessf-Earth@lists.nasa.gov or Dolores Holland,
Program Administrator for NESSF Heliophysics Research, Planetary
Science Research, and Astrophysics Research, Telephone: (202)
358-0734, E-mail: hq-nessf-Space@nasa.gov.