INVESTING IN AMERICA'S TECHNOLOGY FUTURE: NASA SEEKS SPACE TECHNOLOGY
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP APPLICANTS

WASHINGTON -- NASA is seeking applications from graduate students for
the agency's Space Technology Research Fellowships. Applications will
be accepted from students pursuing or planning to pursue master's or
doctoral degrees in relevant space technology disciplines at
accredited U.S. universities. The fellowship awards, worth as much as
$68,000 per year, will coincide with the start of the fall 2013 term.


The fellowships will sponsor U.S. graduate student researchers who
show significant potential to contribute to NASA's strategic space
technology objectives through their studies. To date, NASA has
awarded these prestigious fellowships to 128 students from 50
universities and across 26 states and one U.S. territory.

"NASA's Space Technology Program is building, testing and flying the
technologies required for NASA's missions of tomorrow," said Michael
Gazarik, director of the Space Technology Program at NASA
Headquarters in Washington. "With new technologies and innovation,
astronauts will be able to travel safely beyond low Earth orbit and
new science missions will make amazing discoveries about our
universe. These fellowships will help create the next generation of
highly skilled workers needed for NASA's and our nation's future,
while motivating careers in science and technology that will lead to
sustainable, high-tech jobs while America out-innovates the world."

Sponsored by NASA's Space Technology Program, the continuing goal of
the fellowships is to provide the nation with a pipeline of highly
skilled researchers and technologists to improve U.S. technological
competitiveness. Fellows will perform innovative space technology
research while building the skills necessary to become future
leaders.

The deadline for submitting applications is Dec. 4. For more
information about the fellowships and instructions on how to submit
applications, visit:

http://go.usa.gov/YDJW
To learn more about NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist, the Space
Technology Program and the crosscutting space technology areas of
interest to the agency, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/oct