American Astronautical Society

The Future Space Leaders Foundation announced on May 19 the five winners of its annual Future Space Leaders Grant Program. The Foundation will provide grants to five graduate students and young professionals to cover expenses associated with participating in the 65^th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Toronto, Canada, one of the world’s most important space industry gatherings. The AAS is very pleased to coorperate with the Foundation on this activity.

The five grants winners will also have access to a selection of other industry events including: Future Space 2015, AAS Goddard Memorial Symposium, NSC Goddard Memorial Dinner, AIAA Spotlight Awards Gala, SSPI Future Leaders Dinner, Satellite 2015, International Symposium on Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS), SGAC Congress, and Fusion Forum. After a rigorous and competitive application process, the grant winners were selected on the basis of their commitment to the advancement of space sciences and quality of their abstracts to be presented at the 65^th IAC.

The 2014-15 FSLF Grant Winners are: