Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship for Teachers
The Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship is for teachers of Hawaiian or part Hawaiian descent or who teach children of Hawaiian ancestry. It provides a unique opportunity for the selected teacher to travel to Colorado Springs, Colo., to participate in one of the Space Foundation's summer Space Across the Curriculum courses.
The scholarship provides a $3,000 spending allowance for travel, meals and lodging expenses and full tuition and fees for the selected teacher to attend any one of the week-long summer courses.
The recipient may elect to receive continuing education or graduate academic credit for the course; graduate credit may be applied toward one of several master's degrees offered by the Space Foundation and partner universities.
Apply by submitting a letter, not exceeding two pages, detailing the motivation for applying, interest in space themes in the classroom, what you hope to gain from the experience and how the knowledge gained will be applied in the classroom. The application letter must be endorsed with a letter of support by a principal or other supervisor.
Please submit your application: By email to Donations@SpaceFoundation.orgBy mail to:
Scholarships
Space Foundation
4425 Arrowswest Dr.
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
See a list of targeted scholarships below.
Scholarship Honors Space Foundation CEO's Grandmother
Established in 2005 to create special professional development opportunities for teachers of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry or teachers working with students of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry and funded by Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Holokauahi Pulham and his wife, Cynthia A. Pulham, the scholarship honors the memory of Pulham's grandmother, Lucy Enos, who was born in Pahala, Hawai'i, in 1898.
2013 Recipient
Robert A. Zellner, a math and science teacher at Kanu o ka 'Aina New Century Charter School in Waimea, Hawai'i, is the 2013 recipient. He will use the scholarship to attend the Space Foundation Space Across the Curriculumteacher professional development course Meteorology and Space Weather. Read more here.
Pictured, Enos, left, and Zellner, right
