The American Astronautical Society
Spaceflight Mechanics Committee

is pleased to announce the:

John V. Breakwell Student Travel Award

Award Announcement and Application Form
Previous Breakwell Travel Award Recipients

Purpose:

To encourage and promote research activity in spaceflight mechanics and astrodynamics by providing financial support to one or more students presenting papers at each AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meetings and Astrodynamics Conferences. See http://www.space-flight.org/ for a listing of the current meeting schedule.

Eligibility:

Any student presently enrolled at a U.S. or Canadian college or university (full- or part-time) who is submitting an extended abstract for a technical paper and who will be presenting that paper if accepted for the conference. The student must be a member of the AAS (see the membership page or the AAS home page for details). Previous winners of this award are not eligible.

Criterion:

Merit, based upon the submitted extended abstract or paper and the advisor's letter of introduction. Students are encouraged to submit a full paper for consideration. Each student must also submit a curriculum vita and a budget.

Deadline:

The travel award applications have the same due date as the conference paper abstracts.

Award:

The cash award will offset expenses for travel, lodging, meals, and conference registration (maximum total amount of up to $1,000 per award). In addition, each award recipient will receive a certificate. Multiple awards may be given at the discretion of the award and conference committee chairs.

Administration:

The Awards Subcommittee will select winners based upon the extended abstract and other relevant information contained in the c.v. and advisor's letter, and will confer with the technical program chairs for the conference. The amount awarded will be based upon the letter from the advisor and requested budget from the student. Once the winners are selected, the subcommittee will authorize the Spaceflight Mechanics Committee treasurer to issue checks in the full amounts to be awarded. Each check will be issued to the awardee's academic institution, under the conditions that: 1) the student is allowed to use the funds solely for the purpose of attending the conference and presenting the paper, and 2) that the full amount of the monetary award is made available to the student; i.e., the academic institution does not charge any fee or overhead cost for administering the funds. Winners will be notified of the awards at the same time that their papers are accepted for the conference. A formal presentation of each award (including a certificate) will be made during one of the evening social activities at the conference.

Obligations of awardees:

Award winners will be required to make their own travel arrangements through their university and to provide receipts for all expenses, including travel, travel insurance, local transportation, lodging, meals and conference registration. Any unused funds must be returned to the Committee treasurer. During the meeting, the winners will be required to participate in some administrative activities, such as assisting with registration or technical paper sales.