To encourage and promote research activity in space flight mechanics and astrodynamics by providing financial support to one or more students presenting papers at each AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meetings and Astrodynamics Conferences.
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. Previous winners of this award are not eligible.
The award application instructions can be found here:
Student applicants, please fill out this online form to submit an application: Research advisors, please fill out this online form to submit the letter of reccomendation: If you have any questions, please email them to aas.breakwell(AT)gmail.com