Meet some of our past USRA Scholarship winners! Learn how they got interested in their fields, the type of work they've been doing, and advice they have for other students and scholarship seekers.
University of Rochester
Physics and Astronomy
Bachelor of Science - 2020
University of Canterbury
Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), First Class - 2022
Arizona State University
Astrophysics
Bachelor of Science - 2023
Rochester Institute of Technology
Imaging Science
Bachelor of Science - 2016
University of Maryland
Aerospace Engineering & Applied Mathematics
Bachelor of Science - 2019
University of Arizona
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Bachelor of Science - 2023
Columbia University
Astrophysics & Computer Science
Bachelor of Arts - 2022
Indiana University
Physics and Astrophysics
Bachelor of Science - 2019
University of Texas at Austin
Physics and Astronomy
Bachelor of Science - 2021
Illinois Institute of Technology
Aerospace Engineering
Bachelor of Science & Master's of Engineering - 2023
Harvard University
Astrophysics and Physics
Bachelor of Science - 2017
George Washington University
Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Science - 2020
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Aerospace Engineering
Bachelor of Science - 2020
University of Maryland
Astronomy and Physics
Bachelor of Science - 2017
University of Washington
Informatics
Bachelor of Science - 2020
University of Arizona
Aerospace Engineering
Bachelor of Science - 2017
University of Arizona
Aerospace Engineering
Bachelor of Science - 2024
Rochester Institute of Technology
Mechanical Engineering (B.S. 2016)
Science, Technology, and Public Policy (M.S. 2016)
University of Texas at Austin
Physics and Astronomy
Bachelor of Science - 2021
North Carolina State University
Aerospace Engineering
Bachelor of Science - 2022
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Engineering Mechanics and Mathematics
Bachelor of Science - 2018
Pennsylvania State University
Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Bachelor of Science - 2015
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Aerospace Engineering
Bachelor of Science - 2022
University of California, San Diego
Bioengineering-Biosystems
Bachelor of Science - 2019
University of Washington
Chemical Engineering
Bachelor of Science - 2017
Harvard University
Physics and Astrophysics
Bachelor of Arts- 2017
University of California, San Diego
Physics, with Specialization in Astrophysics
Bachelor of Science - 2022
University of Florida - Gainesville
Microbiology and Cell Science
Bachelor of Science, 2020
University of Florida
Astrophysics
Bachelor of Science - 2023
Wesleyan University
Chemistry and Earth Science
Bachelor of Science - 2014
Yale University
Astronomy
Bachelor of Science - 2019
University of California, Davis
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bachelor of Science - 2023
University of Virginia
Astronomy-Physics and Applied Statistics
Bachelor of Science - 2022
University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras
Physics, second concentration in Philosophy
Bachelor of Science - 2021
University of Pittsburgh
Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Science - 2018
University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez
Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Science – 2022
University of Texas at Austin
Astronomy and Physics
Bachelor of Science - 2023
Harvard University
Astrophysics
Bachelor of Science - 2020
University of Canterbury
Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (Honors) - 2023
Purdue University
Mechanical Engineering and Planetary Science
Bachelor of Science - 2021
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Aerospace Engineering
Bachelor of Science - 2024
University of Washington
Earth and Space Sciences
Bachelor of Science - 2018
Boston University
Astronomy & Physics
Bachelor of Arts - May 2024
Columbia University
Astrophysics & Computer Science
Bachelor of Arts - 2017
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Physics (with concentration in Astronomy)
Bachelor of Science - 2015
Masters of Science - 2016
University of California, Santa Barbara
Physics
Bachelor of Science - 2017
