Nevada Space Grant Awards NASA Fellowships & Scholarships to Advance Space Exploration

Five engineering students with plans and ideas that could benefit NASA’s mission to explore space are in the latest cohort of Nevada NASA fellowship and scholarship recipients.

Materials science graduate student Joy Calhoun and mechanical engineering graduate student John Crosby have received fellowships; mechanical engineering senior Liam Bond, electrical engineering senior Calvin Lu and mechanical engineering graduate student Shanti Quinto have received scholarships.

“This gives them the chance to have real financial support for their own ideas,” Research Professor Eric Wilcox, the statewide director for the Nevada NASA Space Grant Consortium and NASA EPSCoR programs, said.

The engineering students join 10 other University of Nevada, Reno and University of Nevada, Las Vegas students in the 2025-2026 cohort. The Nevada Space Grant fellowships can be up to $20,000 for the academic year, and the scholarships up to $3,000.

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Original Post Date: 12.1.25

Author Credit: Chris Moran

Image Credit: Nevada Today