Heinlein Society Scholarship

  • Deadline: 04/01/2024
  • Renewable: Unknown
  • Number of Awards: 3
  • Award Amount: $2,000
  • Website: https://www.heinleinsociety.org/scholarship-program/
  • Phone: Not Available
  • Fax: Not Available
  • Email: scholarships@heinleinsociety.org
  • Address: 3553 Atlantic Ave. #341 Long Beach, CA 90807-5606

The “Virginia Heinlein Memorial Scholarship” is dedicated to a female candidate majoring in engineering, math, or biological or physical sciences.

Full Description

The scholarship will be given to three most deserving applicants and they will get $2,500.

The awarded students will be selected by the Heinlein Society Scholarship Committee, based on the materials provided with the application form.

Who's eligible?

Each applicant should first get familiar with the eligibility requirements set by the scholarship committee and only then submit an application form.

The Heinlein Society Scholarship applicant must be a full-time undergraduate student enrolled in an accredited college that awards Bachelor of Science or Arts degrees.

He/she must be majoring in Engineering, Math, or Biological or Physical Sciences, or Science Fiction as Literature.

The scholarship is open to residents of any country.

How to Apply

The fulfillment of all the requirements makes you able to start the application process.

Applicant must submit the following items:

  1. Completed application form.
  2. A brief explanation of career goals and biographical (background) information.
  3. A 500 – 1,000-word essay on one of the following subjects:
    1. How Robert Heinlein influenced your career choice. What Heinlein writings would you use to illustrate how he sparked your interest in science and technology?
    2. Discuss the ‘Golden Age of SF’ and Robert Heinlein’s role in it.
    3. Most of the Heinlein estate and literary legacy is devoted to commercial space activities (the mission of the Heinlein Prize Trust). Given that focus, consider Heinlein’s “The Man Who Sold the Moon”, and other works. Will our future expansion into space be government initiated, or private/commercial? Which is better? Which will ultimately be the way forward?
    4. Robert Heinlein said: “The golden age of science has yet to begin.” Evaluate this statement compared to your technical field.
    5. Discuss the advantages to the human race of a permanent settlement on the Moon or Mars.
    6. The expansion of social media has led to the widespread placement of devices by which your movement and private conversations can be monitored. Social media has also accelerated the clustering of like-minded interests into largely non-interacting ‘tribes’—the so-called ‘metadata’ gathering. Can you find and comment on the Heinlein stories that predicted these phenomena?
    7. How might advances in your chosen field of study affect how people live 50 years from now? What changes, good or bad, might society see?

Deadline for the application is April 1st and they should be emailed completed in PDF form to scholarships@heinleinsociety.org


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