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Student Membership
benefits of student membership In addition to all of the benefits offered to our professional members, you will also have access to:
Student Branches – Your First AIAA Home
Student Branches are the primary focal points of AIAA student member activities. There are currently over 145, including 12 foreign student branches, with a total active membership of over 5000 students worldwide. Through the Student Branch at your university, college, or junior college, you will meet and share ideas with other students, take part in AIAA activities and competitions, and take advantage of AIAA career development services.
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Regional Student Conferences – Let the Competition Begin
Plan on attending one of the many different regional student conferences we hold throughout the world. The conferences are the perfect settings for meeting and exchanging ideas and information with other students from the region. You’ll also have the opportunity to present technical papers and compete for cash prizes. If you win first place at the regional conference, AIAA will pay for your travel and room expenses to compete at the AIAA Foundation International Student Conference held annually in Reno, Nevada.
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AIAA Foundation International Student Conference – and the winner is
The AIAA Foundation International Student Conference gives you a prominent venue for presenting your work at one of AIAA's largest annual conferences. The student sessions held at the conference are very popular. And recruiters for major aerospace companies are frequently in the audience. After the sessions, you’ll also have invaluable opportunities to mingle with and discuss your work with aerospace professionals.
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Technical Meetings – Save Big
Who says there’s no free ride? Not us. AIAA undergraduate student members can attend most of the more than 25 AIAA Technical Meetings for free. And our graduate students members pay an extremely reduced rate.
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Local Section Meetings – Network Close to Home
We encourage every student member to attend local section meetings, where they’ll be able to meet the industry leaders in their area. Local sections are great places to get started in AIAA.
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Design Competitions – Cash Prizes
You can participate in any one of a variety of undergraduate and graduate design competitions, with prizes of $2500, $1500, and $1000 for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners, respectively. Competition topics include aircraft, engines, and space.
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Scholarships – Awarded Through the AIAA Foundation
AIAA's undergraduate scholarship program offers 30 scholarships of $2000 each to college sophomores, juniors, and seniors each year. You’ll also have the opportunity to renew your $2000 scholarship annually until you graduate.
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AIAA presents 10 graduate student awards worth $5000 each annually. These are presented to graduate students doing research in topics of interest to AIAA.
Each year, we also present four graduate students with Orville and Wilbur Wright Graduate Awards, each worth $10,000. Established to commemorate of the centennial of flight, the awards reward students whose research work is helping advance aeronautics and astronautics.
Abe M. Zarem Award
Master’s students are also eligible for the Abe M. Zarem Award for Distinguished Achievement. Winners receive a trip to present their work at either the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences biannual conference or the annual International Aeronautical Federation's Congress.
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Aerospace America, AIAA Student Journal, and More
Student members receive two complimentary magazine subscriptions. Published monthly, Aerospace America is the industry’s most authoritative source of reporting on aerospace technology, science, and engineering. The online AIAA Student Journal covers the stories most important to your professional development. You’ll find aerospace industry trends, graduate school profiles, employment opportunities, and articles on AIAA student branch activities.
AIAA also publishes technical journals, conference proceedings, case studies, and books, including the Education Series of textbooks.
Aerospace Career Handbook – Download It Now
This timely handbook offers great advice for students and young professionals alike. And it’s written by people who’ve been where you are now. You’ll read about the many jobs available to you as an aerospace professional. You’ll discover what young professionals can expect as they embark on their careers. And perhaps best of all, you’ll learn what you can do now to maximize the opportunities available to you during your college years. Published by the AIAA Young Professional Committee
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After Graduation – Continuing Membership
If you’re an AIAA student member when you graduate, you automatically receive one free year of membership and a second year at half price. To ensure that you continue to enjoy all of your AIAA benefits after you graduate, please change your information in the My AIAA section of our Web site or fill out a student upgrade form.
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Special Benefits – More Great Discounts
AIAA partners with a range of service providers to bring you valuable member discounts on insurance, shipping, car rentals, travel, and more. The savings go on and on..
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Student Membership - $ 20.00
Persons interested in aeronautics or astronautics whose primary activity is study at recognized colleges, universities, and secondary schools offering curricula and studies acceptable to AIAA. Upon graduation, student members will receive their first year of professional membership free.
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