Brooke Owens Fellowship — Fellowship

The Brooke Owens Fellowship supports undergraduate women and other gender minorities who want careers in aerospace, across technical and non-technical fields. The Class of 2027 is the program’s eleventh cohort.

Selected Fellows join a host-company summer internship, receive individual mentorship, and attend a professional-development summit. The program also connects each cohort with peers, industry leaders, and the alumni community.

Benefits & funding

The 2027 program includes a summer internship with a host company.
The official experience page describes a paid 10–12-week internship, with compensation varying by geography and a living wage plus a travel stipend.
Fellows receive one-on-one professional mentorship, career-development resources, and access to the annual Brooke Owens Summit.
Fellows join a continuing peer and alumni network.

Eligibility

Be an undergraduate enrolled at a college or university and have completed at least one year toward a bachelor’s or associate degree.
Identify as a woman or another gender minority and be at least 18 years old.
Be interested in an aerospace career; engineering and non-engineering academic fields are welcome.
Applicants of all nationalities may apply, although ITAR restrictions can limit eligibility for some host opportunities.
No minimum GPA is stated.

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Age requirement
≥ 18 yrs

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Application process

1
Review the Class of 2027 application guide and open the official application portal.
2
Prepare a current résumé or CV, a transcript showing at least one completed graded semester, and one recommendation letter.
3
Create a personal statement of up to 600 words, a mission-alignment essay of up to 300 words, and a non-essay multimedia submission under 250 MB that reviewers can assess within five minutes.
4
Submit by 11:59 p.m. EDT on October 4, 2026; submitted applications cannot be edited.

Program timeline

Applications open.
September 1, 2026
Virtual information sessions.
September 13, 19, and 28, 2026
Application deadline.
October 4, 2026, 11:59 p.m. EDT
Within a few weeks after closing
Semifinalist notifications are typically issued.
The full class is typically announced after finalist interviews.
Winter 2026–2027
Fellowship activities and host-company internships take place.
Summer 2027