2024 Heinlein Scholarship Recipients
Winners of the Heinlein Society’s annual undergraduate scholarships for the 2024-2025 academic year were announced on July 7, 2024, Robert A. Heinlein’s 116th birthday.
This year’s winners are Gabriel Black, Elizabeth Bradshaw, Maya Krolik, and Luxanna Sands. The scholarship awards $4,000 to each recipient. Winners were selected from a record 744 applications, including 40 international submissions from 28 different countries.
Krolik received the Virginia Heinlein Memorial Scholarship, which is dedicated to female candidates majoring in engineering, math, or science. Sands received the Dr. Jerry Pournelle Memorial Scholarship, and Bradshaw received the Dr. Yoji Kondo Memorial Scholarship. Black is the winner of the Robert A. Heinlein Scholarship.
Other finalists were:
- Pearl Bless Afegenui
- Seohyun Kim
- Pinyu Liao
- Bella Ott
- Hiba Ouadii
- Elizabeth Rusnak
- Jasmine Wongphatarakul
The scholarship contest is open to residents of any country who are enrolled as full-time students at an accredited four-year university and majoring in math, engineering, the physical sciences, or science fiction as literature. Applicants must submit a 500-1,000 word essay on a provided topic. Starting this year, the scholarship cannot be offered to incoming freshman.
For guidelines and more information, visit The Heinlein Society website.
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