LaSPACE LURA Program

For ten years, LaSPACE conducted a competitive Undergraduate Scholarship Program that offered $1250 in tuition assistance per semester. In 1998, Governor Foster and the Legislature introduced an aggressive and sweeping scholarship plan titled TOPS (Tuition Opportunity Program for Students), which provides free tuition for all students that meet the eligibility criteria. Students who meet higher criteria also qualify for added stipends. The implementation of TOPS rendered our Scholar basic tuition assistance approach somewhat less critical to helping good students afford a college education. Thus, reflecting goals of providing research experiences for undergraduates, we replaced the existing program with a new initiative - The LaSPACE Undergraduate Research Assistantships (LURA). We will continue our support for undergraduates who are selected to attend NASA Academies or other NASA internships. The top students, who are the target candidates for LaSPACE scholarships, also receive a TOPS stipend. We target this group of the best and brightest science and engineering students and encourage and recruit them to matriculate at Louisiana Schools.

Click here to see the latest LURA Guidelines.
Click here to see Previous LURA Awardees.