The Military Child Education Coalition is now accepting applications for the Bernard Curtis Brown II Memorial Space Camp Scholarship.  The scholarship covers full tuition including: round trip transportation from the student's home base to Space Camp, meals, lodging, and program materials.  Student applicants must be:

• The child of a military member on Active Duty or mobilized Guard or Reserve

OR

• The child of a military member who died while on Active Duty or mobilized Guard or Reserve

AND

• Enrolled in grades 6 through 9.

Applications are available online at www.militarychild.org/child-student/space-camp-scholarship/.  You can also pick up a hard copy of the application at the Airman & Family Readiness Center, Bldg 732. 

In 2010, Matthew Lee, a student at the Derby Sixth Grade Center, received one of 15 scholarships awarded.

The Military Child Education Coalition is a nonprofit, world-wide organization focused on ensuring quality education opportunities for all military-connected children affected by mobility, family separation, and transition.  The Space Camp scholarship was created in memory of military child Bernard Curtis Brown II, who was killed on Sept. 11, 2001 when the airliner on which he was a passenger was hijacked and crashed into the Pentagon.  Bernard was traveling to California to represent his school at  a National Geographic event.  His parents allowed the MCEC to honor their son's memory with this scholarship by providing military-connected children the opportunity to experience a life-changing journey and share their military family experiences.