Brooke Owens Fellowship

CREATED TO HONOR THE LEGACY OF A BELOVED SPACE INDUSTRY PIONEER AND ACCOMPLISHED PILOT, DAWN BROOKE OWENS (1980 2016), THE BROOKE OWENS FELLOWSHIP IS DESIGNED TO SERVE BOTH AS AN INSPIRATION AND AS A CAREER BOOST TO CAPABLE YOUNG WOMEN AND OTHER GENDER MINORITIES WHO, LIKE BROOKE, ASPIRE TO EXPLORE OUR SKY AND STARS, TO SHAKE UP THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY, AND TO HELP THEIR FELLOW PEOPLE HERE ON PLANET EARTH. WE DO THIS BY MATCHING UP TO FORTY STUDENTS PER YEAR WITH PURPOSE-DRIVEN, PAID INTERNSHIPS AT LEADING AEROSPACE COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS AND WITH SENIOR AND EXECUTIVE LEVEL MENTORS.

OUR ORGANIZATIONS ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR 2021 INCLUDE:- THE BROOKE OWENS FELLOWSHIP PROVIDES AROUND 40 WOMEN AND OTHER GENDER-MINORITY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WITH SUMMER INTERNSHIPS AT LEADING AEROSPACE ORGANIZATIONS AND EXECUTIVE MENTORSHIP FROM LEADERS IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY;- IN 2021, THE BROOKE OWENS FELLOWSHIP WELCOMED ITS FIFTH CLASS OF BROOKE OWENS FELLOWS, MATCHING 44 STUDENTS TO INTERNSHIPS AT SPACEX, BLUE ORIGIN, NASA, AND OTHERS. STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN A 4-DAY SUMMIT, HELD VIRTUALLY BECAUSE OF THE GLOBAL COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN JULY 2021, WHERE THEY PARTICIPATED IN LEADERSHIP-BUILDING ACTIVITIES LIKE DELIVERING A TEAM GRAND CHALLENGE SOLUTION;- THE BROOKE OWENS FELLOWSHIP FOUNDED A SPINOFF PROGRAM, THE PATTI GRACE SMITH FELLOWSHIP IN 2020, WHICH PROVIDES AROUND 40 AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND BLACK AMERICAN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WITH THEIR FIRST AEROSPACE INDUSTRY INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE, AND MATCHES THEM TO EXECUTIVE-LEVEL LEADERS IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY;- IN 2021, THE SPINOFF PROGRAM PATTI GRACE SMITH FELLOWSHIP WELCOMED ITS FIRST CLASS OF PATTI GRACE SMITH FELLOWS, MATCHING 43 FIRST- AND SECOND-YEAR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS TO INTERNSHIPS AT AEROSPACE INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS, GIVING EACH STUDENT A $2,000 CASH GRANT, AND MATCHING THE STUDENTS TO EXECUTIVE MENTORS IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY;- IN 2021, THE BROOKE OWENS FELLOWSHIP AND ITS SPINOFF PROGRAM THE PATTI GRACE SMITH FELLOWSHIP JOINTLY RECEIVED $1 MILLION DOLLARS FROM BLUE ORIGINS CLUB FOR THE FUTURE, PART OF A LARGER DONATION THAT RESULTED FROM AN AUCTION FOR THE FIRST SEAT ON THE NEW SHEPARD ROCKET. THE ORGANIZATION WAS CHOSEN TO DEVELOP AND INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF SPACE PROFESSIONALS.