The WSGC encourages teams from Academic Affiliates to participate in NASA-sponsored competitions. These opportunities are competitive in nature, involve a NASA center, and require a NASA-managed selection process. Competitions include, but are not limited to: Big Idea, HASP, Micro-G/NExT, RASC-AL, Robotic Mining, RockSat, Space Apps, Student Launch, S.U.I.T.S. and X-Hab. The Consortium especially encourages applications from members of minority groups, women, and persons with disabilities, and from those pursuing interdisciplinary aerospace studies in, but not limited to, engineering, the sciences, architecture, law, business, nursing and medicine. Applicants must be accepted into a NASA-sponsored program, and has a minimum 25% Institutional Match. They must be enrolled full-time in a WSGC college or university affiliate; registered with WSGC; applied to the Professional Program Student application page; attend and present project status at the 33rd Annual Wisconsin Space Conference; and submit a Proceeding Paper to the Annual Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Wisconsin Space Conference by September 15th. For more information, kindly visit the scholarship's website.