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Each year the NAR shows its support for teachers and students who are active in our hobby by sponsoring cash awards: Robert L. Cannon grants to teachers (who do not have to be NAR members) to support their classroom rocketry activities; and NAR Scholarships to students in post-secondary educational institutions who are NAR members. 

Each grant or scholarship totals $500, and is renewable.  The Cannon grants are funded by the revenue from a benefit auction of rocketry materials held at each NARAM, and the scholarships are funded out of the NAR General Fund from membership dues.  A committee of NAR leaders, led by NAR Trustee Dr. Joyce Guzik, reviews applications that are submitted by May 1 each year and announces the awards at NARAM.  Please help in spreading the word about the NAR's support for rocketry in schools, and encourage eligible teachers and students to apply.

This year the NAR has awarded 8 Cannon Grants and 6 NAR Scholarships, a total of $7000 for direct NAR support of people in schools who are involved in rocketry.  The recipients are:
 
Cannon Grants

• Lynette Black, The Dalles, OR
• Rhonda Cox, Orion, IL
• John Dietrich, Warrenton, VA
• Robert Hawthorne, Columbia, MD
• Judy Hudek, George West, TX
• David Moon, Athol, ID
• Angela Traylor, Huntsville, AL
• Susan Leeds, Winter Park, FL

NAR Scholarships

• Michael Adams, North Canton, OH
• Cameron Aument, Lancaster, PA
• Andrew Dobos, Rockville, MD
• Michael Humphrey, Warren, NJ
• Benjamin Levison, Twinsburg, OH
• Jake Young, Rocky River, OH

Applications and details can be found at http://www.nar.org/teacher.html.