{"id":1650,"date":"2025-03-25T14:38:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T14:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/giving\/?page_id=1650"},"modified":"2026-05-29T16:49:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:49:32","slug":"gspa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/giving\/general-funds\/gspa\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Student Policy Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-center\" style=\"min-height:685px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim has-background-gradient\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(237,237,237,0) 0%,rgba(169,183,194,0) 100%)\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/03\/gspa-award-spot.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-post-image img-fluid\" alt=\"Three student award winners stand in front of the Nation's Capital.\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"55% 40%\" style=\"object-position:55% 40%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/03\/gspa-award-spot.jpg 768w, https:\/\/esa.org\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/03\/gspa-award-spot-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:260px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left padding has-white-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#000000b3\">Your contribution to the\u00a0Katherine S. McCarter\u00a0\u00a0Graduate Student Policy Award helps\u00a0facilitate change at the Congressional level.\u00a0This award\u00a0enables graduate students to travel to the nation\u2019s capital, where ESA is headquartered, and meet with lawmakers. Participants\u00a0learn methods to advocate\u00a0for funding for environmental research \u00a0and promote the sciences.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Help fund the <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/public-policy\/get-involved\/esa-graduate-student-policy-award\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/public-policy\/get-involved\/esa-graduate-student-policy-award\/\">Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award<\/a> by <a href=\"#contribution\">making a contribution<\/a>. The Award is part of ESA\u2019s larger <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/public-policy\/get-involved\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/public-policy\/get-involved\/\">public policy programs<\/a> which promote communications with lawmakers and decision makers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure data-wp-context='{\"imageId\":\"6a6d31c725e8d\"}' data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a6d31c725e8d\" class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" 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