The student receives a stipend for either academic year or summer and travel funds for research. The mentor and student receive travel funds to attend an AAS meeting where they present the results of their research. The AAS and ASP jointly provide the Priscilla and Bart Bok Awards at the annual International Science and Engineering Fair for high school science fair projects in astronomy. Bok Awards receive certificates, subscriptions to Mercury magazine, and cash awards. The AAS Education Office produces and distributes a career brochure on astronomy.
Individual copies are complimentary.
Contact the office for prices for multiple copies. The AAS sponsors 1.5 day meetings for teachers at some national meetings. Twenty to sixty teachers from the local region participate. The teachers receive substitute teachers' pay for one day, resource materials, and an opportunity for both special sessions of their own while attending parts of the regular meeting. Since 1991, the program has been supported by the NASA Astrophysics Division under the IDEA program.