FAQs

The program is completely free of cost. We believe talent and passion for astronomy should never be held back by finances.

We begin the new cohort in early June. We expect to work with each batch for around 6 to 8 months, and will reopen applications after that.

All pre-university students are eligible to apply. If you are interested in astronomy olympiads and excited to learn, we encourage you to apply!

The application problems have varying difficulties. We expect students to try all the problems for some time, even if they do not make much progress. Please submit whatever you have for each problem so that we can gain insight into how you approach problems.

We plan to take up to 20 students for the program. We may also evaluate and accept applications from students of other countries on a case-by-case basis.

Absolutely! We don’t intend to choose only applicants who we feel have the best chance at IOAA. Instead, we select the students who we believe will benefit the most from the program. Please do not be disheartened if you are not selected, and continue onward along your astronomy journey.

The Stellar Fellowship will be a fun program with many different activities. We expect the time commitment to be around 8-12 hours a week. There will usually be around 4 hours of classes as well as practice problem sets, observation exercises, and mock tests which all students are expected to work on.

We also expect students to not only attend classes, but to be proactive in reaching out to the team with any questions or concerns. Students will also be expected to share their progress consistently.

We will try to publicly share the resources we create to whatever extent possible.

Yes! Please contact us at team@stellarfellowship.org and we can see how you can help. Even if you cannot teach, there will almost surely be ways you can contribute!

Feel free to mail us at team@stellarfellowship.org with any other questions you have!