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====Other tributes==== The Amelia Earhart Commemorative Stamp (8¢ airmail postage) was issued in 1963 by the United States Postmaster-General.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/women-on-stamps-part-2-aviatrixes-and-athletes-inspiring-lives-aviatrixes/amelia-earhart|title=Amelia Earhart|website=postalmuseum.si.edu}}</ref> Earhart was inducted into the [[Motorsports Hall of Fame of America]] in 1992.<ref name=MSHoF>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mshf.com/hall-of-fame/inductees/amelia-earhart.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324151639/http://www.mshf.com/hall-of-fame/inductees/amelia-earhart.html|url-status=dead|title=Amelia Earhart|archivedate=March 24, 2019|website=www.mshf.com}}</ref> A full-sized bronze statue of Amelia Earhart was placed at the [[Spirit of Flight Center]] in [[Lafayette, Colorado]], in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aero-news.net/aNNTicker.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=7BD5560C-A4C3-44D2-8655-CCEAC6F5A1F6|title=Spirit Of Flight Center Welcomes New Addition | Aero-News Network|website=www.aero-news.net}}</ref> A statue by Ernest Shelton was erected circa 1971 in Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amelia Earhart Statue (c. 1971) |url=https://www.publicartinpublicplaces.info/amelia-earhart-c-1971-by-ernest-shelton |website=Public Art In Public Places |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Amelia Earhart Statue Is Fully Restored |url=https://cd2.lacity.gov/news/amelia-earhart-statue-fully-restored |website=Council District 2 |access-date=8 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009072929/https://cd2.lacity.gov/news/amelia-earhart-statue-fully-restored |archive-date=9 October 2024 |date=1 August 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> A small section of Earhart's Lockheed Electra starboard engine [[nacelle]] that was recovered following the March 1937 Hawaii crash has been confirmed as authentic and is now regarded as a control piece that will help authenticate possible future discoveries.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigations/706_ameliaearhart.html "Amelia Earhart's plane."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207055342/http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigations/706_ameliaearhart.html |date=December 7, 2009 }} ''[[History Detectives]]'', 2009. accessed: July 24, 2010.</ref> The Amelia Earhart Fellowship was established by [[Zonta International]] in 1938. It awards US$10,000 annually to up to 30 women pursuing Ph.D. degrees in aerospace engineering and space sciences. Since the program’s inception in 1938, Zonta has awarded 1,764 Amelia Earhart Fellowships, totaling more than US$11.9 million, to 1,335 women from 79 countries.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Macmillan |first=Palgrave |url=https://www.google.co.il/books/edition/The_Grants_Register_2025/-wocEQAAQBAJ?hl=iw&gbpv=1&pg=PA1081&printsec=frontcover |title=The Grants Register 2025: The Complete Guide to Postgraduate Funding Worldwide |date=2024-08-23 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-1-349-96110-8 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Amelia Earhart Fellowship |url=https://www.zonta.org/Web/Web/Programs/Education/Amelia_Earhart_Fellowship.aspx |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250222012900/https://www.zonta.org/Web/Web/Programs/Education/Amelia_Earhart_Fellowship.aspx |archive-date=2025-02-22 |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=[[Zonta]] |language=en}}</ref>
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