NASA is deploying a single, Agency system for the recruitement, application, selection and career development of undergraduate and graduate students in science, technology, engineering and mathematic disciplines. Students access information about internship and fellowship opportunities across NASA to engage in research, aerospace education and space exploration. A student completes a single internship and/or fellowship application to express interest in up to 15 specific opportunities for each summer, fall, spring or year-long session.
NASA Internship Programs
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Research Opportunities in Space Biology
This NASA Research Announcement (NRA) solicits hypothesis-driven research proposals for 1) Ground-Based Research Designed to Lead to Space Flight, 2) Rapid Turn-Around Space Flight Experiments 3) ISS Flight Experiments and 4) New Space Biology Investigations. NASA Space Biology experiments have one or more of the following primary goals: 1) to effectively use microgravity and the..
New NASA Engineering Contest: Lunar Space Station Thermal Control
The Game Changing Technology Development Program, Office of the Chief Technologist, NASA Headquarters, is sponsoring a university engineering contest. The challenge is to design a thermal control system for a manned space station in low lunar orbit. Multi-disciplinary teams are encouraged. Letters of intent are due Dec 1, 2012; entries are due in April 2013...
Gerald A. Soffen Memorial Fund Travel Grants
The Gerald A. Soffen Memorial Fund is pleased to announce the last 2012 Travel Grant application opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing studies in fields of space science and engineering. The Travel Grants, in the amount of $500, enable student recipients to attend professional meetings to present their research. The Fall 2012 Travel Grant application deadline is October 15, 2012. Jerry Soffen, a biologist by training, led..
NASA Accepting applications for Aeronautics Scholarships
NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate is accepting scholarship applications from graduate and undergraduate students for the 2013-2014 academic year. The application deadline is Jan. 14, 2013. NASA expects to award 20 undergraduate and five graduate scholarships to students in an aeronautical engineering program or related field. Undergraduate students who have at least two years of..
Director, Florida Space Institute
Director, Florida Space Institute University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL The Florida Space Institute (FSI) of the University of Central Florida (UCF) seeks applications and nominations for its Director. FSI’s charter is to support space research, development, and education activities within UCF and the broader State of Florida, and secondarily to support the development of..
Materials Testing in the Extreme Environment of Space – CASIS Request for Proposal
The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) is pleased to announce our Request for Proposals (RFP), seeking to identify projects within the field of Materials Science. CASIS is confident that this RFP will generate both experienced and new investigators who will endeavor to use the extreme conditions of space for development and..
Space Florida and NanoRacks Announce International Space Station Research Competition
Space Florida International Space Station (ISS) Research Competition Space Florida, the State’s spaceport authority and aerospace economic development organization, and NanoRacks, LLC, have announced a partnership to host the Space Florida International Space Station (ISS) Research Competition. As part of this program, NanoRacks will provide up to eight Payload Box Units (NanoLabs) that will fly..
2012-2013 NASA’s University Student Launch Initiative
2012-2013 NASA’s University Student Launch Initiative NASA’s University Student Launch Initiative, or USLI, is a competition that challenges university-level students to design, build and launch a reusable rocket with a scientific or engineering payload to one mile above ground level. The project engages students in scientific research and real-world engineering processes with NASA engineers. Once..
National Student Solar Spectrograph Competition (NSSSC)
National Student Solar Spectrograph Competition (NSSSC) An Opportunity for Undergraduates to Participate in a Real World Research Experience Ask yourself the following questions: · Are you looking for a real world design problem? · Do you want to participate on an interdisciplinary team? · Do you want experience with mechanical components, optics, electronics and software?..
2013 Sagan Fellowships
2013 Sagan Fellowships The NASA Exoplanet Science Institute announces the 2013 Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and solicits applications for fellowships to begin in the fall of 2013. The application deadline is Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 4 pm PDT. The Sagan Fellowships will support outstanding recent postdoctoral scientists to conduct independent research that is broadly..
Astrobiology Program Travel Awards
Astrobiology Program Travel Awards The Astrobiology Program Travel Awards Program offers research-related travel support for undergraduate, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Applicants are encouraged to use these resources to circulate among two or more laboratories supported by the NASA Astrobiology Program (ASTEP, ASTID, Exobiology and Evolutionary Biology or the NAI), however any travel that is critical..
NASA’s Fourth Annual Lunabotics Mining Competition
Registration Open for NASA’s Fourth Annual Lunabotics Mining Competition NASA is challenging U.S. and international undergraduate and graduate student teams to design and build a telerobotic or autonomous excavator, called a Lunabot, that could be used on the moon. The Lunabot must be able to mine and deposit a minimum of 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of lunar simulant in 10..
NASA’s 2013 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts-Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition
NASA’s 2013 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts-Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition The 2013 design competition is looking for innovative and creative ideas from undergraduate and graduate level engineering students related to NASA’s Human Space Exploration program. We encourage you to involve your students in this competition which gives them the opportunity to: interact with NASA and industry..
NASA Announces Next Opportunity for CubeSat Space Missions
NASA Announces Next Opportunity for CubeSat Space Missions NASA is seeking proposals for small satellite payloads to fly on rockets planned to launch between 2013 and 2016. These miniature spacecraft, known as CubeSats, could be auxiliary payloads on previously planned missions. CubeSats are a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites. These cube-shaped satellites are approximately..
NASA Announcement of Flight Opportunities (AFO)
August 13, 2012 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Dryden Flight Research Center has released a solicitation entitled “NASA Announcement of Flight Opportunities (AFO) for Payloads Maturing Crosscutting Technologies that Advance Multiple Future Space Missions to Flight Readiness Status.” The current solicitation cycle, AFO #5, provides access to flights on parabolic flights, suborbital Reusable..