NASA and Space Grant "Educational Opportunities"
for Higher Education
(NASA Education Updates from NASA's Earth Science Enterprise)
This page last updated on April 17, 2008

• Click here for SDSGC Fellowship/Scholarship Stipend Information

• Web Portal to "all" NASA "Goddard Space Flight Center Office of Higher Education" Internship and Fellowship Programs

• NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program (USRP) - Click here for USRP flyer.

• NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP)

• NASA Johnson Space Center / Space Grant Internship Program for 2008

• Lewis’ Educational and Research Collaborative Internship Program (LERCIP)  Click here for Application for 2008 Summer Internship for College Students (Application deadline - Jan. 31, 2008)

• NASA Academy -  NASA Academy 2007 Poster

• NASA Education Associates Program

• Student Summer Research Internships at NASA through Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars (LARSS) Program

• NASA and NSF-funded MSP PHDS PDP® initiative (Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success in Earth System Science Professional Development Program)

• NASA Aeronautics Scholarship Program

• NASA Langley Research Center-Virginia Space Grant Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Internship Program.  Click here for flyer and for information on NASA Langley GIS team site

• NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NAIC) Student Fellows Prize

• Achieving Competence in Computing, Engineering, and Space Science (ACCESS) - A 10-week paid internship program at NASA centers around the U.S.  The program is designed for undergraduate and graduate students with disabilities who have strong backgrounds in science and a desire to pursue technical careers.

• NASA Aeronautics Competitions for 2007-2008 - Students design the next generation aircraft.

• The Moon: Back to the Future (University Student Art Contest) - NASA invites college students from the arts, including industrial design, architecture, computer design, and the fine arts, to submit their work on the theme:  Life and Work on the Moon.

• The Great Moonbuggy Race

• NASA University Affairs Officers

• NASA Education Strategic Coordination Framework (2006)

• Honeywell Career and Student Internship/Co-Op Information

• White House Internship Program

• SDSU-Flandreau Indian School (FIS) Success Academy (where all students are "honored" students) - An early and intensive college preparatory program for Native American high school students.

• Planetary Science Activities at Black Hills State University Supported by the South Dakota Space Grant

• NASA Education Program

• Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) - See information on student competitions.

• MARS FLIGHT PROJECT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

• NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Office of Higher Education Combined Intern Application Website: From this website you can apply to several internships with a single application, including: NASA Academy, NASA Robotics Academy, NASA Summer Aerospace Workforce Development Research Internship Program (SAWDRIP), NASA Independent Verification & Validation Internship Program (IVV), Summer Institute in Engineering and Computer Application (SIECA), NASA Student Internship Program (SIP), etc.  (more information at http://university.gsfc.nasa.gov/)

• Goddard Center for Astrobiology Summer Undergraduate Internship in Astrobiology

• NASA Science and Technology Scholarship Program - Anticipated to provide full tuition leading up to a 4-year degree in Science, Math, Engineering or Technology

• NASA Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) - 2007

• Mars Society University Rover Challenge - Over this academic year, teams of university students will design and build the next generation of Mars rovers. In May, 2007 the teams and their rovers will face off in the desert of the American west.  The winning team will win transportaion, lodging and admission for 5 team members to the 10th Annual International Mars Society Conference at UCLA in September, 2007, and $5000!

• Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)     Click here for SDSM&T Chapter of SEDS

• NASA Science - NASA's Science Mission Directorate has launched this new Web site that provides enhanced and engaging information about NASA's vast scope of scientific endeavors and achievements.

• Space Career Fair for College Students

• NASA Means Business Student Competition 2007

• International Space University (ISU) 2007 Summer Session Program

• KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SABBATICAL PROGRAM (KSP) FOR UNIVERSITY FACULTY

• For updated information on Student Internships at USGS Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) (SAIC), click here and then go to 1) Find Your Job, 2) Location, 3) South Dakota, and 4) Sioux Falls.  All SAIC position openings as well as Intern positions are listed at this site.
• NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Predoctoral Fellowship Program
• High Altitude Student Platform - A new and innovative approach to education and space research is the High Altitude Student Platform (HASP) – a re-usable balloon-launched facility that can carry up to twelve student payloads to an altitude of about 120,000 feet with flight durations of 15 to 20 hours.
• The Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research
• NASA Spaceflight and Life Sciences Training Program - NASA's SLSTP program located at the Kennedy Space Center offers an intensive, hands-on, six-week summer research course for undergraduate students focused on NASA missions related to the Life Sciences, Spaceflight, Ecology and Engineering.
• NASA's 2006 Program Solicitations for "Small Business Innovation Research" (SBIR) and "Small Business Technology Transfer" (STTR)
• Research Associateship Programs: NASA Astrobiology Institute - Offers Postdoctoral Awards
• Tribal College Journal - Provides information for everyone interested in American Indian higher education.
• Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
• Gerald A. Soffen Memorial Fund Student Travel Grants  
• NASA Faculty Fellowship Program
• The Space Scholar Program
• NASA's Education Associates Program - Sponsored by NASA Ames Research Center and administered by the National Space Grant Foundation, it’s main objective is to link students and faculty with projects at NASA Ames Research Center.
• "Create the Future" Design Contest - Engineering students can help create the future by entering the first-ever Emhart Design Contest, featuring a top prize of $20,000 or a high-tech automobile.  See Contest Movie.
• NASA Research Announcement: Earth Science Enterprise's Advanced Information Systems Technology (AIST) Program (Proposals were due Nov. 8, 2002)
• Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Internship Program of the National Academies
• NASA Ames "Education Associates Program" - Linking students and faculty with projects at NASA Ames Research Center.  Click here for more information.
• NASA Launches New Web Site to Increase Internship Opportunities in Science & Engineering
      » "Tech-Interns.com" - The Source for Undergraduate and Graduate Science & Engineering Internships
• NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
• NASA Research Opportunities Online
• NOVA - "NASA Opportunities for Visionary Academics"
• Universities Space Research Association (USRA) Scholarships - scholarships to undergraduate students intending to be involved in Space Research or Space Science Education.
• American Meteorological Society Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarships and Fellowships for the nation's future meteorologists, oceanographers, hydrologists, and climatologists.  Click here for more info.
• NASA Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities program
• GIS Workshops offered by SDSM&T
• "From A Distance: An Introduction to Remote Sensing/GIS/GPS"
• Powers of 10 - View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude and enter then enter the microscopic world!
• United States Geological Survey - Integrated Software for Imagers and Spectrometers (ISIS)
• Black Hills Astronomical Society Homepage
• Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, SDSM&T
       » Remote Sensing and Ecology Lab  
       » Short-Wave Aerostat Mounted Imager (SWAMI) Program  
• Education Resource Organizations Directory - Maintained by U.S. Dept. of Education.
• NASA Johnson Space Center Cooperative Education Program for Undergraduate and Graduate Students
• Marsoweb - an interactive Web site developed by NASA helps scientists select suitable landing sites for future missions to Mars.
• OUR Earth ("Opportunities for Undergraduate Research" in Earth System Science) is offered by the Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium and is an eight-week interdisciplinary summer research program for talented undergraduate students.
• Earth System Science Online - The goal of this site is to serve as a repository for Earth System Science education and research resources - a starting point for your reference as you explore this expanding interdisciplinary field, or a place to look for the latest ESS developments.
• Digital Library for Earth Science Education
• Citizen Explorer - CITIZEN EXPLORER is a small satellite mission by the Colorado Space Grant College. It is designed to provide: 1) environmental and space education for K-12 students, 2) significant experimentation for the scientific community, and 3) real-world experience for undergraduate and graduate student engineers and scientists.
• Earth from Space - Excellent Earth Photos acquired by astronauts aboard NASA Space Shuttle. Over 315,000 images!
      »  More "Earth Photo" Websites: 1) Earth Observatory, 2) Visible Earth, and 3) Earth Science 'Picture of the Day'
• Space Imaging
• Astronomical Society of the Pacific - Books, posters, classroom aides, gifts, globes, slides, videotapes, software, etc.
• Hubble Space Telescope website
      » Hubble's "New Views of the Universe"