JSC Education starts the new year with new opportunities for college students
2015-01-12
JSC Education has an opportunity for almost any interest related to space and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) that you can possibly think of! From teaching students nationally about NASA’s current missions and programs through the Digital Learning Network, to challenging Texas high school juniors to plan a fictional mission to Mars in the High School Aerospace Scholars program to preparing future educators to teach space and STEM in the classroom through the professional development programs; the opportunities continue to get better every year!
2015 brings a new year of unique and exciting opportunities to engage college students in NASA missions and inspire our nation’s future workforce! Check out these opportunities and qualifications. There is something for everyone!
Micro-g Neutral Buoyancy Experiment Design Teams (Micro-g NeXT):
A NEW student research opportunity that challenges undergraduate students to design and build prototypes of spacewalk tools to be tested in the summer of 2015. Students will test their prototypes in the simulated microgravity environment of NASA's 6.2 million gallon pool, the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL). If successfully tested, these student designed tools can be used by astronauts for spacewalk training.
Deadline: January 28, 2015
Click here to sign up for an information session or submit your teams’ proposal for Micro-g NeXT.
Agriculture Community College Aerospace Scholars (AgCAS)
A NEW, unique educational opportunity for Texas community college students to experience, first-hand, NASA’s space-based agricultural research and disciplines. This STEM program covers topics such as farming and plant research, remote sensing and other technologies, engineering and sustainability. Selected students will complete a series of online modules to compete in order to attend the onsite experience at Johnson Space Center. Onsite, students will interact with NASA scientists and engineers, complete design challenges and tour working facilities.
Deadline: February 25, 2015
Click here for more details and qualifications for AgCAS.
Summer Internships:
Students - NASA wants you! Every spring, summer and fall there are several projects at the Johnson Space Center that continue to benefit from student support. Interns gain valuable, hands-on experience and apply principles and technologies gained from their core curriculum. Come be a part of NASA’s mission! Apply now!
Mentors – Request an Intern! If you and/or your organization could benefit from student support, enter a project in the OSSI system and receive qualified candidates to choose from. Don’t wait until it’s too late! Enter your project now at intern.nasa.gov.
Deadline: March 1, 2015
Click here to apply as a summer intern.
National Community College Aerospace Scholars Program (NCAS):
NCAS provides community college students the opportunity to learn about NASA through online lessons and chats with NASA scientists and engineers that focus on past, present and future Mars missions and Mars geology. During the 5-week online session, students compete for the opportunity to travel to a NASA field center and work with other NCAS students from across the country. Once onsite, students form fictitious companies that compete for a NASA contract to build and design the next Mars rover. Students are mentored by NASA subject matter experts, hear from guest speakers and take tours of the facilities.
Deadline: May 2015
Click here to apply for NCAS.
Ashlé Harris, NASA Johnson Space Center
2015 brings a new year of unique and exciting opportunities to engage college students in NASA missions and inspire our nation’s future workforce! Check out these opportunities and qualifications. There is something for everyone!
Micro-g Neutral Buoyancy Experiment Design Teams (Micro-g NeXT):
A NEW student research opportunity that challenges undergraduate students to design and build prototypes of spacewalk tools to be tested in the summer of 2015. Students will test their prototypes in the simulated microgravity environment of NASA's 6.2 million gallon pool, the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL). If successfully tested, these student designed tools can be used by astronauts for spacewalk training.
Deadline: January 28, 2015
Click here to sign up for an information session or submit your teams’ proposal for Micro-g NeXT.
Agriculture Community College Aerospace Scholars (AgCAS)
A NEW, unique educational opportunity for Texas community college students to experience, first-hand, NASA’s space-based agricultural research and disciplines. This STEM program covers topics such as farming and plant research, remote sensing and other technologies, engineering and sustainability. Selected students will complete a series of online modules to compete in order to attend the onsite experience at Johnson Space Center. Onsite, students will interact with NASA scientists and engineers, complete design challenges and tour working facilities.
Deadline: February 25, 2015
Click here for more details and qualifications for AgCAS.
Summer Internships:
Students - NASA wants you! Every spring, summer and fall there are several projects at the Johnson Space Center that continue to benefit from student support. Interns gain valuable, hands-on experience and apply principles and technologies gained from their core curriculum. Come be a part of NASA’s mission! Apply now!
Mentors – Request an Intern! If you and/or your organization could benefit from student support, enter a project in the OSSI system and receive qualified candidates to choose from. Don’t wait until it’s too late! Enter your project now at intern.nasa.gov.
Deadline: March 1, 2015
Click here to apply as a summer intern.
National Community College Aerospace Scholars Program (NCAS):
NCAS provides community college students the opportunity to learn about NASA through online lessons and chats with NASA scientists and engineers that focus on past, present and future Mars missions and Mars geology. During the 5-week online session, students compete for the opportunity to travel to a NASA field center and work with other NCAS students from across the country. Once onsite, students form fictitious companies that compete for a NASA contract to build and design the next Mars rover. Students are mentored by NASA subject matter experts, hear from guest speakers and take tours of the facilities.
Deadline: May 2015
Click here to apply for NCAS.
Ashlé Harris, NASA Johnson Space Center
