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Be a NASA Intern
NASA Office of STEM Engagement paid internships allow high school and college-level students to contribute to agency projects under the guidance of a NASA mentor.
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NASA STEM Engagement Funding Opportunities
MSI Exchange
The Minority Serving Institutions Exchange (MSI) is a tool that supports your search for innovative and diverse academic collaborators by curating STEM offerings and capability statements of MSIs nationwide. The MSI Exchange can inform partnerships for teaming opportunities and competitive federal awards such as contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants.
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NASA STEM Opportunities and Activities For Students
Multiple challenges and opportunities reaching a broad audience of middle and high schools, colleges, and universities across the nation.
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NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars
Challenges are designed to build student knowledge and skills in STEM by focusing on NASA's goals, collaboration, and career pathways.
![Group of students carry their rocket at the 2023 Student Rocket Launch Week challenge.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ceb-2982.jpg?w=1024)
NASA Student Launch Challenge
Student Launch is a research-based, competitive, experiential exploration activity. This project offers multiple challenges reaching a broad audience of middle and high schools, colleges, and universities across the nation.
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First Nations Launch
This competition is an opportunity for students attending a Tribal College or University, a Native American-Serving Nontribal Institution, or who are members of an active American Indian Science and Engineering Society collegiate chapter to design, build, and fly a high-powered rocket.
Explore Careers at NASA
Interested in working at NASA? Start now to be part of NASA’s future. Visit the Careers page to learn more about exciting opportunities at NASA.
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NASA's Impact on Our Lives
NASA’s Technology Transfer program ensures that technologies developed for missions in exploration and discovery are broadly available to the public, maximizing the benefit to the nation. From eco-friendly food alternatives to precision eye surgery, the list of NASA spinoffs goes on for lightyears!
Learn More![IntraVision Group is using NASA plant-growth research to take vertical farming to new heights. Twenty- and 30-foot towers of hydroponic trays include customized LED lighting, nutrients, water filtration, airflow, and C02 levels to meet crop needs.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/intravision-1-web.jpg?w=1024)
Get Your Research On The Station
Reference information and resources to provide insight into sending your science experiment or technology demonstration to the space station.
Conducting research on the ISS National Laboratory demonstrates to U.S. citizens and the world that space is accessible, affordable, and capable of supporting the research and development necessary to make the fundamental business case for sustainable industrial demand in low Earth orbit.
Learn More![Image of NASA astronaut Raja Chari looking toward the camera as his hands manipulate objects in a portable glove bag for the Food Physiology investigation.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/iss067e000137_chari.jpg?w=985)
Research Opportunities for Professionals
Find Opportunities for Funding and More
Supporting research in science and technology is an important part of NASA’s overall mission.
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Science Activation
NASA Science Events and Activities
Let NASA’s Science Activation program bring the universe to you! We’re inviting every student, educator, and lifelong learner to share in the excitement of scientific discovery and space exploration through these unique opportunities. Science Activation reaches learners in all 50 states and more than 110 countries around the world.
Learn More![2 Scientists wearing masks looking at petri dishes.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/kacar_betul_lab21_1179.jpg?w=1024)
Citizen Science
NASA’s citizen science projects are collaborations between scientists and interested members of the public.
Through these collaborations, volunteers (known as citizen scientists) have helped make thousands of important scientific discoveries. More than 410 NASA citizen scientists have been named as co-authors on refereed scientific publications. NASA citizen science projects are open to everyone around the world, not limited to U.S. citizens or residents.
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NASA+
Now Available: NASA+, a new ad-free, no-cost, family-friendly streaming service that embeds you into our missions through new original video series.
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Get Social With NASA
Join the Artemis Mission to the Moon
Make, launch, teach, compete and learn. Find your favorite way to be part of the Artemis mission.
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