Eligibility

• Each prospective onsite team member must be enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student at an accredited U.S. institution of higher learning (community college, military academy, technical college, or university). Note, enrollment verification may be requested and must be certified for participation at any time during the activity period.
• Team members must be 18 or older before arrival in Houston.
• To attend onsite testing activities, participants MUST be U.S. Citizens or Legal Permanent Residents. While there is no limit on the number of participants for each team, only five team members will be allowed onsite for the culminating events.
• All participants MUST attend the Orientation at 7 p.m. CST on December 14, 2023, and the Virtual Software Design Review on April 3, 2024.
• Team members may only participate with one team in the same competition.
• Student experiments must be organized, designed, and operated by student team members alone.
• Each team must be accompanied onsite by the faculty advisor or an adult age 21 or older serving as the faculty advisor.
• All participants must be enrolled for the activity in STEM Gateway and have accepted the offer by the deadline provided by the NASA SUITS team.
• Interns involved in the design of a SUITS challenge may not participate as a member of a team in that same cycle of the SUITS challenge. However, they may serve as a team advisor.

Proposals

• Each team must submit one electronic copy of an original proposal on the NASA SUITS engagement opening on the NASA STEM Gateway.
• Each proposal must be submitted in a three-section format containing the required sections in the following order: Technical, Outreach Plan, and Administrative.
• Sections or components shall not be skipped/omitted under any circumstance.
• The Technical section shall not exceed 10 pages including the title page.
• The report body must use 12-point font.
• All information on the title page must be complete.
• Figures and tables must be labeled and referenced within the text.

See the 2023-2024 Proposal Guidelines for full guidelines and regulations.

How to Apply

Complete the following steps to submit a Challenge Application in NASA STEM Gateway:

1. Login OR Create a Customized Profile – Create an account for access to additional functionality and curated experiences.
2. Choose the Challenge Opportunity – The challenge opportunity will only be accessible during the active (open) application period.
3. Click on the Apply button in the upper-right corner and complete the application.  

2025 challenge dates will be added upon availability.