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NASA’s Space Life Sciences Training Program Summer Internship 2025
NASA’s Space Life Sciences Training Program (SLSTP) is a challenging 10-week experience at NASA’s Ames Research Center that pairs students with NASA scientists and engineers working on cutting-edge bioscience research. Application Deadline: Feb. 28
Europa Clipper ICONS Internship
The Inspiring Clipper: Opportunities for Next-generation Scientists (ICONS) internships bring members of the Europa Clipper science team together with undergraduate students for a 10-week internship that gives students the opportunity to conduct original scientific research. Application Deadline: Feb. 28
Summer 2025 NASA Internship Opportunities
Find your place in space with a NASA internship! NASA offers several opportunities for students to undertake meaningful and challenging projects that truly make an impact on humanity. Application Deadline: Feb. 28
NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellowships
The NASA Postdoctoral Program offers early career and senior scientists one- to three-year fellowships with NASA scientists and engineers. Opportunities relate to missions in Earth science, heliophysics, planetary science, astrophysics, space bioscience, aeronautics, engineering, human exploration and space operations, astrobiology, and science management. Application Deadline: Mar. 1
Call for Proposals — Notice of Funding Opportunity for NASA MUREP Aeronautics Community and Environmental Impact Research (MUREP ACEIR)
NASA's Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) is accepting proposals from MSIs to conduct interdisciplinary research into the environmental and societal impacts of future air transportation technology and infrastructure on overburdened communities through development of practices and radical innovation. Proposal Deadline: Mar. 3
2025 Human Lander Challenge (HuLC)
NASA’s 2025 HuLC Competition asks student teams to develop innovative, systems-level solutions to potential problems, and mature advanced cryogenic fluid technologies that can be implemented within three to five years. Submission Deadline: Mar. 3
NASA TechLeap Prize – Space Technology Payload Challenge
Managed by NASA's Flight Opportunities program, this challenge seeks ideas for systems that advance technology to address one or more of NASA’s shortfalls. Registration Deadline: Mar. 4
NASA’s LunaRecycle Challenge
As NASA prepares for future human space missions, there will be a need to consider how various waste streams, including solid waste, can be minimized. Developing ways to store, process, and recycle waste in a space environment will be crucial so that little or no waste will need to be returned to Earth. NASA’s LunaRecycle Challenge offers up to $3 million in prizes to design and develop recycling solutions that can reduce solid waste and improve the sustainability of longer-term lunar missions. Phase 1 Registration Deadline: Mar. 31
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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
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.
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.
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.
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 Spinoff 2025
What do NASA's missions in space do for YOU? Technologies that make science and exploration possible lead to advances in medical equipment, manufacturing, computing, and more. Find out how we’re making life on Earth better in this year's edition of NASA’s Spinoff publication.
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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.
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Research Opportunities for Professionals
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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.
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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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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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