NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has partnered with the National Space Club & Foundation to offer a six-week program for high school students within a 50 mile radius of Goddard in Greenbelt, Md., or NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va. The Space Club Scholars program provides students an in-person educational opportunity at NASA.

Program Eligibility: 

To be eligible for this program, students must meet the following criteria: 

• At time of application, enrolled in grade 10, 11, or 12 and in good standing; Must have completed Sophomore year (10^th grade) in high school by the starting date of the program; 

• Must be 16 years of age by the starting date of the program; 

• Must be a U.S. citizen; 

• Must live and maintain a permanent residence within commuting distance (50 miles) of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., or NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va.

• Minimum 3.0 GPA (unweighted) on a 4.0 scale 

Program Dates: 

Participants will be required to work onsite (Greenbelt, Md. or Wallops Island, Va.) from June 30 through August 8. The program requires students to work on their projects five (5) days per week for six (6) weeks. Apart from the federal holiday, Independence Day (July 4, 2025), time off will not be granted during program. 

How to Apply: 

1. Create an account in NASA’s STEM Gateway
2. Upload a copy of your current transcript.  
3. Upload a resume. 
4. Review the list of projects and apply to all projects that you are interested! Projects are located in STEM Gateway and linked below. You can alternatively find all the projects by entering “space club” (include quotation marks) in the Search All Opportunities field.

Important Note if 15 Years Old at Time of Application:

The Space Club Scholars program is open to students who are 16 by the starting date of the program. Due to a system limitation, students who are 15 at time of application are restricted from submitting applications directly to the individual project(s). Students who are 15 may have two options.

Option 1. If you are 15 but will turn 16 before the application deadline, March 15, 11:59 p.m., you can wait to apply to each project until you turn 16. This is the preferred option; however, you may also apply with Option 2. For Option 1, you will upload a current transcript and resume to your profile and submit an application to every project that you are interested.

Option 2. If you are 15 but will turn 16 between March 16-June 30, then this is your only option to apply for the Space Club program. For Option 2, you will upload a current transcript, resume, and list of projects you are interested in to the following opportunity, “Space Club @ GSFC Greenbelt & Wallops”.

Summer 2025 Projects: 

Use the links below to apply in STEM Gateway to the Summer 2025 projects. Our project list will be updated periodically. Please continue to check back to this website for more projects!

Greenbelt, Md. location: 

• Servicing of the Habitable World Observatory
• Simulation Environment for Mobile Robots
• Plasma Wave Dynamics
• Analysis of Space Radiation Environment
• Analysis of Roman Telescope Image Data
• Downstream Task Development and Evaluation
• Occupational Health – Industrial Hygiene
• LISA Laser System Component Test Optimization
• Goddard Sustainability and Energy Program
• Joint Polar Satellite System Table Top Model
• AR-VR for Science and Engineering
• Long Range Transport of Air Pollution
• Supply Chain Quality
• Prototyping Large Language ESDIS
• Electrical Power Systems
• More to be announced

Wallops Island, Va. location: 

• Goddard Sustainability & Energy Program
• Launch Range Ground Operations
• Balloon Program Support
• More to be announced

Contact: 

For more information about the Space Club Scholars program, contact the coordinator, Jeremy Davis, jdavis@spaceclub.org, or visit: https://www.spaceclub.org/education/scholars.html