Current Opportunities
October 2025
1 – NASA App Development Challenge Begins (High School and Community College)
7- Micro-g NExT – Letter of Intent Due
13 – Brooke Owens Fellowship deadline to apply (Aerospace Undergraduate students who identify as a gender minority)
13 – 2026 NASA RASC-AL Competition Notice of Intent Deadline
14- Micro-g NExT – Information Session at 6pm CT
17 – Earth Science Week 2025 Contests (Video, Photography, Visual Arts, Essay)
27 – 2026 NASA RASC-AL Competition Q & A Session
28 – Micro-g NExT Proposals Due
31 – Boeing Internships (Undergraduate Students)
NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) – recruiting now
November 2025
4 – Gateway to Blue Skies Competition – NOI due
20- Gateway to Blue Skies Competition – Q & A Session 1
December 2025
5- DOD SMART Scholarships Application closes
10 – NASA App Development Challenge Video submissions due (High School and Community College)
January 2026
27 – Gateway to Blue Skies Competition – Q & A Session 2
February 2026
16 – Gateway to Blue Skies Competition – Proposal and Video Deadline
23 – 2026 NASA RASC-AL Competition Proposal Deadline
27 – NASA Summer 2026 Internship Application Due
May 2026
22 – NASA Fall 2026 Internship Application Due
31 – Jeanne E. Harris Chrysalis Scholarship (Women Geoscience Graduate Students)
Ongoing
Designing the Moonshot: Introduction to Multi-Body Dynamics Course
2025 DOE Scholars Program at NNSA
JPL Internships – various sessions
NASA Internships – rolling deadlines
NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS)
NASA Intern and Fellow Opportunities for International Students
NASA Gateways to Blue Skies Competition – (Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students)
AIAA Design Competitions – (Undergraduate Students)
Summer Research Programs & Scholarships in STEM (Undergrad level) (pathwaystoscience.org)– Searchable database of over 600+ programs
Free Online Course About Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites – (Educators, STEM enthusiasts, and students in high school and college)
Past Opportunities
October 2024
1 – Patti Grace Fellowship Class of 2025 (All Black and African-American undergraduates who are US Persons — citizens, nationals, permanent residents, or lawfully admitted refugees or asylum seekers — are eligible.)
4 – NASA’s Human Research Program (HRP) Workshop Travel Award – Undergraduate students at Minority Serving Institutions
5-6 – NASA International Space Apps Challenge (everyone)
8 – 2025 Micro-g Next LOI Deadline (Undergraduate students attending accredited U.S.-based community colleges, colleges, and universities)
10 – 2025 RASC-AL Competition NOI Due ( Part-time and full-time undergraduate and graduate students at accredited U.S. colleges and universities)
10 – NASA SUITS Design Challenge Letter of Intent Deadline Undergraduate and graduate students)
11 – NASA MUREP Innovative New Designs for Space (MINDS Undergraduate students enrolled at Minority Serving Institutions
16- NASA’s Human Lander Challenge 2025 Theme: Advanced Cryogenics – NOI
18 – NewSpace Chicago Student Space Congress Project Submissions Deadline (High School, College, and Graduate Level students) Virtual
22 – Gateways to Blue Skies Competition Deadline to submit Notice of Intent (NOI) to participate (Undergraduate and Graduate Level students)
25 – NASA Internship Application deadline for early decision for Summer 2025 (all students over age 16)
29 – 2025 Micro-g Next Proposal Deadline (Undergraduate students attending accredited U.S.-based community colleges, colleges, and universities)
31-NASA SUITS Design Challenge Proposal Deadline Undergraduate and graduate students)
31 – 2025 Drop Tower Challenge – Paddle Wheel – Proposal deadline Teams of students in grades 8-12
November 2024
1 – NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellowships (Graduate Students and Ph.D. scientists)
7-8 – NewSpace Chicago Student Space Congress (High School, College, and Graduate Level students) Virtual
11 – Live in a a Healthy Space Design Competition (Ages 12-18 /Grades 7-12)
17 – National Space Society spUN Debate Deadline (For high school and University students)
December 2024
1- SMART Scholarship for Service Program (DoD) Application deadline (undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students)
11- GoAero Stage 1 Submission (everyone)
January 2025
1 – Space Elevator Challenge Submission Deadline for completed paper. (University Students enrolled in 2024-25 academic year)
6- Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (7th-12th grade teachers)
10 – AFRL Scholars Internships (Undergraduate and Graduate Level students pursuing STEM degrees)
10 – NASA L’SPACE Program – Spring 2025 (Undergraduate and graduate STEM students)
10 – NSBE Fall Scholarships – Deadline to apply(Graduate and Undergraduate students – all majors)
12- NASA Glenn Faculty Fellowship Program – Deadline to apply (Full-time Faculty)
13 – Summer TERC Scholars Program: STEM Education Research through a Social Justice Lens A Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Deadline to Apply (Undergraduate students)
31-NOAA Scholarships (Undergraduate Students)
31 – 2025 NASA Heliophysics Summer School (Graduate students and early postdoctoral fellows)
31 – 2025 NASA Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) Application Deadline (Undergraduate students currently in their junior year)
February 2025
1 –Illinois Space Grant Fellowship applications Due ( Graduate Students)
1 – Illinois Space Grant Scholarship application due (Undergraduate Students)
5- Call for Proposals: Future Investigator in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (Researchers, graduate students, and Ph.D. scientists)
9 – 2025 NASA Student Airborne Research Program – Graduate Mentors (Graduate students) Link to application
15 – NSS Gerard K. O’Neill Space Settlement Contest (all students up to 12th grade)
17- 2025 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition: AgAir – Aviation Solutions for Agriculture (Part-time and full-time undergraduate and graduate students at accredited U.S. colleges and universities)
28 – NASA Internship Application deadline for Summer 2025 (all students over age 16)
28- Science Communications Intern – NASA Chief Science Data Office (MSFC) (College Junior or Senior)
28- Evaluating the Impact of Open Science (HQ) (College Junior or Senior)
28- Art of the Unseen: Bridging NASA Data and Everyday Life (HQ) (all students over the age of 16)
28 – NASA’s Astrophoto Challenge: Winter 2025 Entry Deadline (astronomy enthusiasts of all ages)
28- Europa Icons Internships (Undergraduate Students)
March 2025
3 – CIERA REACH Program (high school sophomores through seniors) Deadline to apply
3 – Human Land Challenge 2025 – Deadline to Submit a Proposal Package
3 – Climate and Equity Education: A Summer Institute for Learning and Teaching Deadline to Apply (High School Teachers)
4- NASA TechLeap Prize – Space Technology Payload Challenge – Registration Deadline (Undergraduate and Graduate STEM Students)
19-22 – National STEM Festival
20- NASA TechLeap Prize – Space Technology Payload Challenge – Application Deadline (Undergraduate and Graduate STEM Students)
28- JPL Summer Internships (Undergraduate and Graduate)
31 – Astronaut Scholarship – Nomination Deadline (undergraduate sophomore or junior – UIUC and University of Chicago students only)
31- United States Patent and Trademark Office (K-12 Educators)
April 2025
1 –Illinois Space Grant Fellowship applications Due ( Graduate Students)
1 – Illinois Space Grant Scholarship application due (Undergraduate Students)
Rolling – FIREFLY Aerospace Summer 2025 Internships (Undergraduate Students)
May 2025
4 – NASA L’SPACE Program Summer 2025 (Undergraduate Students)
22 – NASA Fall 2025 Internships (High School, Undergraduate, Graduate)
June 2025
1 [Application Opens] – Blue Origin Spring 2026 Internships (Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students)
13 – Argonne National Laboratory – Seasonal Internship Program (SIP) – Fall 2025 (Undergraduate students)
13 – NASA DEVELOP Program Fall 2025 (Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Recent Graduates, Early Career Professionals, Transitioning Career Professionals)
26 – NASA OSTEM Internship Webinar (12-1pm CST) – Registration required
30- Geoscience IDEA Scholarship (Undergraduate women)
July 2025
1- 2025 DOE Scholars – Internships – Loans Program
August 2025
1- DOD SMART Scholarships Application opened
21 – 2026 Human Exploration Rover Challenge Proposal Expectations Webinar
26 – Micro-g Neutral Buoyancy Experiment Design (Micro-g NExT) Challenge Opens
27 – NASA Lunabotics – Guidebook released
29 – Psyche Inspired Application (full time undergraduate students)
September 2025
NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars – recruiting begins
4 – NASA SUITS Design Challenge Opens
12 – NASA Spring 2026 Internship Application Due
15 – 2026 Human Exploration Rover Challenge Proposal due by 8AM CT
22- NASA’s Student Launch Competition – Proposal Deadline