Opportunities Calendar

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Ongoing

Designing the Moonshot: Introduction to Multi-Body Dynamics Course

JPL Year-Round Internship Program

NASA Internships – rolling deadlines

NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS)

NASA Intern and Fellow Opportunities for International Students

Summer Research Programs & Scholarships in STEM (Undergrad level) (pathwaystoscience.org)Searchable database of over 600+ programs

Microsoft Tuition Scholarship  

Pathway to Space (Coursera)

Free Online Course About Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites – (Educators, STEM enthusiasts, and students in high school and college)

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)

7 – Brooke Owens Fellowship

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 1, 2025

1 – Space Elevator Challenge Submission Deadline for completed paper. (University Students enrolled 2024-25 academic year)

February 2025

15 – NSS Gerard K. O’Neill Space Settlement Contest (all students up to 12th grade)

28 – NASA Internship Application deadline for Summer 2025 (all students over age 16)

March 2025

3 – Human Land Challenge 2025 Deadline to Submit a Proposal Package

28- JPL Summer Internships (Undergraduate and Graduate)


January 2024

8- Presidental Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (K-6 Teachers)

22-Exploration Science Summer Intern Program (Graduate Students)

26 – Jack Eddy Postdoctoral Fellowships – (Early-career PhDs)

26-Power to Explore Student Challenge (Students in grades K-12)

31-NOAA Scholarships (Undergraduate Students)

February 2024

1- ILSGC Fellowship (Graduate Students)

1-ILSGC Scholarship (Undergraduate Students)

1-BIG Idea Challenge (Undergraduate Student Teams)

1- STEM Teacher Leadership Academy (K-12 Educators)

2- Europa Icons Internships (Undergraduate Students)

2 – NASA Internships (High School, Undergraduate, and Graduate Students)

2- NASA’s Space Life Sciences Training Program (Undergraduate Students)

5- National Society of Black Engineers Scholarship – Fall Cycle due (High School, Undergraduate, and Graduate Students)

5-imaginAviation Mentorship (Students (Associates, Bachelors, Masters, or PhD) currently pursuing a degree in a STEM field

8- NASA Space Tech Catalyst Prize ( Individuals, teams, and U.S. organizations (must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, 18 years of age or older)

9 – Power to Explore Student Challenge (Students in grades K-12)

15- 2024 U.S. Department of Energy Scholars Program (undergraduate and graduate students, and recent graduates)

24- 2024 NASA STEM Enhancement in Earth Science (SEES) Internship (Current High School Sophomores and Juniors who are U.S. Citizens)

27- Gateways to Blue Skies Competition (U.S. citizens who are undergraduate/graduate students at accredited U.S. colleges and universities)

March 2024

4- Human Lander Challenge (HuLC) (Undergraduate Student Teams)

7-RASC-AL (Undergraduate Student Teams)

29- JPL Summer Intern Program (undergraduate or graduate)

29 – Astronaut Scholarship – Application Deadline (undergraduate sophomore or junior)

April 2024

12 – NASA Internship Application deadline for Fall 2024

May 2024

5 – NASA L’Space Program

13 – Kibo Robot Programming Challenge (Kibo-RPC) – 9-12 grade students and undergraduate students

29 – University Leadership Initiative (ULI) – University teams

June 2024

10 – DRAGONFLY STUDENT & EARLY CAREER INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM – Application Deadline ( Graduate students at U.S. higher education institutions)

10 – NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars – Mission 1: Discover – Community College Students who are US Citizens

28 – Scholarship for Environmental Science Studies – Application Deadline ( Undergraduate and graduate students pursuing studies in environmental science)

30- National Society of Black Engineers Scholarship – Spring Cycle due (High School, Undergraduate, and Graduate Students)

30 – NASA Aeronautics University Student Research Challenge – Students at US colleges and Universities

July 2024

1- NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellowships – Graduate Students and Ph.D. scientists

15 – Scholarship for Black Women in STEM – Application Deadline (Undergraduate and graduate Black Women who are legal residents of the US)

26- NASA Psyche Inspired Internship – Undergraduate Students

August 2024

1-2025 Human Exploration Rover Challenge – Now Open to Grades 6- 12 – Formal and Information educators

14-21- NASA Pathways Internship application window

22 – 2024 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Data Challenge – University Students

23 – NASA Internship Application deadline for Spring 2025

September 2024

1- NASA L’Space Program – (Undergraduate students)

7 – Computational Astronomy Workshop for Middle and High School Educators – Online Course

13 – NASA Innovations Corps Pilot – Teams with at least two members from higher education (two- to four-year institutions) or nonprofit institutions