Students gain practical knowledge of NASA/JPL technology while supporting their academic success through tutoring, mentoring, and internship opportunities. These programs aim to increase participation of women and underrepresented minorities in engineering and science and provide industry, academia, and communities an avenue to develop a program of excellence for tomorrow's workforce.

• NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Summer High School Internship Program (SpaceSHIP)
  SpaceSHIP Application
  Contact: Jenny T. Tieu - (818) 393-5386

Top of Page

These programs provide the practical experience of applying theories and principles learned and taught in the classroom, help develop transferable skills, and ultimately acquaint participants with the missions and goals of NASA and JPL.

• Academic Part Time (APT) Program
  Contact: Paula Caterina - (818) 354-7801

• Cooperative Education Program (COOP)
  Contact: Paula Caterina - (818) 354-7801

• The Jet Propulsion Laboratory Undergraduate Scholars Program (JPLUS)
  Contact: Richard Alvidrez - (818) 354-1214

• NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Undergraduate Research Program (PGGURP)
  Contact: Bill Whitney - (818) 354-8251

• NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program (USRP)
  Contact: Bill Whitney - (818) 354-8251

• NASA National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program
  Contact: Linda Rodgers - (818) 354-3274

• Summer Employment Program
  Contact: Paula Caterina - (818) 354-7801

• Access Program

• International Space University (ISU)
  Contact: Linda Rodgers - (818) 354-3274

• NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP)
  Contact: Linda Rodgers - (818) 354-3274

Top of Page

Numerous opportunities for post-graduate scholars are available in the research community. Post-graduates advance knowledge through research and scholarship in science and technology and add to their own experience and education.

• CIT (California Institute of Technology) Post-Doctoral Scholars Program
  Contact: Carol Hix - (818) 354-8251

• JPL Postdoctoral Associate Program
  Contact: Carol Hix - (818) 354-8251

• National Research Council (NRC) Resident Research Associateship (RRA) Program
  Contact: Linda Rodgers - (818) 354-3274

• NASA Planetary Science Summer School
  Contact: Anita Sohus - (818) 354-6613

Top of Page

These awards offer institutional opportunities to build and support curriculum and infrastructure in an effort to strengthen research capabilities and promote overall competitiveness.

Contact: Wendell Tull - (818) 393-5917

• Faculty Awards for Research (FAR)

• Partnership Awards for the Integration of Research (PAIR) into Undergraduate Education

• Precollege Achievement of Excellence in Mathematics, Science, Engineering, and Technology (PACE/MSET)

• Minority University - Space Interdisciplinary Network (MU-SPIN)

• NASA Administrator's Fellowship Program (NAFP)

These programs offer science and engineering faculty at U.S. colleges and universities hands-on exposure to NASA's research challenges.

Contact: Linda Rodgers - (818) 354-3274

• Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)

• NASA Faculty Fellowship Program (NFFP)

Top of Page

• Visiting JPL

• JPL Speakers Bureau

Top of Page

NASA's commitment to bringing mathematics, science, and technology learning to educators, students, and families includes several exciting partnership programs.

• NASA Explorer Schools
  Contact: David M. Seidel - (818) 354-9313

Top of Page