Congratulations to the 2008-2009 Graduate Fellowship Awardees:

To view a listing of current opportunities at NASA and their deadlines, please click here.

The 2009 NASA Academy Application is now open!

The NASA Academy is an intensive ten-week residential summer experience.  In the Academy, you will live with other highly motivated interns, conduct important laboratory research at a NASA Center, participate in group projects, and attend learning events with NASA leaders and industry experts. After graduation, you will join the NASA Academy Alumni Association (NAAA) where your role in the space community is only just beginning…

This year the NASA Academies at Ames, Glenn, and Marshall are accepting applications through AcademyApp.com.

The deadline is January 26, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. EST.

You may access it at http://www.AcademyApp.com

This application serves the following programs:
The NASA Academy at Ames Research Center
The NASA Academy at Glenn Research Center
The NASA Academy at Marshall Space Flight Center
The NASA Robotics Academy at Marshall Space Flight Center
The NASA Propulsion Academy at Marshall Space Flight Center

A separate application is available for students wishing to apply to the NASA Academy at Goddard Space Flight Center. The application may be accessed at http://university2.gsfc.nasa.gov/application. Within the application select “NASA Academy”. The application for NASA Academy at Goddard Space Flight Center is due on January 16, 2009.

On December 6, 2008 the California Space Grant Consortium sponsored the first student-run balloon launch for the MAE department at UC San Diego where the payloads were designed and engineered by freshmen from the MAE-002 Aerospace Engineering class.

The balloon was launched at 11:50 AM from Plaster City, California and reached a peak of 84,000 feet at 1:10 PM over Brawley, California where it burst after reaching “near-space”. It then descended to the desert near Glamis, California at roughly 2:50 PM, approximately 65 miles from the launch site.

The MAE-002 Aerospace Engineering class is taught by Professors Keiko Nomura and John Kosmatka. Graduate students Andrew Cavender and Zach Lovering played an instrumental role in assisting the undergraduate students with this project. To view the picture book please click here.

Students attending Space Grant colleges and universities can apply for ongoing internships at JPL. Over 150 internships are available! To learn how to apply as well as view abstracts from previous internships, please click here.

The California Space Grant Consortium is proud to announce the 2008-2009 Space Grant Graduate Fellowship Program at UCSD. Fellowships ranging from $6,000 to $8,000 will be awarded in the research theme area of:

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and their associated science payload sensors and technology.

Application Period (Revised): November 19, 2008 – January 16, 2009

Who can apply? UCSD graduate students who are U.S. citizens.

For the full announcement and how to apply, please click here.

California Space Grant Consortium staff had the pleasure of meeting former astronaut Millie Hughes-Fulford, Ph.D. She gave the keynote address at the BIOCOM Science Education Gala on Saturday, November 22nd, 2008. Dr. Hughes-Fulford flew aboard Space Shuttle Columbia in 1991 on Mission STS-40 Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS 1) as a payload specialist.

The application process for the 2009 ESMD Summer Internships has begun. Interested students must first go to http://education.ksc.nasa.gov/esmdspacegrant/ to find ESMD Internship opportunities and the password to access the ESMD Intern Application. You can then link to the ESMD Intern Application at https://secureworkgroups.grc.nasa.gov/esmd-spswg.

The application is open November 17, 2008 – February 1, 2009. Applications must be complete, including transcripts and letters of recommendation. Every student is required to complete an online application. The transcripts and letters of recommendation may be electronically attached to the application or mailed in hard copy. Hard copies must be postmarked no later than February 1, 2009.

Students must meet the minimum requirements to be eligible for an ESMD internship. These requirements include the following:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen to participate. Proof of citizenship will be required if selected.
• Age 18 or older
• Community college, undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to apply
• Minimum of 30 credit hours/45 quarter hours completed
• Minimum GPA of 3.0/4.0
• Enrolled full-time in an accredited U.S. university, college, or community college.

For a copy of the ESMD Student Information Handbook, please click here.

NASA’s Education Associates program offers college and university students and faculty the opportunity to experience science and technology in the unique environment of NASA. Participants will gain hands-on experience at NASA Ames Research Center in Santa Clara, California working with NASA scientists, engineers and program managers on a NASA project. For more information and to apply, please click here.

NASA Academy Group

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