NASA FALL MITTIC COMPETITION

  • On October 12, 2023
Your career pathway can start HERE, no matter your major! The NASA Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Innovation and Tech Transfer Idea Competition (MITTIC) is seeking HBCU and minority serving institutions(MSIs) teams of students from all fields of study to rise to the challenge of creating new and innovative technologies to benefit your community and the world. MITTIC […]
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NASA 2024 Rover Challenge

  • On August 10, 2023
Audience: Educators and students in grades 9-12 and higher education Proposal Deadline: Sept. 21 Contact: HERC@mail.nasa.gov NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) is accepting proposals for its 2024 competition – its 30th competition year! Student teams are challenged to design, build, test, and compete with a human-powered rover capable of traversing challenging terrains and a specialty tool for completing […]
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Perseid Meteor Shower: Watch It!

  • On August 6, 2023
Find a dark location and look up this weekend to see the best meteor shower of the year. The Perseid meteor shower peaks on Saturday, Aug. 12. This year, a waxing crescent Moon will make it possible to spot even faint meteors. What Is a Meteor Shower? In Depth: Perseid Meteor Shower
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NASA’S 2024 RASC-AL Competition

  • On July 27, 2023
NASA’S 2024 RASC-AL COMPETITION NASA’s Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Competition is seeking collegiate teams to develop new concepts that leverage innovation to improve our ability to operate on the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Submit a Notice of Intent by Oct. 11, 2023 2024 RASC-AL COMPETITION THEMES Long Duration Mars Simulation at the Moon […]
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NASA Gateways to Blue Skies Competition

  • On July 26, 2023
CALL FOR PROPOSALS NASA’s Gateways to Blue Skies Competition 2024 Theme: Advancing Aviation for Natural Disasters As climate change increases the frequency and intensity of many natural disasters, NASA Aeronautics asks collegiate teams to conceptualize aviation-related system(s) that can be onboarded to improve aerial disaster management efforts immediately and into the next ~10 years. Read […]
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NASA “University Smallsat Tech Partnership 2023”

  • On May 5, 2023
NASA’s “University Smallsat Technology Partnerships (USTP)” solicitation is released as an appendix to the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) umbrella NASA Research Announcement (NRA) titled “Space Technology Research, Development, Demonstration, and Infusion 2023 (SpaceTech-REDDI-2023)”. Go to the USTP 2023 Solicitation The solicitation exclusively seeks proposals that are responsive to one of three topics: ·    Earth and […]
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Student Spaceflight Experiment Program Opportunity

  • On April 26, 2023
Announcing the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) 20th Flight Opportunity – SSEP Mission 18 to the International Space Station, Starting September 2023 2023-24 Academic Year Opportunity for 2- and 4-year Colleges and Universities to Engage 30+ Students (Reflecting at Least 10 Teams) in Real Microgravity Experiment Design and Proposal Writing, with One Experiment at Your […]
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NASA Human Lander Challenge 2024

  • On March 21, 2023
Announcing NASA’s Human Lander Challenge (HuLC) Awards include $7,000 team stipends & $18,000 in prizes! The 2024 HuLC competition seeks near-term, innovative solutions for Human Landing System (HLS) challenge areas…specifically addressing the mitigation of lunar Plume-Surface Interaction (PSI). Interested teams have a full year to prepare and submit proposals by the deadline of March 4, […]
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NASA Student Airborne Research Program 2023

  • On November 28, 2022
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY The Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) is an eight-week summer internship program for rising senior undergraduate students to acquire hands-on research experience in all aspects of a scientific campaign using one or more NASA Airborne Science Program flying science laboratories (aircraft used for SARP include the DC-8, P-3B, Sherpa and ER-2). The NASA Airborne Science Program mantains a […]
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NASA 2023 Lunar Regolith Conveyance Challenge

  • On October 14, 2022
The “Over the Dusty Moon Challenge” will address a topic of increasing practical concern as humans move toward a sustainable presence on the Moon’s surface. The challenge will task student teams to design, build and demonstrate a system that can convey lunar regolith (or soil) both horizontally and vertically. Regolith conveyance is a key technology […]
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