Virginia Space Grant Consortium STEM Internships

Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars Program (LARSS)
A Summer, Fall, or Spring Paid Internship Opportunity at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia

The Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars (LARSS) Program is managed for NASA by the Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) under the auspices of the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA). The LARSS Program provides paid internship opportunities year round for eligible students during spring, summer, or fall sessions. Participants gain exciting hands-on research experience while working side-by-side with NASA’s finest scientists and engineers who serve as mentors at NASA Langley Research Center.

Debbie Murray
LARSS Program Coordinator
Phone: (757) 864-5215
Deborah.B.Murray@NASA.gov

NASA Langley Research Center in partnership with the Virginia Space Grant Consortium is offering the GIS Internship Program to provide student support to the NASA GIS Team. Two types of internship positions are available. Students may be placed in positions at NASA Langley or any other NASA Center. Refer to each internship program for specific application deadlines.

Contact: Chris Carter, cxcarter@odu.edu, 757-766-5210

NASA Academy Summer Research Internships

The NASA Academy is a unique summer institute of higher learning whose goal is to guide future leaders of the Space Program by giving them a unique perspective on the entire NASA system. It includes a 10-week residency program on the campus of a NASA research center. During this residency, students work closely with NASA researchers on on-going projects, work with other residents on team projects, and attend discussions with experts from both inside and outside NASA.

Participating NASA Academy Centers:

• Ames Research Center (California)
• Glenn Research Center (Ohio)
• Goddard Space Flight Center (Virginia) (to apply to the Goddard Academy click here)
• Marshall Space Flight Center (Alabama)

Contact: Chris Carter, cxcarter@odu.edu, 757-766-5210

NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD) Virginia Student Internship Program
The ESMD Virginia Internship program is a higher education project that distributes funds to university students for exploration-oriented design projects and internships. The purpose of these internships is to train and develop the highly skilled scientific, engineering, and technical workforce of the future needed to implement the Vision for Space Exploration. Students are engaged in hands-on engineering projects with a placement mentor during a 10-week period in summer of 2010. Internships will be open to juniors, seniors and graduate students.

Internships at NASA Langley Research Center, NASA Wallops Flight Facility and Analytical Mechanics Associates (AMA) will be available in summer 2010. More info will be posted in October 2009. Application deadline for all positions will be February of 2010 .

Contact: Chris Carter, cxcarter@odu.edu, 757-766-5210

Old Dominion University's Engineering Early Advantage Program (EEAP)
Funded by the Virginia Space Grant Consortium, and sponsored by the Old Dominion's Career Management Center, EEAP was created to give female students early exposure to the university and provide them with a unique engineering experience. EEAP is part of ODU's Womengineers initiative, an ongoing effort to address the lack of women in engineering through education, recruitment and retention of female students from elementary school through college. This successful ongoing program  has provided over 50 young women with a “head start” including hands-on engineering experiences, networking and mentoring opportunities with faculty, and the opportunity to bond with other female engineering students.

Contact: Beverly Forbes, bforbes @odu.edu.