Goddard Space Club Scholars Program
The agency’s main goals are to inspire and motivate students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and to engage the public in shaping and sharing the experience of exploration and discovery.
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has partnered with the National Space Club & Foundation to offer a six-week program for high school students within a 50 mile radius of Goddard in Greenbelt, MD, or NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, VA. The Space Club Scholars program provides students an in-person learning experience at NASA.
Program Eligibility:
To be eligible for this program, students must meet the following criteria:
- At time of application, enrolled in grade 10, 11, or 12 and in good standing; Must have completed Sophomore year (10th grade) in high school by the starting date of the program;
- Must be 16 years of age by the starting date of the program;
- Must be a U.S. citizen;
- Must live and maintain a permanent residence within commuting distance (50 miles) of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, or NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA.
- Minimum 3.0 GPA (unweighted) on a 4.0 scale
Program Dates:
Participants will be required to work onsite (Greenbelt, MD or Wallops Island, VA) from June 29 through August 7. The program requires students to work on their projects five (5) days per week for six (6) weeks. Apart from the federal holiday, Independence Day (July 3, 2026), time off will not be granted during program.
How to Apply:
- Applicants that are 16 years old should submit an application in Gateway. You can apply to multiple projects. Check back often, projects will be added until the end of February.
- Upload your transcript to the application.
- Enter your resume information into the application.
Only applications with all of this information are complete. The application deadline is April 17, 11:59 p.m. EST.
Important Note:
The Space Club Scholars program is open to students who are 16 by the start of the program on June 30, 2025. Due to a system limitation, students who are 15 at time of application are restricted from submitting applications.
If you are 15 but will turn 16 before the application deadline, April 17, 11:59 p.m., you should wait to apply to each project until you turn 16.
Summer 2026 Projects:
Coming soon.
Summer 2025 Projects:
Greenbelt, MD location:
- Servicing of the Habitable World Observatory
- Simulation Environment for Mobile Robots
- Plasma Wave Dynamics
- Analysis of Space Radiation Environment
- Analysis of Roman Telescope Image Data
- Downstream Task Development and Evaluation
- Occupational Health – Industrial Hygiene
- LISA Laser System Component Test Optimization
- Goddard Sustainability and Energy Program
- Joint Polar Satellite System Table Top Model
- AR-VR for Science and Engineering
- Long Range Transport of Air Pollution
- Supply Chain Quality
- Prototyping Large Language ESDIS
- Electrical Power Systems
- Goddard NASA Communications and Engagement
- Remote Sensing and Aerosol Retrieval
- Aerosol Satellite Retrieval using Hybrid Approach
- Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer (DraMS) I&T Support
- Machine Learning Platform Development
- Optical Ray Trace Modeling
- SCaN Development of Monitor and Control Interfaces
- SCaN Infrared Cloud Imaging
- ML/AI for GEOS Chemistry Climate Model
Wallops Island, VA location:
- Goddard Sustainability & Energy Program
- Launch Range Ground Operations
- Balloon Program Support
- Range Mission Support (Project added March 7)
Contact:
For more information about the Space Club Scholars program, contact the coordinator, Jeremy Davis, jdavis@spaceclub.org, or visit: https://www.spaceclub.org/education/scholars.html
