NASA STEM Opportunities and Activities For Students
Multiple challenges and opportunities reaching a broad audience of middle and high schools, colleges, and universities across the nation.
Power to Explore Student Challenge
K-12 students are invited to enter a writing contest describing a new space mission to a destination with limited light…
Spring 2024 NASA L’SPACE Interactive Program for Students
A free online, interactive program for college students interested in pursuing a career with NASA or other space organizations.
GeneLab for High Schools
A four-week intensive training program for rising high school juniors and seniors sponsored by NASA’s Ames Research Center.
NASA Academy at Langley Research Center
A rigorous and diverse summer research program that prioritizes collaboration, teamwork, leadership, innovation, and creativity.
NASA’s BIG Idea Challenge
Participation is open to teams of undergraduate and graduate students at accredited U.S.-based colleges and universities officially affiliated with their state's…
RASC-AL Competition
University students are invited to develop new concepts that leverage innovation to improve our ability to operate on the Moon,…
NASA’s Gateways to Blue Skies Competition: Advancing Aviation for Natural Disasters
Teams of students at accredited U.S.-based colleges or universities will conceptualize aviation-related system(s) that can be applied to one phase…
NASA Aeronautics “Dream With Us!” Design Challenge
Students ages 13-18, come dream with NASA Aeronautics and help us envision and market a more sustainable commercial aircraft.
Drop Tower Challenge – Microgravity Expulsion From Water
Teams of students in grades 8-12 are challenged to design and build devices to be tested in NASA’s Drop Tower
Lunabotics Challenge
University-level competition for teams to use the NASA systems engineering process to design, build, and operate a lunar robot.
High School Aerospace Scholars
A year-long commitment for Texas high school juniors related to space exploration, Earth science, technology, and aeronautics.
NASA Student Launch Challenge
Middle/high school and college-level student teams design, build, test, and launch a high-powered rocket carrying a scientific or engineering payload.
High School Students United with NASA to Create Hardware (HUNCH)
A project based learning program for high school students to learn skills by designing and fabricating valued products for NASA.
App Development Challenge
A coding challenge in which NASA presents technical problems to middle/ high school students.
NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars
Challenges are designed to build student knowledge and skills in STEM by focusing on NASA's goals, collaboration, and career pathways.
NASA Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students
NASA SUITS challenges undergraduate or graduate students to design and create spacesuit information displays within augmented reality (AR) environments.
Micro-g Neutral Buoyancy Experiment Design Teams
Undergraduate students design, build, and test a tool or device that addresses an authentic, current space exploration challenge.
NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge
Teams of high school and college students design, develop, build, and test human-powered rovers capable of traversing challenging terrain.
NASA Internship Programs
Eligibility at a Glance Requirements OSTEM Intern Pathways Intern International Intern Citizenship U.S. Citizen U.S. Citizen Citizen of a country…
First Nations Launch
The competition offers Tribal college-level students the opportunity to demonstrate engineering and design skills through direct application in high-powered rocketry.
Robotics Alliance Project
Teams of professionals and young people are challenged to solve an engineering design problem in a competitive way.