Deadline:
January 29, 2025
Program Starts: June 02, 2025
Program Ends: August 01, 2025
Location(s)
United States of America
Baltimore, MA
Overview
Each summer, the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) employs about a dozen highly motivated college students for the Space Astronomy Summer Program (SASP) to work individually with STScI researchers and staff on projects that include data reduction and interpretation, software development, software engineering, instrument calibration and support, scientific writing, and public outreach. STScI is a premier astronomical research institution, and our scientific staff of astronomers, scientists, analysts, and engineers is at the forefront of some of the most exciting astronomy going on today, including the study of our own solar system, the structure of the Milky Way, the composition of near and distant galaxies, and dark energy.
Details
Our competitive program is primarily open to upper-division undergraduates with a strong interest in space-based astronomy, engineering, or public outreach (other candidates may be considered on an individual basis). In addition to hands-on projects, students are matched with a mentor and attend a variety of lectures. Students receive a stipend, housing assistance, and travel reimbursement.
We proudly partner with the National Astronomy Consortium (NAC) to provide research opportunities to women and underrepresented minorities in astronomy-enterprise areas, and other STEM fields.
2025 SASP
Program dates will be June 2 through August 1, 2025. Accepted interns will be brought to the STScI campus in Baltimore, Maryland, to work directly with their mentors. Scroll down for additional program details.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
The SASP is aimed at college undergraduates between their junior and senior years. However, we also accept exceptional students in earlier years and beginning graduate students. If you think you would benefit from our program, you are encouraged to apply. The program is open to students from the US and other countries, at all levels of undergraduate and graduate study, but with preference to the above categories.
Dates
Deadline: January 29, 2025
Program starts:
June 02, 2025
Program ends:
August 01, 2025
Program Starts: June 02, 2025
Program Ends: August 01, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
The stipend for the 2020 program is $650 per week, which is comparable to other astronomical summer internships in the U.S. We provide travel and housing assistance. The travel subsidy also includes round-trip travel to Baltimore, Maryland, by air, train, or personal vehicle.
We also offer coordinated student housing options and subsidize roughly one third of the housing costs for students who elect this housing option. Learn more about housing and transportation.
Visas
Students who are non-U.S. citizens will need a visa to work in the U.S. regardless of where their college or university is located. We provide assistance to qualified international applicants in the acquisition of appropriate visas and other work documents required to work at STScI. If you are accepted, our Human Resources department will contact you to provide assistance in obtaining a work visa.
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