Some Other Opportunities


STScI Internships search on “intern” to find current opportunities; these pop up throughout the year so keep an eye on this website; a few Astro Scholars have been part of this program

Maryland Space Grant Consortium Scholarships - an Astro Scholar was a recipient

Maryland Space Grant Summer Exchange Internship Program

STScI’s Space Astronomy Summer Program due around January; an Astro Scholar attended this

University of Maryland College Park’s GRAD-MAP Program. They run an open house in the fall, a winter workshop, and a summer scholars program.

Johns Hopkins University’s Roland Summer Research Fellows - an Astro Scholar will attend this

Caltech SURF Program - am Astro Scholar attended this

DAWN-IRES Scholars in Copenhagen, Denmark

NASA Internships

Team Up Scholarships for Black and African American students

USRA Distinguished Undergraduate Awards scholarship

NASA Pathways Internships applications open around Feb for the summer

APL Internships

Maria Mitchell Post-Bacc Research Fellowship research position for after your graduate undergrad

University of California at Santa Cruz Science Internship Program (SIP) for high school students

Leiden/ESA Program for Summer Students (LEAPS)

Simons-NSBP Foundation Scholars

NRAO NAC

NRAO Summer Research Assistantships

Caltech WAVE Fellows

Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Programs in astronomy

REU Programs in physics (many have astro components)

Internships at Lockheed

Jobs at Lockeed

Astro Better’s Compilation of Internships

Positions at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (Boston)

Job Register from the American Astronomical Society

Internships at Ball Aerospace

A nice compendium of fellowship opportunities. Let me highlight the Gates Cambridge Scholars and Fulbright programs.

A compendium of summer research opportunities by the GRAD-MAP Program.

A listing of Physics and Astronomy Bridge Programs by the GRAD-MAP Program.

A listing or Physics and Astronomy Masters Programs by AstroBetter.

The American Physics Society’s page on Bridge Programs.