NASA’s Space Life Sciences Training Program (SLSTP) 2021 Virtual Summer Internship Applications Are Open
NASA’s SLSTP Summer Internship Program
The primary goal of the Space
Life Sciences Training Program (SLSTP) is to train the next generation of
scientists and engineers, enabling NASA to meet future research and development
challenges in the space life sciences. SLSTP provides undergraduate students
with the opportunity to perform cutting-edge research and discover exciting
careers in Space Biology at NASA’s Ames Research Center located in Silicon
Valley, California. Due to the pandemic, the 2020 SLSTP was held virtually, and the 2021 program will be held
remotely as well. Interns are paired with a mentor for individual research
projects in areas such as molecular, cell, organismal or synthetic biology,
bioinformatics or bioengineering. In addition, the cohort of interns
designs and executes a group project.
The SLSTP is an equal opportunity program. Admission is by
competitive application process. Past student participants were selected for
their outstanding merit, passion for space, and desire to study space life
science. Applicants must fulfill the following requirements:
- be a US citizen*
- be in high academic standing (GPA of 3.2 or greater)
- have a minimum age of 18
- be a junior or senior undergraduate student next Fall
-- or --
a senior graduating in 2021 and entering graduate school Fall 2021. - have a passion for space and a desire to study space
life science
*Citizens of US territories
Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Northern Marianas are U.S.
citizens. Permanent Resident foreign nationals, Legal Resident Aliens, Work
Permit holders, and Illegal Immigrants are not eligible.
The SLSTP Intern Program
application deadline is January 4, 2021. The
10-week program begins on June 7, 2021 and ends
August 13, 2021. Interns accepted into the program receive a stipend.
Financial support is also provided to interns who submit an accepted abstract
as first author to the annual meeting of the American Society for Gravitational
and Space Research.
