NAU/NASA Space Grant Office
Internship Program
Available Projects
Student Application Instructions & Projects Listed Below
1. Scroll down this page to view the list of available internships and links to project descriptions below to view ALL openings.
2. Click the “Project Title” link of each project you are interested in to read through the research project proposal description submitted by the mentor.
3. Identify the internship(s) you are interested in by project number (you can list up to 3 on your online application if you choose).
4. Make sure the project(s) you are interested in are open and accepting applications and not reserved for a selected student already.
5. Fill out your online student application.
Mentor | Location | Project Title | Project Number | |
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Dr. Reza Sharif Razavian | Northern Arizona University - Mechanical Engineering | Design and prototyping of a powered space suite for human movement augmentation | 1 | Open - Accepting Applications |
Dr. Breanna Powers | Northern Arizona University - School of Forestry | Comparative Analysis of Carbon Sequestration Strategies in Forest Ecosystems | 2 | Open - Accepting Applications |
Dr. Timothy Neal Titus | USGS - Astrogeology Science Center | Asteroid-impact induced cascading hazards | 3 | Reserved - Only selected students may apply |
Dr. Carlo R. da Cunha | Northern Arizona University - School of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems | Semiconductor Aerogels for Advanced Electronics | 4 | Reserved - Only selected students may apply |
Dr. Mark McClernan | USGS - Astrogeology Science Center | Low Distortion Map Projection Design for Planetary Surface Science | 5 | Open - Accepting Applications |
Dr. Travis Gibbons | Northern Arizona University - Department of Biological Sciences | Can re-introducing environmental stress to life in space improve the metabolic health of astronauts | 6 | Open - Accepting Applications |
Dr. Suzanne Affinati & Dr. Thomas Hoisch | Northern Arizona University - School of Earth and Sustainability | Fluid infiltration of the continental crust during Laramide flat-slab subduction: a unique tectonic setting | 7 | Reserved - Only selected students may apply |
Dr. Erika Nowak & Morgan Thompson | Northern Arizona University - Center for Adaptable Western Landscapes | Experiential Learning using Technology to Benefit Rare Snake Species | 8 | Open - Accepting Applications |
Dr. James Skinner | USGS - Astrogeology Science Center | Geologic Mapping of the Moon to Support the Artemis Missions | 9 | Open - Accepting Applications |
Dr. Sarah Black | USGS - Astrogeology Science Center | Constructing a Comprehensive Database of Non-Standardized Planetary Maps | 10 | Open - Accepting Applications |
Jasmine Garani | Northern Arizona University - Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science | Using Model Spectra to Uncover Ultracool Subdwarf Parameters | 11 | Reserved - Only selected students may apply |
Dr. Philip Massey | Lowell Observatory | The Effective Temperature Scale of B-type Stars | 12 | Open - Accepting Applications |
Dr. Anita Antoninka & Dr. Jani Ingram | Northern Arizona University - School of Forestry | A potential pathway for uranium waste bioremediation: biocrust-associated biopolymers as mediators of soil uranium concentrations over time | 13 | Reserved - Only selected students may apply |
Lorena Caballero de Parrish | Northern Arizona University - Department of Biological Sciences | Growing Nutrient Dense Food in Space | 14 | Open - Accepting Applications |
Dr. Nancy Johnson | Northern Arizona University - Department of Biological Sciences | Extraterrestrial Mycorrhizae – Part 2 | 15 | Reserved - Only selected students may apply |
Tenielle Gaither | USGS - Astrogeology Science Center | The USGS Astrogeology Shoemaker Collection: Curation and Preservation of a Historical Geologic Sample Collection | 16 | Open - Accepting Applications |
Dr. Catherine Gehring & Dr. Helen Rowe | Northern Arizona University - Department of Biological Sciences | Saguaro Cactus Restoration: The Importance of Nurse Plant Soil | 17 | Open - Accepting Applications |
Dr. Xanthe Walker & Jeremy Forsythe | Northern Arizona University - Center for Ecosystem Science and Society | Investigating the Drivers and Impacts of Wildfire in the Boreal Forest Ecosystems Using Satellite Remote Sensing | 18 | Open - Accepting Applications |
Amber Gullikson | USGS - Astrogeology Science Center | Determine the best-fit function for modeling the aeolian sediment vertical mass distribution and transport for an active dune field with both felsic sand and basaltic cinder. | 19 | Open - Accepting Applications |
Dr. Kayode Oshinubi & Joseph Mihaljevic | Northern Arizona University - School of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems | Building computational models to understand the interplay between climatic factors, mobility, and vector-borne disease dynamics | 20 | Open - Accepting Applications |
Dr. Alicia Rutledge | Northern Arizona University - Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science | Monitoring the growth of biological soil crusts and biopolymers grown on sand, clay, and Mars regolith | 21 | Reserved - Only selected students may apply |
Dr. Will Grundy | Lowell Observatory | Fractionation of volatile ices and rare isotopes in the outer solar system | 22 | Open - Accepting Applications |
Dr. Stephanie Hurst | Northern Arizona University - Department of Chemistry | Modification of Hole-Transport Materials for Flexible X-ray Detection in Space | 23 | Open - Accepting Applications |
Dr. Gerrick Lindberg | Northern Arizona University - Department of Chemistry | Calculating concentration dependent vibrational shifts in carbon monoxide | 24 | Open - Accepting Applications |
Dr. Mark Loeffler | Northern Arizona University - Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science | Space Weathering of Carbonaceous Asteroids | 25 | Reserved - Only selected students may apply |
Adam Oliphant & Dr. Prasad Thenkabail | USGS - Western Geographic Science Center | Reference training and validation data for machine learning algorithms within the Global Food Security-support Analysis Data project | 26 | Open - Accepting Applications |
Dr. Richard Rushforth & Dr. Benjamin Ruddell | Northern Arizona University - School of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems | Cultivating Insights: Predictive Analytics for Crop Failure and Land Use Change | 27 | Reserved - Only selected students may apply |
Dr. Subhayan De | Northern Arizona University - Department of Mechanical Engineering | Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for Space Structures | 28 | Open - Accepting Applications |
Dr. Stephen Tegler | Northern Arizona University - Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science | Measuring Optical Constants for Semi-Heavy and Heavy Water | 29 | Reserved - Only selected students may apply |
Chris Etling | Arizona Daily Sun | Science Writing and STEM Communications | 30 | Open - Accepting Applications |
Dr. Gerrick Lindberg | Northern Arizona University - Department of Chemistry | Is that Toxic? Molecular-scale development and testing of surface disinfectants for use in space missions | 31 | Reserved - Only selected students may apply |
Dr. Lisa Chien | Northern Arizona University - Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science | Tracing the Evolution of the Milky Way's Gravitational Potential Through Stellar Stream Morphology | 32 | Reserved - Only selected students may apply |
Dr. Matthew Salanga | Northern Arizona University - Department of Biological Sciences | Depleted uranium induced metabolic injury and rescue by sulforaphane | 33 | Reserved - Only selected students may apply |