Student Experiential Opportunities (Hands-On) - Iowa Space Grant Consortium

Student Experiential Opportunities (Hands-On) - Iowa Space Grant Consortium is sponsored by Iowa Space Grant Consortium (NASA Affiliate). The Iowa Space Grant Consortium offers funding for undergraduate students to participate in hands-on, NASA-relevant STEM research, education, and outreach activities.

Iowa Space Grant Consortium Part of NASA’s National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program Promoting opportunities aligned with NASA’s mission by stimulating research, education, and outreach programs for all Iowans.

A part of NASA’s National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program since 1990, the Iowa Space Grant Consortium (ISGC) continually strives to improve and inspire Iowa’s future in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).

The ISGC supports NASA-relevant STEM research, education, and outreach activities for all Iowans with NASA internships, fellowships, and scholarships, competitions for grants within higher education members (with NASA Mission Directorate alignment), as well as informal education grants with outreach affiliates.

2025-26 Student Experiential Opportunities (Hands-On) 2026-27 Undergraduate Scholarships 2026-27 Undergraduate STEM Ambassador Program 2026-27 NASA Iowa Space Grant Graduate Fellowship Program 2026-27 Academic Projects 2027-29 Curriculum Development Projects 2027: Expected Release 5/1/27 2027-29 Faculty Seed Grant 2027: Expected Release 5/1/27 The Role of Mechanotransduction Pathways in Choriorentinal Cell Response to Simulated Microgravity Emily Formella – University of Iowa Artemis II is Go for Launch!

NASA completed the first Artemis II wet dress rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center in Florida and plans to complete pre-launch checks by the end of March. The earliest potential launch opportunity is currently projected for early April 2026. Curious what it takes to fly around the Moon?

The Curious Universe podcast is giving listeners a front-row seat to Artemis II ISGC helped fund my student project which allowed me to start my own project research through M2K. This gave me the chance to gain a lot of amazing leadership experience as well as get hands-on experience.

Dillyn Mumme, Iowa State University The research opportunities given to me while as a ISGC Fellowship recipient led me to later receive a pathways internship at the Air Force Research Lab and then after graduation a full time position at Ames Research Center. Andrew Bodling, University of Texas at San Antonio I was awarded the Iowa Space Grant Consortium NASA award to support the research I conducted for my Master's Thesis.

I completed this thesis under Dr. Schnell at the Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL) in Iowa City, Iowa. I learned so much during my time there. Katharine Woodruff, University of Iowa Collecting data in a NASA mission can be difficult and expensive and I would love to work on maximizing the return of the data from these missions.

I have also met many inspiring scientists in my different interactions with NASA.

Nicole North, University of Northern Iowa Iowa Space Grant Consortium Student Journey Spotlight: See Where ISGC Alumni Are Today Multi-component likelihood fitting in gamma-ray astronomy: managing the impact of statistically-limited template models Analysis of Double-Strand Break Repair Pathway Genes in Human Cancer Cell Lines University of Northern Iowa DNA Testing Microbes From Wind Cave National Park, SD Quantum Efficiency Characterization of CMOS Sensors for Soft X-ray Observations The ISGC is dedicated to continually improving and inspiring Iowans’ future in STEM, bringing NASA opportunities to Iowa through a variety of programmatic opportunities and collaborations.

ISGC is Part of NASA’s National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program NASA initiated the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Project, also known as Space Grant, in 1989. Space Grant is a national network of colleges and universities.

These institutions are working to expand opportunities for Americans to understand and participate in NASA’s aeronautics and space projects by supporting and enhancing science and engineering education, research and public outreach efforts.