Welcome to the High School Internships Directory, a curated list of opportunities for high school students to gain valuable experience across various fields. The internships are organized by subject areas, making it easier for students to find opportunities that align with their interests and goals.
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| Name | Description | Location | Mode | Season | Application Deadline | Application Opens | Eligible Grades | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NASA: The PolCube CubeSat polarimeter | A student will learn to run and apply the PolCube-MAPP algorithm to study sensitivity to spherical a... | N/A | Virtual | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 11, 12 | 0 |
| NASA: ESEA - Equity Strategies for Emerging Aviation | Recent advances in electric propulsion and automation have enabled emerging aviation concepts that h... | California | In‑person Virtual |
Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 11, 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Materials Processing for Space Nuclear Propulsion | This hands-on opportunity involves processing, characterizing, and testing novel materials for NASA... | Alabama | In‑person | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 11, 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Pneumatic Shock System – Methods and Development | Assist the development and documentation of the capability and setups needed to meet the various lun... | N/A | Virtual | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 9, 10, 11, 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Ground Safety Intern | Shadow and perform hazard analysis of systems at WFF with experienced ground safety analysts and eng... | Virginia | In‑person | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Lidar Design & Development | Are you a forward-thinking and ambitious individual ready to embark on a groundbreaking journey in t... | Maryland | In‑person | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 12 | 0 |
| NASA: AI & ML for Air Traffic Management | This project explores the use of innovative and emerging applications of AI/ML (e.g., Natural Langua... | California | In‑person Virtual |
Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 11, 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Knowledge Management | NASA's Office of the Chief Engineer is charged with managing knowledge learned from NASA projects. T... | N/A | Virtual | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 11, 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Glenn High School Physical Sciences and Technologies Internship (Summer 2025) | The student will be supporting one or more of the following areas based on their background and expe... | Ohio | In‑person | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 10, 11, 12 | 0 |
| NASA: TEMPO Student Collaboration | The Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) Student Collaboration provides the oppor... | N/A | Virtual | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 9, 10, 11, 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Climate Change Research Initiative Internship - GISS | NASA Earth Science Division’s Early Career Research (ECR) Program Climate Change Research Initiative... | New York | In‑person Virtual |
Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 10, 11, 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Climate Change Research Initiative Internship - GSFC | NASA Earth Science Division’s Early Career Research (ECR) Program Climate Change Research Initiative... | Maryland | In‑person Virtual |
Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 10, 11, 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Launch Range Ground Operations Internship | The Ground Operations Summer Internship project will support a variety of spaceflight missions at NA... | Virginia | In‑person | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 11, 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Langley Photo Archives Digitization Initiative | The Photo Archives team at Langley Research Center is working towards digitization of the Center’s p... | Virginia | In‑person | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Virtual - JWST Cosmic Ray Rejection using ML | With the launch of James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a new era of astronomical discoveries was made... | N/A | Virtual | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 10, 11, 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Machine Shop Works System Support | The Engineering Technician Intern will create a training video for use of the E2 Machine Shop Works ... | Virginia | In‑person | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Materials & Structures Experiments | Student will work in Structures and Materials labs/facilities testing a variety of material and stru... | Virginia | In‑person | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Manufacturing Applications Technician | o Support Composite Lay-up Processes and Procedures: Assist technicians in room temperature cure (re... | Virginia | In‑person | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Virtual - Deep Learning Classification of Kepler/TESS Transit Signals | Kepler and TESS are critical missions to increase our understanding of how common earth-like planets... | N/A | Virtual | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 10, 11, 12 | 0 |
| NASA: NASA Data Acquisition Software Suite Development | This internship consists of developing software for data acquisition systems supporting propulsion t... | Mississippi | In‑person | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Pressure System Mechanical Integrity: Supports the SSC Pressure System Program | Safety and Mission Assurance; QA01 Pressure System Mechanical Integrity: Supports the SSC Pressure S... | Mississippi | In‑person | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Prototype Fluid System | Autonomous Systems Lab; AA04 Prototype Fluid System Creating prototype fluid system with sensor and ... | Mississippi | In‑person | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Fast Prototyping of Hybrid Communication Devices | Reducing the turnaround time to fabricate test and/or replacement communication assemblies on the lu... | Mississippi | In‑person | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 12 | 0 |
| NASA: AR/VR for Science and Engineering | Interns will be doing a variety of tasks related to developing augmented reality (AR) and virtual re... | Maryland | In‑person | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 10, 11, 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Fabrication Technician & Operations Mentor for FIRST Robotics “The Pink Team” | NASA supports several FIRST Robotics Competition teams at each of the NASA centers. KSC supports tea... | Florida | In‑person | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Instrument Development for Heliospheric Particles | The Energetic Particle Laboratory (EPL) within the Heliospheric Physics Division at GSFC develops no... | Maryland | In‑person Virtual |
Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 11, 12 | 0 |
| NASA: GRC-ATF MediaWiki Content Development | This position will be onsite at the NASA Glenn Research Center Armstrong Test Facility (GRC-ATF) in ... | Ohio | In‑person | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 11, 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Space Club @ GSFC - Servicing of the Habitable World Observatory | The student will design a scale model of a robotic servicer for the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HW... | Maryland | In‑person | Summer | 3/15/2025 | Open | 10, 11, 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Simulation Environment for Mobile Robots | A MATLAB application will be developed for kinematic and dynamic analysis of mobile robots focusing ... | Maryland | In‑person | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 10, 11, 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Improving Security Dynamic Analysis via Intelligent Testing Agents (High School) | Students will gain firsthand knowledge in how to test NASA system software specifically for security... | West Virginia | In‑person | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 10, 11, 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Embedded Systems Introduction (High School) | Project will introduce students to the world of embedded systems programming to include some combina... | West Virginia | In‑person | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 10, 11, 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Space Club @ GSFC Greenbelt - Servicing of the Habitable World Observatory | The student will design a scale model of a robotic servicer for the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HW... | Maryland | In‑person | Summer | 3/15/2025 | Open | 10, 11, 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Space Club @ GSFC Greenbelt - Simulation Environment for Mobile Robots | A MATLAB application will be developed for kinematic and dynamic analysis of mobile robots focusing ... | Maryland | In‑person | Summer | 3/15/2025 | Open | 10, 11, 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Sustainability & Energy Program Support | Student will support the Goddard Sustainability & Energy Program Manager at both the Greenbelt and ... | Virginia | In‑person Virtual |
Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 11, 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Optics for Space | Optical design and analysis for future space based observatories and instruments. Computer/Softwa... |
Maryland | In‑person | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 10, 11, 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Multimessenger Astronomy with Gamma-ray Bursts | Search for multimessenger / multi-wavelength sources of gamma-ray burst (GRB) events. Data analysis ... | Alabama | In‑person | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Components & Hardware Systems - GN&C EE/CE Systems Development | The Components and Hardware Systems Branch specializes in the development of advanced Guidance Navig... | Maryland | In‑person | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 10, 11, 12 | 0 |
| NASA: Components & Hardware Systems - GN&C ME/AE Systems Development | The Components and Hardware Systems Branch specializes in the development of advanced Guidance Navig... | Maryland | In‑person | Summer | 2/28/2025 | Open | 10, 11, 12 | 0 |