Students Eligible For Paid NASA Internships

NASA has selected 100 full-time undergraduate students to receive a one-year college scholarship. NASA's Motivating Undergraduates in Science and Technology, or MUST, project awards scholarships and internships to students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, fields.

"Education projects such as MUST seek to inspire and equip diverse students who are underrepresented in STEM disciplines to pursue a career at NASA," said Joyce Winterton, assistant administrator for Education at NASA Headquarters in Washington. MUST is open to all undergraduates and is particularly focused on engaging students from underserved and underrepresented groups to enter STEM fields.

As part of the program, students benefit from year-round tutoring and professional development training, attendance at lecture series, and mentoring from science, technology, engineering and math faculty and peers. Scholarship recipients who maintain the required minimum grade point average also are eligible for a paid internship at a NASA center.

This program and the agency's other college and university programs support NASA's goal of investing in students to develop the skills and capabilities critical to creating a strong workforce for NASA and the nation.

The MUST project is managed at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and administered by a consortium of the Hispanic College Fund, the United Negro College Fund Special Programs and the Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers.

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