Previous scholarship recipients’ experiences
The New Zealand Space Agency sponsors the New Zealand Space Scholarship for post-graduate students who have compatible research interests to participate in internship programmes at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and at NASA’s Ames Research Center.
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2023 JPL interns with NASA Administrator Senator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pamela Melroy, and Head of New Zealand Space Agency Iain Cossar.
Photo credit: Ola Thorsen, US Embassy
2024 scholarship recipients
Six tertiary students were selected to work on NASA projects in the US, interning at JPL and at NASA’s Ames Research Center.
The 2024 cohort is the second group of Kiwi students selected to undertake in-person internships at JPL and the third cohort to undertake internships at Ames.
2024 Ames and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Interns
2023 scholarship recipients
In 2023, 5 Kiwi interns completed internships at JPL in California, US.
Watch their vlogs to find out more about their experiences:
2023’s NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory interns
2021 and 2022 scholarship recipients
Three scholarship recipients completed remote internships with JPL as part of the Visiting Student Research Program during 2021 and 2022. See what our JPL interns have to say about their experiences here:
Cloud computing, machine learning and the Hubble Space Telescope
Mikhael Sayat on helping to create the next generation of space-based computers
Mission operations, machine learning and donut catchups
2019 scholarship recipients
Over 200 applications were submitted to the New Zealand Space Agency’s call for the 2019 NASA International Internship Programme at the Ames Research Center. From these, 7 interns were selected to complete internships.
To find out about their projects and experiences watch their Vlogs