Summer Fellowships

Summer NASA Space Grants are BACK!

Are you ready to dig in and work on a summer 2026 research project that meets NASA's goals? (For some ideas, click here.) With support from the Massachusetts NASA Space Grant Consortium, we may be able to offer a limited number of summer fellowships that could support your work with a mentor for 5 or 10 weeks during Summer 2026:

  • Half Summer grant (undergraduate students):  $3200 for 200 hours of work (5 weeks, full time)
  • Whole Summer grant (undergraduate students): $6400 for 400 hours of work (10 weeks, full time)

Note that your mentor can be a full or part time faculty or staff member.

Expectations:

  • Students are expected to meet with their mentor at least once per week.
  • Students are required to write a final project report (less than a page) for the MA Space Grant Consortium, and be willing to stay in touch with the organization so they can track their progress.
  • Students are expected to present at the Summer symposium and include their work on the externally facing BSU Space Grant page.

Summer 2026 Deadline is Friday, April 24, 2026

STEP 1: Find a project and a mentor - not necessarily in that order!

Need ideas? Perhaps you can approach a favorite professor or staff member and ask if they have any ideas. Or, if you have an idea and can't think of a mentor, reach out to the appropriate department chair - they may be able to make a connection for you.

STEP 2: Complete 2 Forms: the BSU Summer Fellowship Application & the MIT MASGC Summer Fellowship Application

BSU Summer 2026 Fellowship Application - this form will ask for an unofficial transcript

MIT MASGC Summer Fellowship Application

STEP 3: Have your mentor...

...send an email to j3winters@bridgew.edu to indicate support and acknowledgement of the project.