OSGC Educational Resources Blog

The National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI)-sponsored Ph.D. Training Program in Space Life Sciences at Texas A&M University (TAMU) is currently accepting applications for Fall 2008. Students participating in this program work toward a Ph.D. in Nutrition, Kinesiology or Nuclear Engineering (Health Physics), and focus their research on space environment-induced bone loss, muscle wasting and/or cosmic radiation damage. The Space Life Sciences graduate program at TAMU is designed with immersive components including: fundamental courses in space life sciences, individual research and an experiential component with work at Johnson Space Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory and/or University of Texas Medical Branch. All trainees participate in outreach by teaching elements of space life sciences in a K-12 setting. The deadline for submitting an application package is April 15, 2008.

To learn more about the program, please visit www.nsbri.org/GraduateEd
or contact Lindsey Briggs, Program Coordinator, at lrbriggs@tamu.edu

Registration is open for the 15^th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race. High school and college students design and build a vehicle that addresses a series of engineering problems similar to those faced by the original lunar-roving vehicle team. Each school may enter up to two teams. The race will take place April 4-5, 2008, in Huntsville, Ala., at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. Entries must be received by Feb. 1, 2008.

For more information about the competition and to register online, visit: http://moonbuggy.msfc.nasa.gov/index.html

Applications for the Cassini Scientist for a Day Contest are Due Nov. 15

The Cassini Scientist for a Day contest challenges students to be a NASA scientist studying Saturn. Participants are challenged to examine four target images taken by Cassini and choose the one that they think will yield the best scientific results. This choice must then be explained in a 500-word essay.

The contest is open to all students in the U.S. from grade 5 to 12, working alone or in groups of up to four students. The essays will be divided into two groups: grades 5-8 and grades 9-12. All submissions must be students’ original work. Each student can submit only one entry.

Deadline for submission is Nov. 15, 2007. For more information, visit: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/education/scientist/