NASA’s Psyche mission invites full-time enrolled university and community college undergraduates from any discipline to participate in the next cohort of Psyche Inspired interns. Psyche Inspired is a year-long program that brings undergraduate students together to share the excitement, innovation, and scientific and engineering content of NASA’s Psyche mission with the public through artistic and creative works.

Program Information:

• Psyche Inspired interns will be supplied with a stipend of $300 per intern to purchase materials needed to create their works (art supplies, computer software, crafting materials, etc.). The program will pay for completed physical works to be shipped to the project office at Arizona State University.
• Psyche Inspired interns will have their work highlighted on the official Psyche mission website, blog, and/or social media accounts at least once per project.
• Psyche Inspired interns will have their work exhibited in an online showcase with distributed campus participation (if possible) in late spring 2025.
• Psyche Inspired interns will have their work showcased in a printed coffee table book and receive a copy of the book.
• Psyche Inspired interns will have their work archived in an online portfolio.
• Psyche Inspired interns may have their work presented and highlighted in Psyche presentations and exhibited at conferences, libraries, Psyche partner universities, NASA Centers, and at public events.
• Psyche Inspired interns will gain knowledge and skills that may benefit them in their education and future employment. They will learn about the science and engineering of a space mission as well as gain skills and experience developing and promoting their own creative work locally and virtually.
• Psyche Inspired interns will meet other creative students from around the country and will have the opportunity to share ideas and feedback and to collaborate.

For more details and to apply, visit: https://psyche.asu.edu/get-involved/psyche-inspired/psyche-inspired-application-iridium-class/ 

To be eligible, an applicant must:

• Be a current full-time enrolled undergraduate student at a university or community college in the United States and its territories and must have completed at least two semesters/terms at your current university or community college prior to applying. This will be confirmed with your institution before you are admitted to the program.
• Not be graduating any earlier than the end of the spring semester of 2025 (nominally no earlier than May 2025).
• Commit to creating four original creative works over the period of the program (approximately one work per six weeks through May 2025).
• Be willing to sign an intellectual property agreement with Arizona State University.
• Commit to sending any physical works to the Psyche Inspired project office at Arizona State University (prepaid shipping labels will be provided).
• Commit to attending the weekly required meeting via videoconferencing on Fridays at 12 p.m. (noon) Pacific Time through the entirety of the program (through May 2025).
• Commit to responding to all communications from the program via email, text, and Slack in a timely manner (within 48 hours).

Applicants are not required to be U.S. citizens.

Application closes on Friday, July 26, 2024, at 12 p.m. (noon) Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

View the full application information and apply at https://psyche.asu.edu/get-involved/psyche-inspired/psyche-inspired-application-iridium-class/