Universities Space Research Association

Lunar & planetary institute (lpi) supports nasa's research in lunar, planetary, and related scientific fields. The institute is a center for lunar and planetary science, conducting research studies on the formation, evolution, and current state of the moon, planets, comets, asteroids, planetary satellites, cosmic dust, and our solar system as awhole through analysis of data and samples obtained through nasa's long history of missions and exploration, service to nasa and the planetary science community. The institute coordinates scientific meetings on lunar and planetary topics, and disseminates scientific informationthrough technical journals and conferences, including an abstract database of more than 25,000 presentations made by scientists atlpi-sponsored meetings. The institute also curates an extensivecollection of lunar and planetary data that is accessible online.

The Air Force research laboratory (afrl) future scholars stem offers stipend-paid internship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate-level university students pursuing stem degree, as well as upper-level high school students; select locations also offer internships to university students pursuing education-related degrees and k-12 professional educators. the selected interns gain valuable hands-on experience working with full-time afrl scientists and engineers on cutting-edge research and technology and are able to contribute to unique, research-based projects. graduate interns are able to collaborate with afrl on current research and incorporate the research into their graduate work.