Career Resources

UCSD Career Center

JSOE Corporate Affiliates Program (CAP)

Research Experience and Applied Learning (REAL) Portal

  • The REAL Portal offers research, internship, international, and other co-curricular opportunities that help students build real-world skills and apply knowledge gained in the classroom.

Teaching + Learning Commons: Academic Internship Program (AIP)

  • See here for more information about connecting students with opportunities to explore careers, engage in the community and enrich their education through experiential learning.

Internship Resources

General list of internships

Brooke Owens Fellowships

  • undergrad women

Matthew Isakowitz

  • undergrad/grads
  • US citizens

Research Experiences for Undergraduates

  • US citizens/permanent residents

Intern.nasa.gov

  • US citizens/permanent residents

The Aerospace Corporation

  • undergrad/grads
  • US citizens

Lloyd Berkner Space Policy

  • open to all students

Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship

  • graduate students/recent graduates eligible to work in the US

Company websites

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Applied Physics Laboratory 

UN Office of Outer Space Affairs

  • unpaid. Universities sometimes have scholarships for unpaid internships.

AAAS Mass Communication

  • open to upper-level undergrads, grads, postdocs
  • US citizen or currently holding a US visa allowing work in STEM
  • Spanish-speakers ok
  • open to those in a minority science journalism program

Miscellaneous Programs

NASA socials

  • get to cover NASA events as a social media person (must provide your own transportation)

Other Resources