GSFC Faculty Student Team Program (FSTP)

Josh Halpern (202)-806-6883
Dick Fahey (301) 286-9690

Eligibility: U.S. Citizen or permanent residence; Enrolled as a fulltime faculty member

Description: The GSFC Higher Education Office (HEO) announces a new program for faculty/student teams. Teams of faculty, one or more of their students and Goddard scientists and engineers will work on Exploration Systems Mission directorate (ESMD) research and development. Special emphasis will be placed on lunar exploration. The program includes 10 summer weeks at Goddard, a preparation period (funded) and a follow on into the 2006/7 academic year (further funding being sought). THIS WILL BE THE ONLY GODDARD SUMMER FACULTY RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY FOR 2006. Faculty/student teams are being nationally recruited and integrated into ESMD R&D and GSFC related activities. Research areas reflecting GSFC’s core competencies for lunar and other ESMD missions include, but are not limited to: (a) Communications and navigation, (b) Robotics, (c) Large-scale information systems, (d) Space weather predictions and (e) Constellations of satellites. To find GSFC organizations participating in this project email Josh Halpern. After obtaining the list of project, you should contact the labs you are interested in working with. The application requests a discussion of the match between your research and the GSFC ESMD research. Faculty/Student teams will be chosen for research expertise, intellectual promise, and interest in ESMD. Each faculty member will bring at least one student. The student should also fill out an application form specifying the name of the associated faculty member. Additional students may participate through different HEO student internship programs, either during the summer or the academic year. Additional funding is being sought to cover academic year interactions including travel of NASA personnel to visit their academic partners.

Duration: 10 Weeks

Dates: June through August