WSGC Calendar

An approximate indication of the audience for each of these opportunities is indicated in "[ ]" (please refer to the websites for exact eligibility requirements):

• JR = Junior High or Middle School Students (approximately grades 7-8),
• HS = High School Students (approximately grades 9-12),
• UG = Undergraduate Students (including community college students),
• Grad = Graduate Students,
• Faculty = College Faculty,
• some opportunities list specific grade levels that do not fit into the above general categories (i.e., 2^nd-4^th grade)

2008

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January

• 11-12 - Wyoming Science and Math Teachers Professional Development Workshop, Casper [JR/HS teachers] - http://wind.caspercollege.edu/~msc/
• Mid-End January – Application deadline for Summer/Fall Internships at many NASA centers (includes NASA Academy and other internship programs) [UG/Grad] – http://university.gsfc.nasa.gov/application and other opportunities at http://wyomingspacegrant.uwyo.edu/Internships.asp
• 23 - ESMD Space Grant Faculty Project applications due [Faculty] – http://wyomingspacegrant.uwyo.edu/ESMDFunding.asp#Faculty
• 25 – Application deadline for Lunar and Planetary Institute Summer Internships [UG] – www.lpi.usra.edu/lpiintern
• 28 - ESMD Internship applications for SUMMER 2008 internship positions due [UG] – http://wyomingspacegrant.uwyo.edu/ESMDFunding.asp#Internships
• 30 - WSGC Fellowship and Grant Information Sessions: 12:00-1:00pm Physical Science 231, 4:30-5:30pm Wyoming Union Warm Valley Room (rm 202) [UG/Grad/Faculty] – http://wyomingspacegrant.uwyo.edu/collegeprograms.asp
• 31 - NASA Explorer School application deadline (applications available Sept 2007) [JR/HS teachers] - http://explorerschools.nasa.gov
• 31 - NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program (USRP) application deadline (for summer 2008 internships at NASA Centers) [UG] - www.vsgc.odu.edu/Menu3_1_3.htm

February

• 1 - NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP) application deadline [Grad] - http://fellowships.hq.nasa.gov/GSRP, or at this really long URL
• 1 - NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) application deadline [Grad] - NESSF application information
• 1 - Application deadline for NASA Jet Propulsion Lab Summer Internships (turn in to WSGC Office) [UG] - http://wyomingspacegrant.uwyo.edu/Internships.asp#JPL
• 6 -West Central Regional Science Fair (Central Wyoming College, Riverton) [6-12^th grade] – contact your local school district for more information
• 15 – WSGC Undergraduate/Graduate Research Fellowship application deadline [UG/Grad] – http://wyomingspacegrant.uwyo.edu/collegeprograms.asp
• 15 – WSGC Faculty Research and Education Enhancement Grants application deadline [Faculty] – http://wyomingspacegrant.uwyo.edu/FacFellInfo.asp
• 18 – The Great Moonbuggy Race application deadline [HS/UG] – http://moonbuggy.msfc.nasa.gov
• 29 - NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program (USRP) application deadline (for fall 2008 internships at NASA Centers) [UG] - www.vsgc.odu.edu/Menu3_1_3.htm
• February-March – Application deadlines for National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU – exact deadlines vary by institution) [UG] – www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu

March

• 9-11 - Wyoming State Science Fair, at Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie [JR/HS] - http://outreach.uwyo.edu/conferences/sciencefair/
• 14 - Registration Deadline for the Graduate Student Symposium [Grad] - www.uwyo.edu/UWGrad/symposium/2008/generalinfo.asp
• 15 – Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research Application Deadline [UG/Grad] – www.sigmaxi.org/programs/giar
• 26 - Registration Deadline for Undergraduate Research Day [UG] - http://epscor-wise.uwyo.edu/2008_Research_Day/Research_Day_2008_Home.htm
• Late-March – College of Engineering Summer Programs application deadline [HS] – http://wwweng.uwyo.edu/highschool/esp

April

• 2-3 - UW Graduate School Research Symposium [Grad] - www.uwyo.edu/UWGrad/symposium/2008/generalinfo.asp
• 4-5 - The Great Moonbuggy Race, Huntsville, Alabama [HS/UG] - http://moonbuggy.msfc.nasa.gov
• 10 - Space Career Fair (Colorado Springs, CO) [UG/Grad] - http://spacecareerfair.org/
• 14 – Astro Camp application deadline [6-8^th grade] – http://physics.uwyo.edu/astrocamp/
• 26 – UW Undergraduate Research Day [UG] – http://epscor-wise.uwyo.edu/2008_Research_Day/Research_Day_2008_Home.htm

May

• 1 - ESMD Internship applications for FALL 2008 internship positions due [UG] – http://wyomingspacegrant.uwyo.edu/ESMDFunding.asp#Internships
• 15 – Women in Science Conference, Laramie [JR/HS] – http://wyomingspacegrant.uwyo.edu/WomenInScience.asp
• 30 – WSGC Faculty Education Enhancement Grants application deadline [Faculty] – http://wyomingspacegrant.uwyo.edu/FacFellInfo.asp

June

• 6 - WSGC Community College Transfer Scholarship Application Deadline [UG] – http://wyomingspacegrant.uwyo.edu/cctschol.asp
• 15-20 – Astro Camp, Laramie [6-8^th grade] – http://physics.uwyo.edu/astrocamp/
• 23-28 - RockOn Workshop (for building/designing sounding rocket payloads) [UG/Grad/Faculty] - http://spacegrant.colorado.edu/rockon/

July

• 9-12 - Boulder Ballooning and BalloonSat Workshop (Boulder, CO) [UG/Grad/Faculty] - http://spacegrant.colorado.edu/studentsat/