Applications Open for Planetary Science Summer School Program at JPL

NASA is accepting applications from science and engineering post-docs, recent PhDs, and doctoral students for its 25th Annual Planetary Science Summer School, which will hold two separate sessions this summer (July 29 - Aug. 2 and Aug. 12-16) at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.

During the program and pre-session webinars, student teams will carry out the equivalent of an early mission concept study, prepare a proposal authorization review presentation, present it to a review board, and receive feedback. By the end of the session, students will have a clearer understanding of the life cycle of a space mission; relationships between mission design, cost, and schedule; and the tradeoffs necessary to stay within cost and schedule while preserving the quality of science.

Applications are due April 5, 2013. Partial financial support is available for a limited number of individuals.

To learn more about Planetary Science Summer School and apply, visit http://pscischool.jpl.nasa.gov.