Jet Propulsion Laboratory

IGEN Engagement

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is an IGEN Partner, is committed to developing a pipeline for underrepresented racial and ethnic minority (UREM) students to transition into professional careers and to attend to their professional development. As such, we are developing materials for training of their research mentors, and constructing logistic guidelines to make students known to hiring managers and researchers.

JPL Education and Outreach Programs

JPL's Summer Internship Program for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing a STEM degree.

About the Lab

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a unique national research facility that carries out robotic space and Earth science missions. JPL helped open the Space Age by developing America's first Earth-orbiting science satellite, creating the first successful interplanetary spacecraft, and sending robotic missions to study all the planets in the solar system as well as asteroids, comets and Earth's moon. In addition to its missions, JPL developed and manages NASA's Deep Space Network, a worldwide system of antennas that communicates with interplanetary spacecraft.

JPL is a federally funded research and development center managed for NASA by Caltech. From the long history of leaders drawn from the university's faculty to joint programs and appointments, JPL's intellectual environment and identity are profoundly shaped by its role as part of Caltech.

Today JPL continues its world-leading innovation, implementing programs in planetary exploration, Earth science, space-based astronomy and technology development, while applying its capabilities to technical and scientific problems of national significance. JPL technology developed to enable new missions is also applied on Earth to benefit our everyday lives.

Fellowships and Internships:

2023 NASA Planetary Science Summer School Applications Due March 27, 2023 
To learn more & apply, visit http://go.nasa.gov/missiondesignschools