This page includes links to websites in which educators or students may be interested. Some contain activities and some are additional STEM information or scholarships. This is an informational list; none are specifically endorsed by the Sea Air and Land Challenge program.
Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Sciences is an free intensive, five-week summer residential program that emphasizes cooperative learning and hands-on laboratory research for PA high school juniors pursuing careers in science and mathematics. Applications are due January 31st, 2024.
Manufacturing Definitions Guide for students interested in pursuing a manufacturing career (from Propel)
Mission Material Science – Learn about materials science and the impact it has on everyday life. For K-12 students.
NASA Express – Sign up for a weekly newsletter featuring updates from NASA about workshops, internships, and fellowships, applications for grants and collaborations, online professional development, student competitions and more
Naval Horizons videos on cutting-edge STEM topics and careers that impact the Navy and Marines.
Navy Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP) – Applications are open August 1st through November 1st for summer 2024 (applicant portal).
SEAP places high school students in Department of Navy (DoN) laboratories where they take part in real Naval research for eight weeks during the summer. SEAP gives academically talented sophomores, juniors, and seniors interested in STEM the opportunity to learn about Naval research and technology while receiving first-class mentoring by top scientists and engineers.
Click here for news and opportunities from the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Philadelphia. For emailed questions, click here.
US Department of Energy Robotics Summer internship for high school seniors
Office of Naval Research, ONR, homepage
Office of Naval Research Facebook page
Navy homepage
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Scholars Program for upper-level high school students
Autonomy Technology Research Center (ATRC) Summer Program in Dayton, OH – This is a paid 14 week collaborative research internship for high school seniors and college students to answer Air Force sensing and autonomy technologies, sensor processing and exploitation, object detection, tracking and recognition, navigation, geolocation, malware detection and defense issues.
Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP) Apprenticeships for high school students. Applications will be open December-February.
DTRA’s Joint Science and Technology Institute (JSTI) East two week high school or 1 week middle school summer program. View video . Find out more.
Additional Department of Defense (DoD) Opportunities may be found here.
Scholarships for Black and African American STEM Majors
Scholarships for women in STEM
Internship and Interview Questions to consider