The Israel Space Agency will soon invite applications from Israeli students for an internship program sponsored by NASA.

NASA has designed this program, called NASA I2, for international students from more than 10 countries including Australia, Mexico, Lithuania, Jordan, South Korea, Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Space agencies of all these countries will select a limited number of students to participate in this three-semester study program.

Applicants need to have an educational background in the field of science, technology, engineering or mathematics.

Selected Israeli students will receive a scholarship as high as NIS 70,000 per semester, and get a chance to work with other students in NASA AMES research center in California. All these students will help NASA in developing new technologies for space exploration.

“The collaboration with NASA will enable our best and brightest young researchers to be exposed to the forefront of space exploration research, to acquire experience and to utilize their knowledge in order to help push the field forward,” said Ofir Akunis, the Israeli Minister of Science, Technology and Space.

“When they get back, the knowledge and experience they would have accumulated will assist them in promoting the field of space exploration in Israel.”

NASA website says: “NASA invites a limited number of highly qualified students who are not US citizens from participating countries to work along side students from the United States.”

“The NASA International Internship Program (NASA I²) provides an environment for U.S. and non-U.S. university undergraduate-level or graduate-level students to work collaboratively on NASA-relevant research with a NASA mentor. NASA believes that the future of aerospace

research, technology development, science, and space exploration will increasingly be international. NASA I² is designed to enhance students’ international and intercultural understanding and skills while working on NASA research or a NASA-related mission or project. Internships are arranged in three sessions during the calendar year (spring, summer, and fall). Non U.S. students must participate during the same session with U.S. students.”