CALL FOR SUMMER INTERNS – 2025 CALL
We seek talented, passionate, self-motivated students with skills and experience in data visualization, or disciplinary experience in computer science, interaction design, human-computer interaction, media art, speculative media design or related disciplines.
Applications for 2025
Archived InfoSession for 2021 internships [Video Recording]
CS Team Members
dataviz, HCI, computer science (modular coding), web based coding, ability to anticipate and adapt to new types of code; discrete math, graph theory, statistics; physics. D3.js, P5.js, Three.js, VTK, React, Unity experience a plus.
Design Team Members
Interaction design, user centered design, graphic design, 3D animation, collaborative coding and/or design. Figma, AdobeXD/Sketch, HTML/CSS experience a plus.
Students should be interested in working on research quality problems. Students will be the primary communicators with scientists and engineers; students’ understanding of the data and visualization challenges will contribute significantly to the scope and shape of the project.
Dates
10 weeks | June 16 – August 22, 2025 (TBD)
Location
In person in Pasadadena, California.
Eligibility
This is NASA/JPL internship, and as such, it requires that students:
_ must be US citizens or permanent residents*,
_ must be continuing students (eg, students graduating before Fall 2025 are not eligible)
_ must have a GPA of 3.0 or greater
* Alternatively, we are exploring at Fall 25+Spring 26 remote internship, which does NOT have the citizenship or permanent resident requirements, is NOT a paid internship, and requires enrollment in an INDEPENDENT STUDY at your home institution. If you would like to considered for this pilot program please let us know by filling the separate statement of interest at [Fall25+Spring26 Interest Form].
Salary
$9.6K* for undergraduates, $11.6K* for graduate students (* TO BE DETERMINED SOON)
APPLICATION
Interested should submit the application to [2025 call for interns] *OPEN, CLOSING SOON*, which includes uploading your resume (PDF, +Portfolio if relevant) and answer some questions about your experience in data visualization. Applications include short questions on the following information:
- What are your technical/desing skills?
- What is your experience with data visualization?
- What is your experience working in multidisciplinary teams?
- What is your experience working in science?
- What do you hope to get out of this internship?
DEADLINE
[CS] Thursday February 13th 2025 by 8.59PM PST (or earlier as positions are filled).
[DESIGN] Thursday February 20th 2025 by 8.59PM PST (or until position is filled).
OUR COMMITMENT
We are committed to building a diverse team. We welcome applications from groups that are historically minoritized in Computer Science and Design including BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and women.