{"id":7825,"date":"2026-06-26T11:22:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/?p=7825"},"modified":"2026-06-26T11:22:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:22:39","slug":"undergraduate-art-research-opportunity-with-nasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/2026\/06\/26\/undergraduate-art-research-opportunity-with-nasa\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Art Research opportunity with NASA!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Psyche Inspired Application<br \/>\n2026-2027 (Gold Class)<\/h2>\n<p>The Psyche Inspired application for the 2026-2027 academic year is now open.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/psyche.ssl.berkeley.edu\/get-involved\/psyche-inspired\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Psyche Inspired<\/a>\u00a0is a program that brings undergraduate students from any discipline or major together to share the excitement, innovation, and scientific and engineering content of NASA\u2019s Psyche mission with the public in new ways through artistic and creative works.<\/p>\n<h3>Application Deadline<\/h3>\n<p>Friday, August 28, 2026, at 12 p.m. (noon) Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).<\/p>\n<h3>Eligibility Criteria<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/psyche.ssl.berkeley.edu\/get-involved\/psyche-inspired\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Psyche Inspired<\/a>\u00a0is open to all talented, creative full-time enrolled undergraduate students at universities and community colleges in the United States or its territories, regardless of major.<\/p>\n<p class=\"meta meta-sm\"><em>(Previous Psyche Inspired interns have come from a variety of majors, including 3D digital design, aerospace engineering, animation, architecture, anthropology, art and design, art history, art practices, art theory and practice, astrobiology, astronomy, biochemistry, biogeoscience, biology, biological engineering, biomedical engineering, ceramics, business sustainability, chemical engineering, civil engineering, communication, communication design, computer graphics technology, computer science, creative technologies, creative writing, digital culture, drawing, economics, electrical engineering, engineering management, English, environmental public health, environmental sustainability management, food, agricultural, and biological engineering, forensics, geology, graphic design, graphic information technology, illustration, industrial design, interdisciplinary studies, jewelry\/metalworking, kinetic imaging, mass media, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, media arts and sciences, molecular environmental biology, music, neuroscience, new media design, painting, physics, political science, psychology, public service and public policy, scientific illustration and visualization, sculpture, Spanish linguistics, and studio arts.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To be eligible, an applicant must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be a current full-time enrolled undergraduate student at a university or community college in the United States and its territories and must have completed at least two semesters\/terms at your current university or community college prior to applying. This will be confirmed with your institution before you are admitted to the program.<\/li>\n<li>Not be graduating any earlier than the end of the spring semester of 2027 (nominally no earlier than May 2027).<\/li>\n<li>Commit to creating four original creative works over the period of the program (approximately one work per six weeks through early May 2027).<\/li>\n<li>Be willing to sign an intellectual property agreement with Arizona State University.<\/li>\n<li>Commit to sending any physical works to the Psyche Inspired project office at Arizona State University (prepaid shipping labels will be provided).<\/li>\n<li>Commit to attending the weekly required meeting via videoconferencing on Fridays at 12 p.m. (noon) Pacific Time through the entirety of the program (through early May 2027).<\/li>\n<li>Commit to responding to all communications from the program via email, text, and Slack in a timely manner (within 48 hours).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Applicants are not required to be U.S. citizens but must be a current full-time enrolled undergraduate student at a university or community college in the United States and its territories.<\/p>\n<h3>Application Preparation<\/h3>\n<p>Applicants should be prepared to answer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Why do you want to be part of Psyche Inspired? (1000 characters or less, including spaces)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Why do you think you are a good candidate for Psyche Inspired? (1000 characters or less, including spaces)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Please describe a time or experience when you had to work independently to get a task or project done. How did you keep yourself motivated and on-track? (1000 characters or less, including spaces)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Please describe a time you had to engage with your local community or the general public either to share\/promote your work or to share\/promote another group or extracurricular activity. What did you learn from that experience that you would apply to Psyche Inspired? (1000 characters or less, including spaces)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Applicants must submit 3 sample works of their choosing with short descriptions of each work.\u00a0These sample works may be about any subject, they do not have to be related to space exploration. Required specifications for sample work options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sample Images: Minimum resolution of 1024 x 786; must be uploaded as PNG, JPG, or TIF (10 MB max).<\/li>\n<li>Sample Written Work: Maximum of 1000 characters (including spaces) per sample; must be uploaded as PDF (10 MB max).<\/li>\n<li>Sample Audio: Maximum length: 2 minutes; must be posted on YouTube or Vimeo (provide link).<\/li>\n<li>Sample Video: Maximum length: 2 minutes; must be posted on YouTube or Vimeo (provide link).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Applicants must provide the name, title, and official email address of a faculty or staff member at their university or community college who can serve as a reference.<\/p>\n<h3>Application<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/3gP1TvJPZ5HwB9398\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2026-2027 Psyche Inspired application<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"meta meta-sm\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong>\u00a0This application has upload functionality that requires you to sign in to Google. If you do not have a free Google account (such as Gmail) or do not wish to sign up for one, please\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/psyche.ssl.berkeley.edu\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact us via our web form<\/a><\/u>\u00a0for an alternative.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/psyche.ssl.berkeley.edu\/get-involved\/psyche-inspired\/psyche-inspired-application-gold-class\/\">FAQS and more details about opportunity &#8211; click here!<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psyche Inspired Application 2026-2027 (Gold Class) The Psyche Inspired application for the 2026-2027 academic year is now open.\u00a0Psyche Inspired\u00a0is a program that brings undergraduate students from any discipline or major together to share the excitement, innovation, and scientific and engineering content of NASA\u2019s Psyche mission with the public in new ways through artistic and creative [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[86,366,1164],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7825"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7827,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7825\/revisions\/7827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}