Department/Program: Summer Undergraduate Program for Planetary Research
URL: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/suppr/
State/Province: Varies
Country: USA
Application Deadline: 10 Feb
Notes:
Last modified: April 3, 2025
Department: Atmospheric Science
Display Category: USA-Canada Medium
Field Studied: Atmospheres,
Climate,
Remote Sensing
URL: http://ncas-m.org/hupas/
State/Province: Washington, DC
Country: USA
Degrees Offered: MS, PhD
Minimum GPA: 3.0
General GRE Required: No
Subject GRE Required: None
Recommendations: 3
Faculty: 9
Planetary Researchers: 3
Students:
Admission Percentage:
Nearby Research Institutions: NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology; Beltsville Center for Climate System Observation
Funding: Support in HUPAS is through specific research projects as RA or TA; by inquiry
Fall Application Deadline: 1 Dec (early deadline); 15 Feb (priority deadline); 15 Apr (final deadline)
Spring Application Deadline: 15 Nov
Admissions URL: https://gs.howard.edu/application-deadlines-requirements
Notes:
Department/Program: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
URL: https://internships.si.edu/opportunity/sao-astronomy-summer-intern-program
State/Province: MA
Country: USA
Application Deadline: 31 Jan
Notes:
Department/Program: School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
URL: https://easreu.eas.gatech.edu/
State/Province: GA
Country: USA
Application Deadline: mid-Feb
Notes:
Last modified: April 1, 2025
Department: Physics
Display Category: USA-Canada Medium
Field Studied: Atmospheres,
Brown Dwarfs,
Climate,
Exoplanets,
Infrared Astronomy,
Jupiter,
Neptune,
Saturn,
Uranus
URL: https://www.nmt.edu/academics/physics/
State/Province: New Mexico
Country: USA
Degrees Offered: MS, PhD
Minimum GPA: 3.0
General GRE Required: No
Subject GRE Required: No
Recommendations: 3
Faculty: 16
Planetary Researchers: 2
Students: 29
Admission Percentage: 15%
Nearby Research Institutions: VLA, Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Langmuir Lab., Sandia Nat'l Lab, Los Alamos Nat't lab, Airforce Research Lab
Funding: Teaching and Research assistantships are usually provided to admitted students.
Fall Application Deadline: 15 Jan
Spring Application Deadline: N/A
Admissions URL: https://nmt.edu/apply.php
Notes:
Last modified: April 2, 2025
Department: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Display Category: USA-Canada Medium
Field Studied: Atmospheres,
Climate,
Geochemistry,
Geophysics,
Planetary Science,
Surfaces
URL: https://earth.yale.edu/
State/Province: CT
Country: USA
Degrees Offered: PhD
Minimum GPA: None noted
General GRE Required: Optional
Subject GRE Required: None
Recommendations: 3
Faculty: 25
Planetary Researchers: 1
Students: 67
Admission Percentage:
Nearby Research Institutions:
Funding: TA, RA, or fellowship offered to all admitted students
Fall Application Deadline: 2 Jan
Spring Application Deadline:
Admissions URL: https://gsas.yale.edu/admission
Notes:
Last modified: April 3, 2025
Department: Planetary Science Program
Display Category: USA-Canada Medium
Field Studied: Astrobiology,
Atmospheres,
Climate,
Exoplanets,
Geobiology,
Geochemistry,
Geology,
Geophysics,
Icy Satellites,
Instrumentation,
Interiors,
Jupiter,
Magnetospheres,
Mars,
Mercury,
Moon,
Neptune,
Ocean Worlds (Titan, Enceladus, Europa),
Optical Astronomy,
Planet Formation,
Planetary Dynamics,
Planetary Evolution,
Planetary Science,
Pluto/KBOs,
Remote Sensing,
Saturn,
Surfaces,
Uranus,
Venus,
Volcanology
URL: https://earth.stanford.edu/planetary-science
State/Province: California
Country: USA
Degrees Offered: MS, PhD
Minimum GPA: None noted
General GRE Required: No
Subject GRE Required: None
Recommendations: 3
Faculty: 16
Planetary Researchers: 16
Students: 36
Admission Percentage:
Nearby Research Institutions: NASA Ames Research Center, SLAC National Accelerator Lab, Stanford Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SETI Institute
Funding: Varies by department
Fall Application Deadline: 06 Dec
Spring Application Deadline: N/A
Admissions URL: https://epsci.stanford.edu/academics-admissions/graduate-program
Notes: This program spans several departments; see department links on Admissions URL link to get admissions specifics
Last modified: April 2, 2025
Department: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Display Category: USA-Canada Medium
Field Studied: Astrobiology,
Atmospheres,
Climate,
Exoplanets,
Geochemistry,
Geology,
Geophysics
URL: https://epsci.ucr.edu/
State/Province: CA
Country: USA
Degrees Offered: MS, PhD
Minimum GPA: 3.0
General GRE Required: No
Subject GRE Required: None
Recommendations: 3
Faculty: 21
Planetary Researchers: 6
Students: 50
Admission Percentage: 25%
Nearby Research Institutions:
Funding: The majority of students accepted for graduate work in our department receive multi-year financial support in the form of a fellowship, a teaching assistantship, or a research assistantship
Fall Application Deadline: 05 Jan
Spring Application Deadline: 01 Feb
Admissions URL: https://epsci.ucr.edu/grad_programs
Notes:
Last modified: April 2, 2025
Department: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Display Category: USA-Canada Medium
Field Studied: Atmospheres,
Brown Dwarfs,
Exoplanets,
Interiors,
Optical Astronomy,
Planet Formation
URL: https://www.astro.ucsc.edu/index.html
State/Province: CA
Country: USA
Degrees Offered: PhD
Minimum GPA: None noted
General GRE Required: No
Subject GRE Required: None
Recommendations: 3
Faculty: 20
Planetary Researchers: 7
Students: 44
Admission Percentage:
Nearby Research Institutions:
Funding: RA/TA and fellowships exist; Students are strongly encouraged to secure independent support during their entire academic career.
Fall Application Deadline: 12 Dec
Spring Application Deadline: N/A
Admissions URL: https://www.astro.ucsc.edu/academics/graduates/new_prospective/index.html
Notes:
Department/Program: Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics
URL: https://sites.northwestern.edu/cierareu/
State/Province: IL
Country: USA
Application Deadline: 1 Feb
Notes:
