Orbit Your Thesis! 3 Call For Proposals Extended
In brief
Come along for a blast to space. The Orbit Your Thesis! (OYT!) programme from ESA Academy aims to give bachelors, masters, and PhD students the unique and unmissable opportunity to design, build, test, and operate their experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS). With the guidance of experts and close support from ESA Academy, the selected team of students will operate their very own experiment within the ICECubes Facility in the Columbus module for up to four months in microgravity.
In-depth
The ESA Academy has opened a call for proposals for student teams from eligible countries to submit their experiment idea before end of March 2022. ESA, in partnership with Space Application Services and the European Low Gravity Research Association (ELGRA) will review the applications. More information can be found regarding the required documents, and the process itself through the links provided here.
| Status: | OPEN |
| Deadline: | 20th March 2022 23:59 CET |
Participating in the OYT! programme give students develop crucial scientific, academic and professional skills that will help them kick-start their future careers and make them stand out head and shoulders above the rest of their peers when it comes to applying for jobs. These skills include project management, risk identification & mitigation, problem solving, working within a diverse workplace, and first-hand experience in the space industry. Participating teams will learn and apply ECSS space project management processes for space missions and participate in multiple reviews of their experimental design throughout the various phases of the programme.
Team members will meet regularly with professionals and experts and will thus be guided throughout the entire process, providing the necessary feedback and knowledge to bring an experiment idea to the International Space Station for 4 months. The ESA Education Office also provides some financial support to cover, in part, the cost of travel and accommodation during workshops and test campaigns.
Should you have further questions, do not hesitate to contact the ESA Academy team at orbityourthesis [at] esa.int. We look forward to working with interested teams in the process of application also.