Announcements
Announcements
Embedded Files
Spring 2026 Opportunities
Spring 2026 Opportunities
🔻Scroll down for Summer 2026 Opportunities 🔻
Astrobio Lounge Art Show (Feb 27)
Astrobio Lounge Art Show (Feb 27)
Spring 2026 Career Fairs
Spring 2026 Career Fairs
International Physicists' Tournament
International Physicists' Tournament
The UofA Physics department will be representing the US in IPT 2026, hosted at Oklahoma State University, and we are looking for additional team members!
In case you haven’t heard of it before, IPT (the International Physicists' Tournament) is an international competition in which undergrads and master’s students on teams from around the world work on a list of 17 open-ended problems over a period of several months, and ultimately clash against each other in a debate format, attempting to find weaknesses to each other's solutions while defending their own results (https://iptnet.info/).
As an example, here are some of the problems that appeared in the competition in previous years:
- How tall of a tower can you make with LEGOs made out of jelly?
- Why do PVC cement droplets spin when dropped in water?
- Can you predict the shape of an object by the Arago-Poisson spot it produces in its shadow when lit?
This year's list of problems can be found here: https://iptnet.info/problems/
For the past two years, the UofA physics team has participated in the US tournament. Some of our students also join the US team to participated in the international tournament.
If this seems interesting to you and you’d like to be part of our team, please contact Manolis Drimalas (egdrimalas@arizona.edu) by Friday, March 6.
AABC Seed Grant Program
AABC Seed Grant Program
The Astrobiology Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grant 2026
Applications due Friday, February 27, by 5 PM.
The AABC Seed Grant program is an opportunity to foster creative, ambitious, and interdisciplinary scholarship and engagement in the expansive field of astrobiology. This initiative includes biological, physical, and space science projects as well as projects in the humanities, social sciences, arts, science education, and other fields. This seed grant is a call to thinkers and explorers across all disciplines.
Eligibility Criteria
Amount of Funding: The maximum funding is up to $10,000, depending on the scope and needs of the project.
Use of Funds: Funds may be used for research expenses, equipment, travel, and other project-related costs.
Duration of Funding: The funding period is up to 2 years.
Application link: https://astrobiology.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/2026-01/AABC_Seed-Grants-2026.pdf
Interns, Apply from March 27th - May 22nd
We seek undergraduate students to join our AY26-27 internship program. Eligibility includes full-time University of Arizona Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors at the start of the Fall 2026 semester, enrolled in any STEM major, or with future STEM aspirations. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or naturalized U.S. citizens and have a 2.5 cumulative GPA. Multiple positions are open for paid, mentored research experiences on and off the U of A campus.
The Space Grant Program offers intern & mentor project matching, a $16.50/hour wage, the opportunity for interns to attend our annual statewide Symposium to present their research, events and networking opportunities, and so much more.
Awards will be announced in late July / early August for the upcoming academic year. Find more information on our website.
APS CU*iP
APS CU*iP
The APS Conference for Undergraduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics (CU*iP) will be taking place next March 14-15, 2026, in Denver, Colorado. Unlike previous years, there will only be one CU*iP in 2026, rather than a series of concurrent regional conferences. The conference will take place the Saturday-Sunday immediately before the APS Global Physics Summit, which also takes place in Denver, CO.
The department strongly encourages interested students, especially women and gender minorities, to apply to attend this year’s CU*iP. The department will cover the $45 registration fee. Similar to past CU*iPs, APS will cover lodging and meals for attendees. Because of the back-to-back timing of CU*iP and the APS Global Summit, we especially encourage students to apply to attend both CU*iP and the Summit and to present a contributed research talk at the Summit. The department can support travel costs for up to 5 students (up to 2 students without a research presentation at the Summit) for up to $300/student, with preference given to students with a research presentation at the APS Summit.
Applications to attend CU*iP open on Monday, Nov 10. Please note that APS is limiting space at this year’s conference due to it being a pilot for the new single event format. If you are admitted to the conference, please reach out as soon as possible to Melissa Walton (melissawalton@arizona.edu) regarding the financial support.
Please feel free to reach out with any questions to either the APS CU*iP Attendee information page or to myself (Rachel Hyneman, rhyneman@arizona.edu) or the department head (Shufang Su, shufang@arizona.edu).
Summer 2026 Opportunities
Summer 2026 Opportunities
NASA ICONS Summer Internship
NASA ICONS Summer Internship
Application Deadline: February 28, 2026
Link: https://science.nasa.gov/planetary-science/europa-clipper-icons-internships/
GPAP_2026school_advertisement.pdfTSMC Summer DNA Internships
TSMC Summer DNA Internships
Application Deadlines: February 2026 (Taiwan) or March 2026 (Phoenix)
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
The U.S. National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF REU) program supports intensive research by undergraduate students in any area of research funded by NSF.
Undergraduate students can apply directly to REU Sites to participate in research projects across the United States and the world. REU-supported students receive stipends and in many cases assistance with housing, meals and travel.
Graduate School Opportunities
Graduate School Opportunities
Page updated
Report abuse