NASA ORBIT Challenge 2027
The NASA ORBIT (Opportunities in Research, Business, Innovation, and Technology for the Workforce) Challenge invites university and community college students nationwide to work with real NASA intellectual property and mission challenges. Choose your path: develop commercial applications of NASA patents that solve problems here on Earth (ORBIT Earth), or design next-generation technologies for…
The NASA ORBIT Challenge 2027, organized by NASA, is currently accepting applications from university and community college students across the nation. This program, known as Opportunities in Research, Business, Innovation, and Technology for the Workforce, invites students to collaborate with NASA's intellectual property and mission challenges.
Participants can choose to focus on either ORBIT Earth, which involves developing commercial applications of NASA patents to solve terrestrial problems, or ORBIT Space, which entails designing next-generation technologies for space exploration. Teams with the ambition to tackle both areas can also do so through the optional Integration Bonus.
The grand prize for the challenge is up to $500,000 in awards, mentorship from NASA's experts, and the opportunity to showcase the team's work in person. Finalists are also granted access to an exclusive accelerator program aimed at launching their careers in STEM and entrepreneurship.
The challenge opens for submissions on September 14, 2026, and the registration deadline is November 16, 2026. For more information, interested parties can visit the challenge's official website at https://nasaorbit.org/.
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- NASA ORBIT Challenge 2027 nasa.gov
