SPAN were invited to a roundtable discussion hosted by Deputy High Commissioner Elizabeth Bowes PSM at Australia House. The event welcomed Professor Christopher Lawrence and Lieutenant General Larry James, from Monash University, as well as representatives from the UK Space Agency and Australia House. The discussion focused on how Australia’s National Indigenous Space Academy (NISA) is inspiring a new generation of First Nations people to intern at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
First Nations Australian University students now have the chance to aim high with the NISA internship program, which was founded in Adelaide in 2023 and is funded by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and the Australian Space Agency.
The programme, delivered by Monash University, sends students studying in STEM fields to NASA’s JPL in California for a summer internship program in which students partner with a NASA JPL scientist or engineer mentor. If you would like to be connected to the team at Monash University please drop Anushka an email at info@span.ac.uk and we’ll connect you.
Previous Page |03 December 2025
The UK Space Agency has today announced the recipients of the National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP). We extend our warmest congratulations to the academic and industry teams whose projects have been selected for support.
26 November 2025
Thank you to everyone who joined our November SPAN Town Hall. Below is a brief overview of the key updates shared across the community.
28 October 2025
We’re pleased to announce that our SPAN Whitepaper, Bridging the Gap Between Industry and Academia – led by Anushka Sharma and Professor Mark Sims (University of Leicester / SPAN), is now available to read. The paper sets out practical ways to deepen collaboration across the UK space ecosystem, including: Co-design from day zero with early academic […]
