The International Space Weather Camp (ISWC) is an opportunity to learn about space physics in the context of meeting a very practical need — to understand the influence of the Sun on the space and upper atmosphere of the Earth and its related impact on the technological systems and needs of modern society. This is a new, exciting, and emerging discipline called Space Weather, which has attracted the attention of the White House and senior leaders in government because of the importance of ensuring that our technology investments are properly protected against severe Space Weather. Over twenty students from Alabama, Germany, and South Africa participate in a multiple-week series of lectures, hands-on projects, experiments, and excursions as they learn both the theoretical underpinnings and practical applications of Space Weather and solar and space physics.

• Applicants must be a junior or senior undergraduate student or a graduate student enrolled full-time in a higher education institution in the southeastern U.S (in a state that is part of NSF EPSCoR), which includes Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, West Virginia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico
• Applicants must be pursuing a degree in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) field.
• Applicants graduating before the internship are not eligible to apply unless they have accepted an offer to become graduate students at an FTPP institution. Freshmen applicants are ineligible.
• Applicants must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• Applicants must be 19 years of age by the start date of the appointment.
• Interns must have health insurance coverage during the internship.
• Applicants must hold a valid passport and obtain a South African VISA by the start of the camp in order to travel to South Africa. U.S. citizens do not require a VISA to travel to South Africa for 90 days or less.