NÖVA Global Student Ambassadors 2025 Online Fellowship

The NASA International Space Apps Challenge is the world’s largest annual hackathon, engaging 57,000+ participants from 185+ countries in 2023 to solve challenges on Earth and in space using NASA’s open data. In 2025, with 18 new global challenge statements spanning climate, AI, disaster preparedness, and sustainability, NÖVA has been selected as an Official Amplification Collaborator. To expand participation and bridge global themes with local contexts, NÖVA is launching the Global Student Ambassadors 2025 program, mobilizing 50-100 student leaders across 15+ countries. Ambassadors will act as influencers, mobilizers, and storytellers, raising awareness before the hackathon, amplifying participation during, and sustaining youth-led impact afterward. Through this journey (Learn → Launch → Lead), they will promote NASA Space Apps, adapt global challenges to local realities, and link peers to NÖVA’s long-term ecosystem, especially the Balloon Fund, which supports young innovators in moving from ideas to prototypes and real-world solutions.