There are many divisions of NASA that share interests with Public Lab. Here are just a few:

Earth Science

SERVIR

DEVELOP

Brief: DEVELOP addresses community concerns relating to environmental issues by linking advanced students with local government and NGO's in 10 week intensive research terms.

Full description: The Applied Sciences' DEVELOP National Program is a dual capacity building internship that addresses environmental and public policy issues through interdisciplinary research projects that apply NASA Earth observations to community concerns around the globe. DEVELOP bridges the gap between NASA Earth Science and society, building capacity in both its interns and partner organizations to better prepare them to handle the challenges that face our society and future generations. "DEVELOP is an incubator for applied NASA Earth science projects."

http://open.nasa.gov/