[Mi-abs] Fw: NASA Spring and Summer 2014 Recruitment Letter for Student Interns with Disabilities and Frequently Asked Questions: Please Distribute Far and Wide!

Wed Sep 11 01:58:40 UTC 2013

Simply passing along the information for those who may be interested.

Elizabeth

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From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 3:43 AM
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Subject: [nabs-l] NASA Spring and Summer 2014 Recruitment Letter for Student 
Interns with Disabilities and Frequently Asked Questions: Please Distribute 
Far and Wide!

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>>If anyone knows people who would benefit from
>>this opportunity please distribute.
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>>Thanks,
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>>Craig
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Silberman, Kenneth A. (GSFC-1600)
>>Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 1:26 PM
>>To: Silberman, Kenneth A. (GSFC-1600)
>>Subject: NASA Spring and Summer 2014 Recruitment
>>Letter for Student Interns with Disabilities and
>>Frequently Asked Questions: Please Distribute Far and Wide!
>>
>>To Prospective NASA Student Interns with Disabilities,
>>
>>NASA is looking to increase the number of
>>students with disabilities pursuing science,
>>technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers
>>through our internship programs. NASA has a
>>two-percent hiring goal for employment of people
>>with disabilities and internships are a good way
>>to get experience. Students can apply for summer
>>2014 internships, starting on Friday, November
>>1, 2013. The deadline for submitting
>>applications is Friday, March 14, 2014, and we
>>will begin extending offers to students as early
>>as Monday, February 3, 2014. We encourage you to
>>apply early because the best opportunities are
>>likely to be filled early. Plus, your likelihood
>>of being selected decreases the longer you wait.
>>You can register for an account and look for
>>internships anytime at the One Stop Shopping
>>Initiative (OSSI): NASA Internships,
>>Fellowships, and Scholarships (NIFS) at
>>http://intern.nasa.gov/. Summer 2014 internships
>>run from early June until early August for
>>college students and from late June until early
>>August for high school students. All student
>>interns get paid. For example, last Summer, at
>>Goddard college students received a stipend of
>>$6000 and high school students $1800. As an
>>intern, you are responsible for your own housing.
>>
>>NASA internships for college and high school
>>students are also offered during Spring, Fall
>>and Year Long Sessions. Students can apply for
>>Spring 2014 internship opportunities now! The
>>website and the application process are the same
>>for all NASA internships, regardless of the time
>>of year. The deadline for submitting
>>applications is Friday, October 11, 2013, and we
>>will begin extending offers to students as early
>>as Wednesday, September 11, 2013. Students who
>>are selected for spring internships will receive
>>an offer letter by E-mail sometime after October
>>11, 2013. Students will not be able to see
>>Summer 2014 opportunities until November 1.
>>
>>NASA has internships for high school students
>>and for rising freshmen through doctoral
>>students in STEM fields. A rising freshman is a
>>high school student who has been accepted to an
>>accredited institution of higher learning, i.e.,
>>a college or university, at the time of the
>>internship. Applicants must be U.S. citizens,
>>with a minimum GPA of 2.8 for college and 3.0
>>for high school; however, applicants must
>>understand that the competition for internships
>>is keen. High school students must be at least
>>sixteen years old at the time the internship begins.
>>
>>Internships are available at all NASA centers
>>nationwide. Students can submit a completed
>>application whether they apply to an opportunity
>>or not. However, applying to opportunities has
>>the advantage of allowing applicants to be
>>considered by mentors who work in disciplines of
>>interest and at a particular center. Applicants
>>may apply to as many as fifteen opportunities.
>>For example, an opportunity having to do with
>>the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) will be at
>>the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland
>>because SDO is located there. Not applying to an
>>opportunity means that prospective interns will
>>be hoping that a mentor happens to read their
>>applications rather than directing their
>>applications to mentors in fields and at centers of interest.
>>
>>Students who are selected for summer internships
>>will receive an offer letter by E-mail sometime
>>after February 3, 2014. They will then have five
>>days to either accept or reject the offer
>>through their OSSI: NIFS account. The offer will
>>automatically expire after five days if no action is taken.
>>
>>Below is a list of frequently asked questions
>>about applying for NASA internships:
>>
>>Frequently Asked Questions About OSSI:NIFS for Student Applicants
>>
>>*What does NASA do? In aeronautics, NASA enables
>>a safer, more secure, efficient, and
>>environmentally friendly air transportation
>>system. In human exploration, NASA operates the
>>International Space Station (ISS) and prepares
>>for human exploration beyond low Earth orbit. In
>>science, NASA explores the Earth-Sun system, our
>>own solar system, and the universe beyond. In
>>engineering, NASA designs the aircraft,
>>spacecraft, and scientific instruments that make all of this possible.
>>
>>*In what fields are NASA's internship
>>opportunities? NASA has internships in
>>aerospace, chemical, environmental, materials,
>>mechanical, civil, electrical, thermal, systems,
>>optical, robotic and computer hardware and
>>software engineering. Engineers also work in the
>>fields of composites, cryogenics,
>>microelectronics, signal processing, high
>>performance computing , and nanotechnology . Our
>>computer engineers develop artificial
>>intelligence systems, and conduct research into
>>data information and visualization systems
>>technology . NASA computer scientists develop
>>models that help us learn about gravitational
>>astrophysics, study the Earth's oceans, study
>>the Earth's atmosphere, and study the biospheres
>>of other planets. Earth and planetary scientists
>>study the physics and chemistry of the Earth's
>>oceans, the Earth's atmosphere, and the
>>biospheres of other planets and exoplanets,
>>using these models. Astrophysicists use
>>satellites, aircraft, balloons and sounding
>>rockets to conduct research into high energy
>>astrophysics, astroparticle physics, stellar
>>physics, heliophysics, and cosmology. Some of
>>the other areas of study at NASA are radiation,
>>space weather, geodynamics, planetary
>>magnetospheres, geospace physics, and
>>climatology. Remote sensing is crucial to all of
>>this research. Our engineers and scientists work
>>with radio, thermal, infrared, optical,
>>ultraviolet, X-ray, gamma ray, laser, particle,
>>acoustic and many other types of sensors an 
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