[nabs-l] Dates and Stipends for NASA Summer 2017 Internships for Students with Disabilities

[David Andrews]

>
>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 regular internship programs. This is not a program for 
>students with disabilities.  We are trying to recruit more students 
>with disabilities into our regular internship programs. Disability 
>means both physical and mental disabilities. Internships are a good 
>way to get real-world experience. However, this is not an employment 
>program. NASA jobs can be found at <http://www.usajobs.gov>. 
>Students can apply for Summer 2017 internships now! The deadline for 
>submitting applications will be Wednesday, March 1, 2017. We will 
>begin extending offers to students in mid-to-late January and will 
>continue until all positions are filled. If you would like to 
>subscribe to an announcement-only list about NASA internships for 
>persons with disabilities, please send an E-mail to 
>nasainterns-request at freelists.org<mailto:nasainterns-request at freelists.org> 
>with 'subscribe' in the Subject field, OR by visiting the list page 
>at http://www.freelists.org/list/nasainterns.
>
>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. Don't be surprised if you don't see 
>many internship opportunities in November.  They start to appear in 
>numbers in mid-to-late December. You can register for an account 
>anytime at the One Stop Shopping Initiative (OSSI): NASA 
>Internships, Fellowships, and Scholarships (NIFS) at 
>http://intern.nasa.gov/. All material that you wish to have 
>considered must be uploaded to the OSSI website. No documentation 
>will be accepted that is E-mailed or snail mailed.
>
>Summer 2017 internships run from Monday, June 5, 2017, through 
>Friday, August 11, 2017, (ten weeks) for undergraduate and graduate 
>students. Internships run from Monday, June 26, 2017, through 
>Friday, August 4, 2017, (six weeks) for high school students. All 
>student interns get paid. The high school stipend for Summer 2017 
>will be $2,100.00 for a six-week internship. The Summer 2017 
>undergraduate stipend for a ten-week internship will be $6,000.00. 
>The Summer 2017 graduate stipend for a ten-week internship will be 
>$7,500.00. 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 through the OSSI website.
>
>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 3.0 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. It is 
>important to remember that applying is a two-step process. The first 
>step is to fill out everything in OSSI.  The second step is to 
>select and apply to specific internship opportunities. 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 mid-January 2017. They will 
>then have five calendar days to either accept or reject the offer 
>through their OSSI: NIFS account. The offer will automatically 
>expire after five calendar days if no action is taken.
>
>Please feel free to contact me for more information or help with applying.
>
>
>Kenneth A. Silberman, Esq.
>U.S. Supreme Court, Maryland, & Patent Bars
>B.A., M.Eng., J.D.
>NASA Engineer & Registered Patent Attorney
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