[Nebraska-students] NASA Student Internship Opportunity

[Jamie K. Forbis]

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 internships now! The deadline for
submitting applications is Friday, March 15, 2013, and we will begin
extending offers to students as early as February 2, 2013. 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/> http://intern.nasa.gov/. Summer 2013
internships run for ten weeks for college students and six to eight weeks
for high school students, from early/late June through early/mid-August.
College students receive a stipend of $6000 and high school students $1800.
As an intern, you are responsible for your own housing. NASA internships for
college students are also offered during Spring, Fall and Year Long
Sessions.

 

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 posted
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 1, 2012. 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. 

 

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 

Office of Education, Code 160 

NASA/GSFC Mailstop 160, Bldg. 28, Rm. N165, Greenbelt, MD  20771, USA

Voice:  (301) 286-9281

Fax:  (301) 286-1655

E-mail:   <mailto:kenneth.a.silberman at nasa.gov> kenneth.a.silberman at nasa.gov

 

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