[nfbcs] NASA Spring and Summer 2014 Recruitment Letter for Student Interns with Disabilities and Frequently Asked Questions: Please Distribute Far and Wide!
David Andrews
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Tue Sep 10 07:43:22 UTC 2013
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>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 and detectors.
>
>*Where are NASA internship opportunities
>located? Internship opportunities are located at
>NASA centers and field installations all over
>the country: Ames Research Center, Moffett
>Federal Airfield, Mountain View, California;
>Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force
>Base, Los Angeles County, California; Glenn
>Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio; Goddard
>Institute for Space Studies, New York City, New
>York; Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt,
>Maryland; Independent Verification and
>Validation Facility, Fairmont, West Virginia;
>Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California;
>Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas; Kennedy
>Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida; Langley
>Research Center, Hampton, Virginia; Marshall
>Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama;
>Michoud Assembly Facility, New Orleans,
>Louisiana; NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC;
>NASA Shared Services Center at Stennis Space
>Center, Mississippi; Stennis Space Center, near
>Bay St. Louis, Mississippi; Wallops Flight
>Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia; White Sands
>Complex, Las Cruces, New Mexico; and White Sands
>Test Facility, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
>
>*The OSSI Frequently Asked Questions link is
>https://intern.nasa.gov/ossi/web/faq/index.cfm?subAction=VIEW
>
>*What does OSSI:NIFS stand for? OSSI:NIFS is the
>One Stop Shopping Initiative for NASA
>Internships, Fellowships, and Scholarships.
>
>*Is there an OSSI:NIFS help desk? The help desk
>E-mail is <MSFC-DL-HelpdeskMSFC at mail.nasa.gov>.
>The help desk phone is 1-866-419-6297. The help
>desk hours of operation are 24/7.
>
>*How do I apply? Here is how to apply. The
>application is online. You need to go to
><http://intern.nasa.gov>. Then click on
>internships. Next click on the
>register-as-a-student Button. You then need to
>continue by registering, completing your
>interest profile, and application. Then, you
>must search for specific internship
>opportunities at specific NASA centers and field
>installations and apply for them. Letters of
>recommendation are uploaded by the recommender.
>Your application will not be completed until at
>least one letter of recommendation is uploaded.
>This means that you will not be able to apply
>to, although you will be able to view, specific
>opportunities until you have at least one letter
>of recommendation uploaded to the OSSI:NIFS
>system. The "getting Started" link, visible
>after you login, should help you as you go
>through the aforementioned process. Nothing is accepted by snail mail.
>
>*Are NASA internships for college and high
>school students also offered during Spring, Fall and Year Long Sessions? Yes
>
>*Are the website and the application process the
>same for all NASA internships, regardless of the time of year? Yes
>
>*I am not currently a student because I either
>graduated or am taking some time out from
>school; am I eligible to apply? You must be
>accepted to an accredited institution of higher
>learning, i.e., a college or university, at the
>time of the internship. So, if you don't plan to
>continue with your formal education next Summer
>or Fall, I'm sorry to tell you that you would
>not be eligible to apply for a NASA internship.
>
>*Can good letters of recommendation really help
>me land a NASA internship? You will have a
>better chance of being selected for an
>internship if you have your recommenders tailor
>their letters for the specific opportunities
>that you will be applying to. This is because
>your recommenders will be explaining to the
>mentors why your skills will be a good match.
>
>*How long does a recommender have to submit
>her/his letter of recommendation? Recommenders
>receive an E-mail from the OSSI:NIFS system
>after an applicant enters a recommenders name
>and other information. This E-mail gives
>instructions and a link for uploading the letter
>to an applicant's account. The link is specific
>with a user name and password. Warning! The link
>is disabled 20 calendar days after it is sent to
>the recommender. The applicant must enter the
>recommender's information again after the 20 calendar days has expired.
>
>*How do I upload a transcript? What if I want to
>update the transcript? After logging into your
>account, click on "My Applications." Then, click
>on "Education." Go to your college, and click on
>the "Upload" button, and upload a transcript.
>Then, save the record. If you want to update the
>transcript, repeat the aforementioned process,
>and the old transcript will be overwritten by
>the new transcript. This change will affect all
>of the internship opportunities that you applied or will apply to.
>
>*How do I disclose my disability status if I am
>a student with a disability? There is a place in
>the online application process to voluntarily
>disclose disability status. It is located under
>"My Applications." Then, click on "General
>Information." This information is used in order
>to determine the degree to which members of each
>disability, ethnic, and racial group are reached
>by this internship/fellowship program.
>Additionally, NASA uses information about
>disability status to provide reasonable
>accommodation if requested. NASA requests that
>the student select the appropriate responses.
>While providing this information is optional,
>you must select decline to answer if you do not
>want to provide it. Mentors will not be able to
>view this information when considering students
>for opportunities. For more information, please visit the following website:
>
>http://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html
>
>*Why can't I find any internship opportunities
>specifically for students with disabilities?
>There are no NASA internships specifically for
>students with disabilities. Students with
>disabilities compete with other students for our
>internships. We are making a concerted effort to
>recruit students with disabilities into our mainstream internship programs.
>
>*Why do I see so few internship opportunities
>when I search for them? The OSSI:NIFS system
>only displays internship opportunities that
>request students at the grade level that you
>entered, i.e. the grade level that you will be
>at the time the internship begins. The way to
>work around this is to search for opportunities
>before you log in at
><https://intern.nasa.gov/ossi/web/public/guest/searchOpps/>.
>A pre-login search will eliminate the
>grade-level limitation on your search. When you
>find an opportunity that you wish to apply to,
>open it and apply. You will be prompted to log
>in at this point. Do so, and you will be able to
>apply or add it to your saved opportunities of interest.
>
>*What is the deadline for applying? The deadline
>for submitting applications is Friday, March 15,
>2013, and we will begin extending offers to
>students as early as February 2, 2013.
>
>*What is the minimum GPA in order to qualify for
>a NASA internship? A minimum GPA of 2.8 is
>required for college students and 3.0 for high
>school students. However, applicants must
>understand that the competition for internships is keen.
>
>*What is the minimum age for an intern? High
>school students must be at least sixteen years
>old at the time the internship begins. There is
>no upper age limit for college students.
>
>*When and for how long do Summer 2013
>internships run? Summer 2013 internships run
>from June 3 until August 9 for college students
>and from June 24 until August 2 for high school students.
>
>*Do I get paid? Yes, all student interns get
>paid. For example, at Goddard college students
>receive a stipend of $6000 and high school students $1800.
>
>*What do I do for housing? You will not be
>assigned housing. You must find it on your own.
>We do have lists of places that other students
>have stayed. However, we do not recommend
>specific housing. You will be expected to find
>and pay for your own housing out of your stipend.
>
>*Do I need to be a United States citizen to
>apply? Yes. Having a green card does not qualify
>someone as a U.S. citizen for purposes of this
>program. Please go to the following link to
>learn about internship opportunities for foreign citizens:
>
>https://intern.nasa.gov/content/internship-information/one-stop-shopping-initiative-ossi-student-online-a/non-us-opportunities/index.html
>
>*I'm having browser problems; what should I do?
>We can offer some suggestions on what to do
>without knowing what browser of OS the student
>is using. First, if they are using IE 9, please
>click on the Compatibility View, located on the
>Address bar. If they are using IE 8, please
>click on the Compatibility View, located under
>tools on the menu bar. This should correct the
>display. If they are using Firefox 5, try typing
>in the entire institution name and then tab down
>to get the address to fill completely. If
>neither of these work, please use the OSSI
>Information Center (OIC) to submit the technical inquiry at the following link:
>
>https://intern.nasa.gov/content/help/ossi-information-center-oic/index.html
>
>*I'm having trouble selecting a college; what
>should I do? When selecting a college, don't put
>anything in the edit field for the school, and
>just click search. You will then see a section
>at the bottom of the page that allows you to
>select a school, city, and state. Put in the
>city and state. Again, leave the school field
>blank. The website will give you a list of
>schools in that city and state as links. Just
>click on the school that you want, and it should
>be entered as your school in the original edit field.
>
>*I'm a high school student, and I don't have a
>college to enter yet: what should I do? Just
>write in a college that you think that you would
>like to attend. You will be asked for your high
>school later on in the application process.
>
>*Should I apply to all opportunities which look
>interesting to me at the same time, or
>sequentially by my priority interest? The choice
>is yours. You can apply to a maximum of 15.
>
>*If I apply to multiple internship opportunities
>at the same time, would I only receive an offer
>from one? You may get an offer from more than
>one opportunity. However, once you accept an
>offer. You cannot accept anymore offers. You are committed.
>
>*Do all internship opportunities reply at the
>same time if I apply for them concurrently? No.
>
>*Does NASA only have Summer internships? NASA
>internships for college students are also
>offered during Spring, Fall, and Year-Long
>Sessions. the OSSI system
><http://intern.nasa.gov> is the site to look for
>and apply to all NASA internships. The process
>is the same for all our internships.
>
>*Are NASA internships only for students with
>disabilities? No. Students with disabilities
>compete with other students for internships.
>Disclosure of one's disability, during the
>application process, is only seen by the Office
>of Education. The mentors, who select their
>students, do not have access to this
>information. We use information about a
>student's disability to provide reasonable
>accommodation in a timely manner if reasonable accommodation is requested.
>
>*For whom does NASA have internships? 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.
>
>*Where are NASA internships located? Internships
>are available at all NASA centers and field
>installations 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.
>
>*I applied to various opportunities. Will there
>be an interview before an offer is made? No.
>There will not be an interview before an offer
>is made. However, a mentor may contact you if
>she or he wishes for more information or to discuss your application.
>
>*What happens if I am selected for an
>internship? Students who are selected for summer
>internships will receive an offer letter by
>E-mail sometime after February 1, 2013. 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. Offers
>will be made from February 2, 2013, until all
>internship positions will have been filled. This
>continuous process may take until early May. So,
>you may receive an offer at any time during this period.
>
>*What happens if I am not selected for an
>internship? You will receive an E-mail after all
>interns are selected for the session to which
>you applied, i.e., Summer, Fall, Spring, year
>long. This E-mail will notify you that you were not selected.
>
>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: kenneth.a.silberman at nasa.gov
>
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