[Nfbmd] FW: NASA Seeking Summer Interns for 2014

[Michelle Clark]

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From: Mollyne Honor [mailto:mrhonor at LBPH.LIB.MD.US] 
Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 3:01 PM
To: LBPH_INFO-L at LISTSRV.MSDE.STATE.MD.US
Subject: NASA Seeking Summer Interns for 2014

 

December 12, 2013
 
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. Disability means both physical and mental
disabilities. 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 right this very minute! The deadline
for submitting applications is Saturday, March 1, 2014, and we will begin
extending offers to students as early as Thursday, January 16, 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 anytime at the One Stop Shopping
Initiative (OSSI): NASA Internships, Fellowships, and Scholarships (NIFS) at
http://intern.nasa.gov/. Summer 2014 internships run from Monday, June 2,
2014, until Friday, August 8, 2014, for college students and from Monday,
June 23, 2014, until Friday, August 1, 2014, 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 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. 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 January 16, 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.  

 
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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