[NFBNJ] Summer 2018 NASA Internships: Please Distribute Far and Wide

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Subject: Summer 2018 NASA Internships: Please Distribute Far and Wide

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 2018 now! The 
deadline for submitting applications will be Thursday, March 1, 2018. 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 
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 December.  They start to appear in numbers in January. You 
can register for an account anytime 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.



Internships run for ten weeks for undergraduate and graduate students. 
Internships run for six weeks for high school students. The exact starting 
and ending dates are not known yet.  All student interns get paid. The 2018 
stipend amounts are not known yet.   The high school stipend for Summer 2017 
was $2,100.00 for a six-week internship. The Summer 2017 undergraduate 
stipend for a ten-week internship was $6,000.00. The Summer 2017 graduate 
stipend for a ten-week internship was $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 
at http://intern.nasa.gov/.



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 the online application.  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.



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 2018. They will then have five 
calendar days to either accept or reject the offer through their 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

Education Office 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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