[Promotion-technology] FYI: NASA Summer 2017 Internships for Students with Disabilities

[Kenneth Silberman]

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. NASA has a two-percent hiring goal for employment of people
with disabilities and internships are a good way to get 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 on
or about November 10, 2016. The deadline for submitting applications will be
on or about 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 early June through early August for
undergraduate and graduate students. Internships run from late June through
early August for high school students. All student interns get paid. The
high school stipend for Summer 2016 was $2,100.00 for a six-week internship.
The Summer 2016 undergraduate stipend for a ten-week internship was
$6,000.00. The Summer 2016 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 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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