[visionrehabtherapist] Exciting Internships with NASA
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- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 20:41:42 +0000
Hi All,
I received the information below from Ken Silberman at NASA about an exciting
opportunity for students with disabilities. Please check it out and have your
students apply. If you have questions you can contact Ken directly. His e-mail
address is in the message.
Ike
Ike Presley, TVI, CLVT
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Ken’s Message
Thursday, November 05, 2015
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 2016 internships starting on Tuesday, November 10, 2015!
The deadline for submitting applications is Wednesday, March 2, 2016. We will
begin extending offers to students in early 2016 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject
field, OR by visiting the list page at
//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. 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 2016 internships run from Monday, June 6 through Friday, August 12 for
undergraduate and graduate students. Internships run from Monday, June 27
through Friday, August 5 for high school students. All student interns get
paid. The high school stipend will be $2,100.00 for a six-week internship. The
undergraduate stipend for a ten-week internship will be $6,000.00. The graduate
stipend for a ten-week internship will be $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. 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 15, 2016. 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
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@xxxxxxxx<mailto:kenneth.a.silberman@xxxxxxxx>
Office Location: Building 28 Room W151
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