NASA Spring Internships for 89 students

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<p>Students,</p>

<p>We received the email below from the Acting Deputy Manager, Space Grants at NASA today and wanted to pass this wonderful opportunity on to you.*</p>

<p><em>“NASA will be placing 89 students in spring USRP internships.</em> These internships are 15 weeks in length (starting in Mid-January), and are degree-relevant.* They will be distributed across all 10 NASA centers around the country.</p>

<p>I apologize for the late notice, but this program was given funding at the last minute.* As of today there are only 200 applicants for these 89 positions, so this is a great opportunity for student to get their foot in the door with an employer who is difficult to get into.</p>

<p>*Please encourage your students to apply – they must be US citizens with GPA above 3.0 and be enrolled full-time in an Engineering, Math, Computer, or physical science B.S. degree-program.</p>

<p>If you are interested you must apply on-line at intern.nasa.gov before October 11th.”</p>

<p>If you are contacted by NASA and offered a position, contact the Co-op Office.* We can help you to participate in a non-summer professional internship, such as this, through our Professional Practice Program.* The Co-op Professional Practice Program enables students to work during spring or fall semesters and maintain their full-time student status.* For more information on the Co-op Professional Practice Program visit our website at [Cooperative</a> Education at The University of Alabama](<a href=“http://coop.eng.ua.edu/pp.html]Cooperative”>http://coop.eng.ua.edu/pp.html).</p>

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<p>Regards,</p>

<p>Ms. Powell</p>

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<p>Naomi Powell</p>

<p>Associate Director</p>

<p>Cooperative Education and Professional Practice Program</p>

<p>The University of Alabama</p>

<p>Phone 205/348-8549** Fax 205/348-2459</p>

<p>Visit Our Website:* [Cooperative</a> Education at The University of Alabama](<a href=“http://coop.eng.ua.edu%5DCooperative”>http://coop.eng.ua.edu)</p>

<p>Roll Tide Roll!</p>

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<p>Thank you so much for posting this! It serves as a reminder that opportunities ARE out there…but also serves as a warning that you need to plan ahead for them. </p>

<p>I seriously doubt that anyone will be able to get their application completed by Oct 11th if they are not well along in the application process…so the real message here is to plan ahead - often a full year or two ahead - for internships and co-ops.</p>

<p>My son has NASA on his radar already, and he will apply next year as a Sophomore (for Spring 2014 internship). This immediate opportunity you mention for Spring 2013 would best suit a Sophomore, because the Junior and Senior Aero-Eng’g major years cannot be skipped in any way - certain classes are only taught certain semesters, so it is difficult to take just 1 semester off in the sequence of classes. (Other majors may have similar difficulties at UA?)</p>

<p>But if anyone is interested in the link to see what is available with an eye on the future, here is the link to all NASA internships, fellowships, and scholarships and an explanation of the involved process you need to go through: <a href=“https://intern.nasa.gov/[/url]”>https://intern.nasa.gov/&lt;/a&gt; It probably pays to have your student submit an interest profile online well ahead of any searching they do. I noted that in summer 2009, an UA aero undergraduate received one of these NASA aeronautics internships, and did so again this past summer 2012 as a graduate. There are usually only 20 students picked, so the fact that NASA found funding to offer so many more (89!!!) is fantabulous.</p>