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2007 NASA SOLAR TERRESTRIAL PROBES/LIVING WITH A STAR SUMMER INTERNSHIPS

  • College internships dates TBD (4 to 10 weeks).
  • High School internships dates TBD (4 weeks).

Program Description

The NASA Solar Terrestrial Probes (STP)/Living With a Star (LWS) Summer Internship offers an opportunity to students to contribute directly to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s (GSFC) missions. We pair up students with a variety of professionals that help support the Sun-Earth Connection program. The Summer Internship Program was established for the benefit of high school and undergraduate college students interested in degrees in engineering and space science - disciplines of vital interest to GSFC. Since its inception it has grown into a program that also provides internship experience in supporting offices like Education & Public Outreach and Public Affairs. The program is intended to encourage students to both pursue and earn engineering and space science degrees and to enhance their interest in careers at GSFC by exposing them to its professional resources and facilities.

College Eligibility Requirements

  1. Students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher
  2. Students must be U.S. citizens or have established residency in the U.S.
  3. Students must be enrolled in a 2 or 4-year accredited institution
  4. Students must submit transcripts from each institution the student has attended
  5. Students must submit two letters of recommendation from an instructor that knows you well and can speak to your abilities

High School Eligibility Requirements

  1. Students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher
  2. Students must be U.S. citizens or have established residency in the U.S.
  3. Students must be enrolled in a high school or college prep school within a 100 mile radius of GSFC and be going into your junior or senior year
  4. Students must submit official transcripts from each institution the student has attended
  5. Students must submit two letters of recommendation from an instructor that knows you well and can speak to your abilities

Applicants must write an essay (1 or 2 pages)

Some of the questions an applicant should consider when writing the essay:

  1. Why do you believe you should be selected for an internship in the Sun-Earth Connection Program at GSFC?
  2. Indicate the interest in the area of internship you prefer.
  3. Describe what you hope or expect to learn from the internship.

*The content, style and completeness of your response will be taken in consideration when evaluating the essay.

All applicants must be 16 by the starting date of their internship. Applicants who are under the age of 18 must obtain a workers permit.  For further information on employment of minors, please refer to this website: + Link to Website

Accepted college applicants (accepted high school applicants refer to requirement #3) who live outside of 100 mile radius of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD will have their travel funded to the Baltimore-Washington D.C. area at the beginning of their internship term and returning to where they originally came from at the end of their internship term.

Accepted applicants are responsible for their own lodging and transportation during the course of the internship. If accepted college applicants need assistance with finding living accommodations, contact the STP/LWS internship coordinator.

All Transcriptions/Letters of Recommendations/Questions/Concerns to

Sarah E. Brown
STP/LWS Internship Coordinator
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Mailstop: 460
Greenbelt, MD 20771

301-286-0806
Sarah.E.Brown.1@gsfc.nasa.gov

  • Deadline for Applications is February 15, 2007!
  • Letters of acceptance will be mailed by March 21, 2007!

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