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2010 Research and Scholarship Opportunities for VA - NC Alliance Students

Research, Internship & Scholarship Opportunities

for VA-NC Alliance Students

The Alliance mantains a listing of summer and academic year research, internship, and scholarships available to students and partner institutions.Please contact Ms. Jessica McCauley by e-mail: jjm6k@virginia.edu or phone: (434) 982-0310 if you would like us to add an opportunity to this list, or have questions about existing opportunities. A list of opportunities from previous years is also available.

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Opportunities for Summer 2013

 

NASA Chandra Program Internship

Chandra Operations Control Center, Cambridge, MA

Deadline: MARCH 13, 2013

http://vsgc.odu.edu/

Program Description: Interns will assist the Northrop Grumman Flight Operations Team in analysis and software development in support of the Chandra X-ray Observatory mission. Work will include analysis of spacecraft data and/or development of software tools and web utilities to be used in operations of the vehicle. Open to undergrad and grad students, mainly in engineering. Required Skills: basic education in physics, mathematics, computer science or engineering. 10 weeks; possibility exists for continued, remote involvement during the academic year. Stipend: $6000, round-trip ticket included.

Denice Dublin, Development and Program Specialist:  ddublin@odu.edu  phone: 757-766-5210

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STEM Bridge Scholarship Program

Sponsored by the Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC)

Deadline:  MARCH 15, 2013

http://vsgc.odu.edu/sf/Bridge/

Program Description: VSGC provides renewable scholarships of $1,000 to sophomore students from any federally recognized minority group enrolled full-time in a program of study in STEM fields at one of the five Virginia Space Grant member universities (College of William and Mary; Hampton University ; Old Dominion University ; University of Virginia; Virginia Tech). Online application: https://spacegrant.net/apps/?pk=vas4

Denice Dublin, Development and Program Specialist:  ddublin@odu.edu   phone: 757-766-5210 __________________________________________________________________________________________________

NASA One-Stop-Shopping Initiative (OSSI) Recruiting for Summer Opportunities

Internships occur at NASA Centers and associated facilities, primarily in office settings and research labs.

•Summer: May/June-August •Fall: September- December

•Year-Long opportunities that do not fall within the conventional summer, fall, or spring session timeframes. Typically, these opportunities span multiple sessions

Deadline: MARCH 15, 2013

https://intern.nasa.gov/index.html

Program Description: OSSI strives to provide students at all institutions of higher education access to a portfolio of internship, fellowship and scholarship opportunities offered by NASA mission directorates and centers. Now recruiting for NASA Interns, Fellows and Scholars (NIFS). Visit above website to search NIFS opportunities and apply online through OSSI. **A single application places the student in the applicant pool for consideration by all NASA mentors.

Inquiries about the OSSI should be submitted via https://intern.nasa.gov/oic/

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