Application Procedures for 2008


Last updated: 03/12/08

Deadline for Submitting Applications:
March 31, 2008  

Deadline for Hiring Students:
May 15, 2008 



1.  Email the intern coordinator at interns@helio.gsfc.nasa.gov your 
     resume and cover letter in .pdf or .doc format, this is how you
     apply to our internship and 3 letters of recommendations by email from your
     references directly to me, no later than March 31, 2008.
     You can also mail your resume to the address below:
     
     NASA/GSFC
     Attn: Ana Rosas
     Mail Stop 671.0
     Greenbelt, MD  20771

2.  Your resume should have the following requirements:
     a)    US Citizenship required, state this on resume.Full name and address
     b)    Please state clearly in your resume what year you will be
            in the upcoming fall term: Ex) Fall 2008: Freshman
     c)    Email and contact phone numbers VERY IMPORTANT
     d)    Full name and address.
     e)    Both cover letter and resume should be together as one
            attachment when you email it. You will receive an email
            confirming that your resume was received.
      f)	You must be at least 16 years old and a junior in high school to apply.

3.   Please review the research areas available at GSFC at
      http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/home/index.html.
      Click onto About, Click onto Organizations, then click onto the
      division most likely to have your type of research are you are
      interested in. I recommend that your research interest be stated in your
      cover letter. Mentors will  have a better idea as to what area of 
      research you want to work in this summer. 


4.   After your resume has been submitted, it will be placed on our website
       for review by our mentors. Only mentors will have access to resumes
       and to the list of hired students. The mentor will contact you first for an interview.
       Although the program runs from June 2 to August 31, 2008, you may 
       be hired before June 2 or after, and/or for less than 12 weeks.

5.   Do not be discouraged if you do not hear from mentors up to the
       deadline. Please email the intern coordinator if you wish to 
       withdraw your resume from the list due to other obligations
      you may have, as soon as know you are no longer available.

6.   If you and the mentor reach agreement as to the type of research
      involved and the hours required to complete the project, then the
      mentor will contact the intern coordinator.

7.   Final confirmation of your internship for the summer at GSFC
      will be emailed to you by the intern coordinator in a formal letter.

8. If you have any questions after reviewing the website, please call
      Ana Rosas (intern coordinator) at 301-286-3673, email me at
      interns@helio.gsfc.nasa.gov, or call Dr. Fred Bruhweiler at
     301-286-4659, his email is fredb@iacs.gsfc.nasa.gov .