NASA Internships For Blind Students
Attention graduating high school seniors and current college freshman!
This summer, the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is offering an exciting new internship program.
Excellence through Challenging Experiences and Leadership (EXCEL)
WHAT: The EXCEL program provides blind graduating high school seniors and current college freshman a 5-week internship at three NASA Centers. Travel and living expenses will be paid for. The internship will also include development of mentoring relationships with blind NASA employees, other blind people working in the science, technology, engineering, and math field, and other NASA employees. Six EXCEL interns will be chosen from a nationwide search, with two additional students chosen as alternates.
WHERE: Two interns will be placed at each of three NASA centers--Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, Maryland), Johnson Space Center (Houston, Texas), and the Jet Propulsion Lab (Pasadena, California). A one-week orientation to the internship will take place at the NFB National Convention in Louisiville, Kentucky the first week of July.
WHEN: Orientation will begin on June 30th and the internships will end on August 14.
WHO: To be eligible for the program, you must be at least 18 years old at the beginning of the program and either a senior in high school who has been accepted to college or a current college freshman who is interested in pursuing a career in a science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) field.