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Exploring Challenges in Student Internship: Funding, Processes, and Future Planning

Delve into the complexities of funding summer interns, discussing current models, processes, and challenges within the student internship community. Explore key issues affecting internships and opportunities for future coordination and support.

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Exploring Challenges in Student Internship: Funding, Processes, and Future Planning

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  1. Discussion of Issues in the Student Internship Community Barrett S. Caldwell Director, Indiana Space Grant Consortium

  2. Internship Community Challenges • Aspects and Importance of Funding Summer Interns • Ex-Comm Discussions and Activities • Current Situation, Models, and Processes • Topics for Discussion

  3. Magnitude of Internship Programs • 2007-08 Figures (Jerry Hartman and Joyce Winterton reports) • 155 ESMD Interns • 2000(JH) -- 4000 (JW) Overall Interns • Interactions with Centers as Major Visibility of Space Grant to NASA Project Managers • Major Space Grant Program Emphasis and Outcomes • Primary Employment Pathway for Students

  4. Major Issues Affecting Internship Community • Variety of Application Processes • Over 15 Official Programs • At Least Five Distinct Student Application Models • Student Selection and NASA Communication • Space Grant vs Project Managers vs NASA Program • Diverging Schedules and Planning Processes

  5. Variety of Application Processes (Examples) • NASA Combined (GSFC) • Center Request (JPL, JSC) • General Project (informal) • Program Focused (LARSS) • Directorate Focused (ESMD)

  6. Preliminary Space Grant Data • Approximately 30 SG responses • Still being processed • ~ 200 Space Grant Funded Interns • 10-15%? • Quite Wide Variety of Placements • Dozens more cost shared and informal placements • Concerns about Student Experiences, but Overall Very Strong Program

  7. Challenges for the Future • FY 2009 Budget Timelines as Major Challenge • Variety of SG Program Years and Funding Schedules • Budget Reallocations within Centers • Additional Opportunities, Coordination vs Autonomy

  8. Topics for Discussion • Supporting Advance Coordination of Center Opportunities with Space Grant Consortia • Maintaining Shared Involvement in Selection Process • NCAA “National Signing Period” Analogy?

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