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Opportunities
for
Young
SSPers
The benefits of being an SSPer don’t end when you leave campus … they last a lifetime. We hope you find this list of value. If you know of other opportunities, tell us and we’ll share them.
Scholarships
Gates
Millennium
Scholars
The Gates Millennium Scholars Program is a scholarship and mentoring program for outstanding low‐income graduating high school seniors.
GMS selects 1,000 talented students each year to receive a good‐through‐graduation scholarship to use at any college or university of their choice. We provide Gates Millennium Scholars with personal and professional development through our leadership programs along with academic support throughout their college career.
20
Under
20
Thiel
Fellowships
The Thiel Fellowship awards 20 budding entrepreneurs $100,000 grants each to work on developing innovative technology ideas. Those selected for grants are also mentored by experienced professionals from the Thiel Network. To be considered you must be 19 or under
by December 31st of the application year. Applicants have until December 31st to apply. Project ideas granted funding include nuclear and alternative energy, robotics, biotechnology, 3D printing, synthetic biology, public health, education, finance, scientific equipment, gaming, and software. “We’d love for you to share with us about how you want to change the world.” In 2014, two of the 20 Thiel Fellows were SSP alumni!
National
Space
Club
OlinE.TeagueMemorialScholarship
We are now accepting applications for the Olin E. Teague Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship recipient will have the opportunity to attend the 57th Annual Robert H. Goddard Memorial Dinner, the industry's premier gathering, and will receive $4,000 to be used towards educational expenses.
The National Space Club offers this scholarship each year in memory of the Honorable Olin E. Teague, a Representative in Congress who aggressively supported our national space program, to encourage talented young people to pursue careers in aerospace fields. The scholarship, in the amount of $4,000.00, is awarded to a graduating high school senior at an accredited U.S.
high school. The student must be a U.S. Citizen. This scholarship program is intended to encourage talented young people to pursue careers in aerospace fields.
KeynoteScholarship
The National Space Club offers a major scholarship each year to encourage study in the STEM‐ related fields. The scholarship, which includes the opportunity to serve as the Keynote speaker at the Goddard Memorial Dinner, the premier networking event in the Aerospace field, as well as $10,000 is awarded, to a U.S. citizen in at least the junior year of an accredited U.S. High
School through Graduate University, who, in the judgment of the award committee, shows the greatest interest and aptitude. For information on how to apply, please see the visit the Keynote Scholarship page.
NationalSpaceClubScholars
The National Space Club Scholars Program is a summer intern program, for up to 50 high school students, with space scientists and engineers, sponsored by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (up to 41) and NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA (up to 9) in cooperation with the National Space Club. The program is conducted for six weeks each summer, from late June until early August. Participants must live within commuting distance of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, or the NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA.
TheDr.RobertH.GoddardScholarship
The National Space Club offers a major scholarship each year to encourage study in the field of engineering and science. The scholarship, in the amount of $10,000, is awarded to a U.S. citizen in at least the junior year of an accredited university, who, in the judgment of the award committee, shows the greatest interest and aptitude. For information on how to apply, please see the Dr. Robert H. Goddard Scholarship page.
WomeninAerospaceScholarship
Women in Aerospace (WIA) is offering two merit‐based scholarships to young women who are
rising seniors in college and studying aerospace fields. The application process is simple (due Feb 25, 2014); more
here: http://www.womeninaerospacefoundation.org/foundation/#scholarship
Internships
and
Research
Research
in
Medical
Applications
of
Machine
Learning
Organized by Johnny Israeli ’10, Stanford 3rd year PhD student, [email protected] He writes: I would love to hear from alumni; mentoring extraordinary high school students remains a great passion of mine. If the student has sufficient background to enter one of my projects without significant training, we hit the ground running right away ‐ one of my high school students, who started working with me in June this year, is already on his way to authorship in a project we will be sending to Nature Biotechnology. But if the student needs extensive training to get started, I charge a monthly fee to compensate for my time as I have no
guarantee that they will complete the necessary preparation to get started on research projects (some get busy with school and stop midway).
Sufficient background means familiarity with modern neural network models, such as recurrent and convolutional neural networks, how they work and how to train/use them, and familiarity with simpler supervised machine learning such as linear models, decision trees, random forests, and support vector machines. General knowledge of these techniques, without any biological background, is enough to get started without extensive preparation, the relevant biology can be covered along the way.
Students can gain this knowledge through Coursera's introductory machine learning class (https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine‐learning/home/info) and neural nets class
(https://www.coursera.org/course/neuralnets). Students who study these (especially the neural nets class) would be ready to jump right into the research.
Co
‐
op/Internships
and
Summer
Research
Opportunities
for
High
School
Students
Comprehensive list maintained by Rochester Inst. of Technology
Astrobetter
Internship
List
List includes internships inside and outside the U.S.
Space
Astronomy
Summer
Program
(SASP)
Each summer, the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) brings a dozen highly motivated college students to Baltimore, Maryland, for a Space Astronomy Summer Program (SASP). STScI is the scientific operations center for the Hubble Space Telescope and the future James Webb Space Telescope. The SAS Program runs from mid‐June to mid‐August, and is designed for upper division undergraduates with a strong interest in space astronomy. Students work individually with STScI researchers and staff on research projects that might include data reduction and interpretation, software development, scientific writing, preparing data for public releases. The program affords students the opportunity to attend lectures on a variety of exciting topics related to space astronomy, the Hubble, and James Webb Space Telescopes.
The Space Astronomy Summer Program provides students a fun, educational experience within a team‐spirited environment. Students will receive a comparable monetary stipend, housing assistance, and travel to and from Baltimore.
Amgen
Scholars
Amgen Scholars allows undergraduates from across the globe to participate in cutting‐edge research opportunities at world‐class institutions. 17 leading institutions across the U.S., Europe and Japan currently host the summer program.
Undergraduate participants benefit from undertaking a research project under top faculty, being part of a cohort‐based experience of seminars and networking events, and taking part in a symposium in their respective region (U.S., Europe or Japan) where they meet their peers, learn about biotechnology, and hear from leading scientists.
NASA:
For
Citizen
Scientists
Citizen Scientists have helped to answer serious scientific questions, provide vital data to the astronomical community, and have discovered thousands of objects including nebulas, supernovas, and gamma ray bursts. NASA supports several resources which may be of interest to amateur and professional scientists alike.
NASA
Develop
http://develop.larc.nasa.gov/
The NASA DEVELOP National Program fosters an interdisciplinary research environment where applied science research projects are conducted under the guidance of NASA and partner science advisors. DEVELOP is unique in that young professionals lead research projects that focus on utilizing NASA Earth observations to address community concerns and public policy issues. With the competitive nature and growing societal role of science and technology in today’s global workplace, DEVELOP is fostering an adept corps of tomorrow’s scientists and leaders.
DEVELOP bridges the gap between NASA Earth Science and society, building capacity in both participants and partner organizations to better prepare them to handle the challenges that face our society and future generations.
Must be a current high school, college, or graduate school student at an accredited US school, at least 18 years of age and able to provide personal transportation to and from the DEVELOP location. Spring term deadline late October, summer term deadline early February.
University
Space
Research
Association
The Education Programs Office (EPO) offers multiple internship programs to high school,
undergraduate, and graduate students who are interested in exploring the career possibilities at NASA. EPO programs encourage academic achievement and provide valuable on‐the‐job training and exposure to a variety of career fields directly related to NASA’s technical workforce.
Programs
&
Olympiads
National
Youth
Science
Camp
The National Youth Science Camp is a residential science education program for young scientists the summer after they graduate from high school. Students from around the country are challenged academically in exciting lectures and hands‐on studies, and have voluntary
opportunities to participate in an outdoor adventure program, gain a new and deep appreciation for the great outdoors, and establish friendships that last a lifetime.
International
Olympiad
in
Astronomy
and
Astrophysics
The International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) is an annual
astronomy competition for high school students. The 2013 IOAA was held in Greece. 39
teams from 35 countries participated, including first time teams from USA, New
Zealand, Canada, Malaysia, Armenia, Macedonia and Cyprus. The 2014 IOAA was held in
Romania, with 42 teams from 37 countries.
National
Astronomy
Olympiad
(USA)
Founded by SSP alumni, the NAO is a selection test for the team representing the USA at the International Olympiad in Astronomy and Astrophysics. While participation is open to students of all nationalities, only US citizens and Permanent Residents may be on the team. The syllabus for the NAO includes various topics and skills taught at SSP (the full syllabus can be found here: http://www.ioaa2014.ro/ioaa‐2014/syllabus/). Further information can be found at:
www.usaaao.org and www.facebook.com/usaaao
US
Physics
Olympiad
Team
Each year, AAPT and the American Institute of Physics (AIP) sponsor a competition for high school students to represent the United States at the 2014 International Physics Olympiad Competition. The mission of the U.S. Physics Team Program is to promote and demonstrate academic excellence through preparation for and participation in the International Physics Olympiad.
College
Admissions
College
Board
http://www.collegeboard.com/
National
Association
for
College
Admissions
Counseling
http://www.nacacnet.org/studentinfo/Pages/Default.aspx
US
Dept
of
Education
College
Navigator
http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/Interested in a particular college? Call the admissions department to express your interest in person. If you want to visit, ask about that too. If you expect to qualify for need‐based financial aid, ask if they can cover some or all of your travel expenses.
Use the SSP network! Log into the SSP alumni database and search by “current college”. You might find SSP students and even faculty at any given college.
