Undergraduate Student Resources

International/Undocumented Students

• UC Information on Immigration
• University of California Statement of Principles in Support of Undocumented Members of the UC Community

Title IX Resources

Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 states: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."

• Office For the Prevention of Harassment & Discrimination (OPHD): OPHD's mission is to educate the UC San Diego community about issues of bias, harassment and discrimination and to assist with the prevention and resolution of these issues in a fair and responsible manner.
  • Report Bias: Promote a respectful and tolerant campus climate by reporting bias incidents involving members of the UC San Diego community.  UC San Diego is committed to the highest standards of civility and decency toward all as reflected in the UC San Diego Principles of Community. The university rejects acts of harassment and discrimination, works to resolve concerns, and investigates known facts to determine if university policies have been violated.
• NASA
  • Office of Diversity & Equal Opportunity: 
    • MissionSTEM: Web site is designed to assist NASA grant recipients with their civil rights compliance efforts. The Agency strives to provide a broad scope to its technical assistance in this arena.
  • Unconscious Bias in STEM

Internships

● Brooke Owens Fellowships

○ (undergrad women; October)

● Matthew Isakowitz

○ (undergrad/grads, US citizens, engineering; November).

● Research Experiences for Undergraduates

○ (REUs; US citizens/permanent residents)

● Intern.nasa.gov

○ (US citizens/permanent residents)

● The Aerospace Corporation

○ (undergrad/grads, summer & yearlong, US citizens)

● Caltech’s SURF program

○ (open to all undergrads)

● Lloyd Berkner Space Policy

○ (open to all students)

● Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship

○ (graduate students/recent graduates eligible to work in the US)

● This list of policy internships

● Company websites

● Note: Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Aplied Physics Laboratory have separate internship portals than NASA.

● The UN Office of Outer Space Affairs also has internships, but they are unpaid.

Universities sometimes have scholarships for unpaid internships, however.

● AAAS Mass Communication

○ open to upper-level undergrads, grads, postdocs (US citizen or currently

holding a US visa allowing work) in STEM, including Spanish-speakers. Also

have a minority science journalism program.

● UndocuSTEM list of internships for undocumented and DACA students

Other programs:

● Caltech Space Challenge

○ every other year weeklong challenge with two teams of 16 students to design

a mission; they sponsor your travel/housing/food, and it is an amazing

experience (application due December of even years)

● Stuttgart Space Station Design Workshop

○ like the above, but I think it is annual, and young professionals can also apply

● NASA socials

○ get to cover NASA events as a social media person (you must provide your

transportation)