About OSSI
One Stop Shopping Initiative (OSSI) Overview
The over-arching mission of the One Stop Shopping Initiative (OSSI) for NASA Internship, Fellowship and Scholarship Opportunities is to advance the United States’ policy initiatives for STEM Education and workforce development. The initiative is an innovative, mission-enabling, NASA-wide approach to communicating and providing students at all Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) access to a portfolio of internship, fellowship, and scholarship opportunities offered by NASA Mission Directorates and Centers. The OSSI enables eligible students to access opportunities through a single portal (intern.nasa.gov) and single application. OSSI also enables NASA to continually re-engage students throughout their academic careers.
NASA Education OSSI LaunchPad
The OSSI LaunchPad is an Agency-wide strategic communication tool designed to reach Education stakeholders, including students, faculty, mentors, project managers, and industry partners. The LaunchPad provides internship and fellowship awareness and “user friendly” access to special features such as the One Stop Shopping Initiative (OSSI) Student Online Application for Recruiting NASA Internships, Fellowships, and Scholarships, NASA Student Ambassador Virtual Community (NSAVC), Student On-line Research Journal (SORJ), Special event announcements, feature stories, videos, and much more. Please let us know if you cannot find what you are seeking on the LaunchPad!
Expected Outcomes:
- Ensure an understanding of NASA’s perspective on STEM work force development and competency needs;
- Ensure understanding and appreciation of the OSSI, its placement in context of national and NASA policy initiatives, and its benefits to students, NASA and the nation;
- Familiarize stakeholders and customers with implementation plans, timelines, and practices for the OSSI to facilitate their access to and use of the OSSI tools.
The OSSI Guiding Principles
Mission Enabling: One application, one point of entry to increase branding and access to all Agency-wide internship/fellowship opportunities for students pursuing degrees in STEM fields that meet NASA’s critical competency needs.
Application Integration: Promote collaboration, standardization, and integration of information related to OSSI pillars: (1) student recruitment, retention and development; (2) interns/fellows placement and mentoring; (3) workforce entry; and (4) longitudinal studies (see OSSI Strategic Model).
Secured Solutions: Implement, sustain, coordinate and secure information technology processes to protect privacy information from unauthorized disclosure in compliance with requirements outlined in the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 USC 3501-3520), Privacy Act of 1974 and amendments, and other federal law regulations, and guidance pertaining thereto.
Expert Advocacy: Culturally competent Broker-Facilitator Corps networking for selected types of institutions to enhance the recruitment and retention of highly qualified STEM students for the NASA workforce pipeline; and career path liaisons engaging, inspiring, and guiding STEM students toward career-self understanding.
