Fellowship / Internship Program
STA offers a Fellowship / Internship program as an opportunity for Fellows or Interns to gain Defense Contractor experience in a real-world environment. College graduates are eligible to be Fellows and College students are eligible to be Interns.
Program Objectives
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Assist fellows/interns with enhancing applicable skills, including interpersonal, research, communication, scheduling, and business capabilities
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Develop basic knowledge of government contracting processes, stakeholders, and atmosphere
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Provide broad overview of business activities and areas, so that fellows/interns can gain perspective of varying paths and types of work
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Government contracts environment​
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Technical paths
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Financial/programmatic paths
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Internal/business operations
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Structure / Schedule
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For college graduates: 2-4 month fellowship; level of effort is approximately 20 hours per week
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For college students: Multiple 8-10 week internship sessions per year, timed around academic academic calendar; sessions in spring, summer, and fall; level of effort is approximately 20 hours per week
Our inaugural fellow, Abby, did a terrific job with her research tasks! Thanks, Abby!!!
Summer Voluntary Internship Program
STA offers a Summer Voluntary Internship Program for the purpose of providing real-world, office education and research experience to students. This is an unpaid, six-week voluntary Internship Program.
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Term: Summer
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Duration: 6 weeks
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Schedule: 2 days per week in-person at STA, combined with remote research and writing
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Curriculum: Each week, summer interns will be assigned a different research topic; interns will be responsible for collaborating as a team to create a research paper in response to each week's research topic; STA will provide feedback to interns on each week's work product