Web pages on astronomy as a career, research programs, etc.
(for everyone, not just women)
- Frequently
Asked Questions about Being an Astronomer. Note the ad for
a brochure entitled "Space for Women" that appears at the end
of that document.
- The
American Astronomical Society's brochure about careers in astronomy.
- Sten
Odenwald's collection of stuff about a career in astronomy,
including FAQ
page.
- FAQs about a
career in astronomy (from Britt Scharringhausen at Cornell), and
a separate page
on careers in astronomy from their ask-an-astronomer program.
- Resource Guide for Women in Astronomy.
- High School astronomy programs
- Undergraduate programs:
- NSFs REU (Research Experience
for Undergrads) Program.
NSF pays you a stipend and in some cases assists with
travel and housing.
- NASA's got a ton of
student
programs, for high school, undergrads, and grad students.
(click on the appropriate link on that site.)
See in particular Undergraduate
Student Research Program.
They pay you a stipend. Some of these are during the school year
as well.
- STScI's Summer Student
Program - mostly aimed at upperclassmen, but there
are no restrictions on who may apply. Not just research; other
career options too. They pay you a (small) stipend.
-
Caltech Outreach,
JPL Education,
NASA Education,
and JPL
student employment.
- SURF, Summer Undergraduate
Research Fellowships (run by caltech, but open to students from all
colleges). They pay you a stipend.
- NRAO
Summer Student Research Assistantships. They pay you a stipend.
- Los Alamos
summer program. They pay you a stipend.
- CUREA,
or the Consortium for Undergraduate Research and Education,
sponsors a summer camp-style program at Mt. Wilson. Usually in June;
deadlines in April. You pay tuition.
- Biosphere-2 - Columbia at least
used to have a "Universe Semester," a whole semester at Biosphere-2 outside
of Tucson. Fleet of local telescopes for your use. You register
at Columbia for this semester, so it's not cheap.
- Summer
Astronomy Camp sponsored by the University of Arizona
Alumni Association. Programs for teens, adults, and teachers.
You pay tuition.
- See also
this
list kept by Joe Tenn at Sonoma State.
- See also the
list of
undergraduate programs kept by Tom Arny at UMass. I personally
would generally recommend that you get your undergraduate degree in physics
rather than astronomy; you have more career options this way, and you need
a lot of solid physics background to really do astronomy and astrophysics
anyway.
- Grad School: advice before and during
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Web Pages on Women in Science
More of professional society-type pages
Info for girls interested in astronomy/space
(see also links sorted by age-appropriateness to the left
on this page)
| References added specifically after WIA II for IPAC
summary at "2nd Friday" 7/11/03
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