How does the application process work?
All applicants must submit their application and abstract online between February 23 and March 24, 2009 (5:00 PM, EST). The abstract may have a maximum length of 2500 characters, including spaces. The submitted abstract will be automatically emailed to your mentor, who will have until March 31, 2009 to approve it. Approved abstracts are stripped of identifying information, divided into study sections, and judged by a panel of three postdoctoral fellows and two tenure-track/tenured scientists or staff scientists. Winners will be notified by August 15, 2009. Awardees receive an award letter and $1000 in support to attend a scientific conference of their choice. The travel award must be used between October 1, 2009, and September 30, 2010.
The process is simple, and you can even apply here. It begins when you submit an application and a non-refundable $100 application fee. The application must include a 150-word essay describing why you’re interested in the food industry and, specifically, The French Culinary Institute. Once our admission office receives your completed application, you’ll be notified of your acceptance within days. At that point, you’ll submit your medical certification; a high school diploma, a general equivalency diploma, or a foreign equivalent; two passport-sized photographs; and your uniform order. Click here to learn more.
Since the inception of the electronic application process there has been a considerable need for understanding of how the process works. So, for those of you who enjoy understanding the step by step process of the inner workings of USRP, here is a quick break down; Students log on to the online system and fill out the online application form. Once the application is certified and submitted it is entered into the USRP Connect system. Through USRP Connect NASA scientist and engineers or mentors as we call them, can enter their specific research and development project to be sent to the NASA coordinator for approval. Once the project and number of students needed is approved the NASA mentor then goes through the system to search for the perfect student that meets their project qualifications criteria. Generally a list of select few capable candidates is generated by the mentor. This list is then sent to the NASA coordinator to be reviewed. Sometimes an over the phone interview has occurre
