Tufts Career Services Summer Internship Grants 2012

• General Guidelines - read all instructions carefully!
• Criteria for Selection
• Requirements of Grant Recipients
• Allocation of Funding
• Restrictions
• Student Application Form (.doc version) - Includes complete student guidelines, application form, essay questions, memo of understanding, learning contract, recommendation form and guidelines for site supervisors

• 25 Grants for Non-profit or Public Sector Internships: For undergraduate students
  
• 10 Tufts AS&E Diversity Fund Internship Grants: For undergraduate students; must receive financial aid; must be U.S. citizen; internships can be in the non-profit or for-profit sectors
  
• 4 Grants for Entrepreneurial Leadership Internships: For undergraduate and graduate students interning at start-up organizations, in the non-profit or for-profit sectors
  
• 1 Innovation in Science & Technology Grant: For undergraduate students interning in green tech field or other innovative technology area.

FOUR hard copies of completed application must be submitted by 5:00pm, Friday, March 30, 2012 to Career Services, Suite 740 - Dowling Hall. Late applications will not be considered. Please email Donna Esposito or call Career Services (617.627.3299) if you are studying abroad.

Complete application includes:

• 4 copies of application form, including typed answers to essay questions and signed memo of understanding
• 4 copies of resume and unofficial transcript
• 4 copies of learning contract detailing internship and goals signed by student and supervisor
• 2 recommendation forms/letters, at least one from a Tufts staff or faculty member (please note: professional references only; no recommendations from fellow students)

All applicants must:

• Be in good standing with the University
• Be full time matriculated students at Tufts University during the summer internship and the following fall semester (graduating seniors are ineligible)
• Secure an internship in the US by the application deadline and ensure that all 350 hours are completed in US. These grants will only apply to internships located within the continental United States, Hawaii and Alaska. Internships offered at international U.S. government sites are not eligible.  

Additional Information:

• Internships must be *unpaid, full time, totaling at least 350 hours (*Partial funding may be considered in cases where the internship organization is compensating you up to $1500. In this case, Career Services will subtract the amount from the $3500 grant.
• Students will be enrolled in Transcript Notation through Career Services.
• Failure to complete all 350 hours will affect compensation for this internship. Please note: Student must contact Career Services immediately in this case. Failure to complete the internship will result in Tufts withholding the second installment, or reimbursement on a pro-rated basis of the grant to Tufts University. The amount owed back to Tufts will be added to the student account.
• Students can receive Career Services Internship Grant funding only once.

Criteria for Selection

The application process is competitive and all application materials should be well-written. The proposal should demonstrate a clear relationship between a student’s planned internship and future goals. The internship should allow the student to:

• make intellectual and practical connections between skills and knowledge developed through education and those required in a particular career
• advance in the direction of a career or future education
• confirm or adjust a tentative career plan
• acquire experience and skills required by employers in the student’s chosen career field
• engage in substantive and supervised work related to future interests
• contribute to the organization and/or society

Requirements of Grant Recipients

Students who receive a grant must complete the following requirements:

• Three reports (1-2 pages each) at the beginning, middle and end of internship
• Informational Interview report
• Final evaluation from Supervisor
• Poster
• Attend fall poster session (unless studying abroad during fall semester following internship)

Allocation of Funding

• Selected students are eligible to receive up to $3500
• $2500 will be paid at the start of internship
• $1000 will be paid upon completion of all steps concluding with fall poster session

Restrictions

• Internships shall not take place at Tufts University. No research projects or work under any department at the undergraduate or graduate campuses will be funded.
• International internships are not funded through these grants. These grants will only apply to internships located within the continental United States, Hawaii and Alaska, with all 350 hours completed in the U.S. Internships offered at international U.S. government sites are not eligible.
• Virtual/independent and unsupervised internships will not be considered.
• Host organization cannot be owned or run by a member of intern’s immediate family.
• Internship must be done through one sponsor and must be supervised by someone at the site. Supervisor may not be a family member.
• Funding cannot be granted for internships involved in direct proselytizing for religious work (i.e. conversion to a religion, sect, or denomination), or for work done on a political campaign.