Program Eligibility

Eligible Students

Currently enrolled First-years, Sophomores, and Juniors are eligible to apply. Preference is given to Juniors, particularly if they have never received College funding before.

Students studying abroad during Spring 2024 are eligible to apply as long as they maintain an active, registered status at Bryn Mawr.

Important 

• Students receiving summer funding must be enrolled at Bryn Mawr College or at an accredited Study Abroad program for the fall semester following their internship.  

• Students who do not return to Bryn Mawr in the Fall 2024 (such as in the case of permanent transfers or leaves of absences) will be required to return the internship funds to the College. 

• Students who plan to graduate in December of 2024 are eligible to apply.

Not Eligible: Students who will not return to Bryn Mawr for Fall 2024 as a current, actively enrolled student. This includes graduating seniors in the class of 2024. 

One-time Funding

In general, students can only receive internship funding once during their time at Bryn Mawr. Summer Funding is competitive and priority is given to students who have never received funding before. The goal of the funding program is to give as many Bryn Mawr students as possible the access to funds to pursue their internship of choice. There is a question in the application that asks If you have received funding through another College program so that we can best achieve the goal of funding as many Bryn Mawr students as possible.  Students should not receive or apply for internship funding if they are doing a full-time paid internship or if they have accepted funding for another Bryn Mawr College or Haverford College summer program. 

The following exceptions to this policy are considered: 

• Previous Alumnae/i Regional Scholars, Black Alumnae/i Fund recipients and previous recipients of the Davis Projects for Peace grant may be considered for a second summer through the Career & Civic Engagement Center's Summer Internship Funding program. 

• Previous participants in the College-sponsored internship programs may also be considered for a second summer through the Career & Civic Engagement Center Summer Internship Funding Program. Colllege sponsored internship programs include: Career & Civic Engagement Center Internship Partners, Summer of Service, and BiCo Ghana Lagim Tehi Tuma Action Research Fellowship.  

• A student may receive funding for summer research one summer (e.g. Hanna Holborn Gray Grant, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship, Summer of Science Research) and for a summer internship another summer. However, preference is given to students who have never before received summer funding. 

Students may contact Jennifer Prudencio at jprudencio@brynmawr.edu if they have questions about their eligibility.

Eligible Internships

Internships must meets the following criteria:

• We will fund remote, in-person, and hybrid (remote and in-person) internships in summer of 2024.  

• Priority is given to students who have secured the internship at the time of application deadline of April 21. The organization information is needed for a fair review process.  

• Preference is given to internships hosted by organizations NOT affiliated with Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College, or Swarthmore College. 

• The internship is unpaid. While priority is given to unpaid internships, considerations have been made, for example, if a student is being paid $1,500 or less including stipend, housing, and/or transportation they can apply for funding for the remaining $2,500). If a student is to receive any funding through the internship, it must be stated in one’s application in accordance with the policies of the Honor Code. 

• Minimum of 240 hours of supervised work (8-10 weeks at 30 hours/week minimum) for full time work. 

• The internship takes place sometime between the end of the spring semester and before classes begin in the fall. 

• The internship provides the student with a meaningful and educational experience that can contribute to one’s academic, career, and personal interests. 

• The internship can be domestic or abroad if it is part of an approved international internship program.  All students traveling internationally are required to register in the Bryn Mawr Travel Registry. 

• Supervised by a professional in the organization who agrees to the supervisor guidelines. 

Summer Internship Funding may not be used to:

• Pay for tuition for academic courses. 

• Pay for fee-based internship programs, unless the fee is meant to cover strictly travel and housing costs. In other words, we do not fund administrative costs of fee-based programs. An exception may be made in a situation where the best or only opportunity is available through a fee-based program, such as an international internship hosted through a program provider. 

• Support purely independent research projects. Career & Civic Engagement Center will consider internship proposals with a research component that is directly related to the supervisor's or organization's research. 

• Support an internship if they have received funding from another department through Bryn Mawr or Haverford for the same internship experience. 

• Support an internship that is in addition to doing a full-time paid internship.  

• Support an internship that is in addition to doing another funded program offered by Bryn Mawr College or Haverford College.  

• Supplement a paid internship experience that offers $1,500 or more.   

Apply for Internship Funding

Application Deadlines - Late Applications will not be accepted. 

Deadlines:  

• International Internship Self-Design Funding deadline is Sunday, March 3 at 11:59 PM ET.  Late summer funding applications will not be accepted.   

  • Decisions for funding will only be made for applications that include a completed Organization Verification Form. The deadline to submit the Organization Verification form is Monday, March 4 at 11:59 PM ET.

  • Reminder:  Deadline for students currently studying abroad during spring semester and planning to intern in the same country is Sunday, April 21 at 11:59 PM ET and the deadline for international students interning in their home countries is Sunday, April 21 at 11:59 PM   

• Domestic Internships Self-Design funding deadline is 11:59PM ET on Sunday, April 21. You must submit your summer funding application with your internship of interest to be considered for summer funding.  Late summer funding applications will not be accepted.   

  • Decisions for funding will only be made for applications that include a completed Organization Verification Form. The deadline to submit the Organization Verification form is April 22 at 11:59 p.m.  

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