Post Grad Internships
For these awards, the Scholarship Opportunities Program seeks undergraduates with the ambition to become practical leaders in their fields. Potential applicants should have previous work and organizational leadership experience and, depending on the internship placement type, the knowledge and skill to engage in state-level policy-making; social sciences research; second language teaching; or administrative and business management tasks.
Practical leadership may take many different forms; such capacity and vision may be demonstrated through some or all of the following:
- Founding roles in new organizations or entrepreneurial ventures;
- Rising, within an existing organization, from the entry level of member or volunteer to a position of significant responsibility and influence;
- Sustained participation and dedication to achievement of increasingly challenging objectives related to a particular project or cause;
- Significant, progressively-responsible work or internship experience.
You must be able to articulate how you made a unique and measurable impact, separate from other members of the project or organization and others who have held the same or similar roles. The formation of close relationships with supervisors and mentors is also essential to building a competitive profile toward these awards.
Please Note: External scholarship agencies will consider all of your credit-bearing coursework from any college or institution as part of the review process (including CSU, community colleges, private colleges, or other UC campuses/Extension programs, and including units earned while in high school or studying abroad). Grades from other colleges will be included in the calculation of your cumulative (overall) undergraduate GPA for eligibility purposes.
Application Procedures
Pre-Application Opens: Early Oct. 2023 | Due by: October 23, 2023 Noon
- Self-enroll and complete SOP-PREP.
- At the completion of SOP-PREP, you will meet with a Student Advisor and receive links to appropriate Pre-Application forms based on your academic interests and goals.
- If your Pre-Application is deemed eligible for personalized advising, you will be assigned an SOP primary advisor, under whose guidance you will work on your application materials for 3 months.
California Capital Fellows Policy Internship
The Capital Fellows Programs are nationally recognized public policy fellowships which offer unique experiences in policy-making and development in each branch of government. Rooted in experiential learning and public service, Capital Fellows spend 10-11 months as part of a cohort working in a Legislative, Executive, or Judicial Branch office.
Capital Fellows are placed at some of the highest levels of California state government and assist state legislators, senior-level executive staff, and court administrators with a broad range of public policy issues and projects and are typically given assignments with a significant amount of responsibility and challenges.
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Carnegie Endowment Junior Fellows Research Internship
Each year, through the James C. Gaither Junior Fellows program, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace offers approximately 11-13 one-year fellowships to uniquely qualified graduating seniors and individuals who have graduated during the past academic year. They are selected from a pool of nominees nominated by several hundred participating universities and colleges.
James C. Gaither Junior Fellows work as research assistants to Carnegie’s senior scholars. Junior Fellows have the opportunity to conduct research for books; co-author journal articles and policy papers; participate in meetings with high-level officials; contribute to congressional testimony; and organize briefings attended by scholars, activists, journalists, and government officials.
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Application Procedures
Pre-Application Opens: Mid. February 2022 | Due by: April 11, 2022 at 12:00 Noon
- Self-enroll and complete SOP-PREP.
- At the completion of SOP-PREP, you will meet with a Student Advisor and receive links to appropriate Pre-Application forms based on your academic interests and goals.
- If your Pre-Application is deemed eligible for personalized advising, you will be assigned an SOP primary advisor, under whose guidance you will work on your application materials for 6 months.
Fulbright U.S. Student English Teaching Assistantship
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the largest U.S. exchange program offering opportunities for recent graduates and young professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and primary and secondary school teaching worldwide. The program currently awards approximately 2,000 grants annually in all fields of study and operates in more than 140 countries worldwide.
The English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Programs place Fulbrighters in classrooms abroad to provide assistance to the local English teachers. ETAs help teach the English language while serving as cultural ambassadors for the U.S.
During their grants, Fulbrighters will meet, work, live with and learn from the people of the host country, sharing daily experiences. The program facilitates cultural exchange through direct interaction on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home, and in routine tasks, allowing the grantee to gain an appreciation of others’ viewpoints and beliefs, the way they do things, and the way they think. Through engagement in the community, the individual will interact with their hosts on a one-to-one basis in an atmosphere of openness, academic integrity, and intellectual freedom, thereby promoting mutual understanding.
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Fulbright U.S. Student Binational Business Internship
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the largest U.S. exchange program offering opportunities for recent graduates and young professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and primary and secondary school teaching worldwide. The program currently awards approximately 2,000 grants annually in all fields of study and operates in more than 140 countries worldwide.
The Binational Business Internship is only offered in Mexico. With the goal of creating mutual understanding between the private sectors of Mexico and the United States, the U.S.-Mexico Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange (COMEXUS)–the Fulbright Commission in Mexico–supports internships in Mexican and multinational companies through the Binational Internship Program for U.S. Students.
Approximately sixteen Binational Internships are available to enhance knowledge, expertise, and understanding of post-NAFTA Mexico. The Binational Internships are for students who are interested in combining coursework in international business or law with an internship at a Mexico-based company, conducting international or legal business.
During their grants, Fulbrighters will meet, work, live with and learn from the people of the host country, sharing daily experiences. The program facilitates cultural exchange through direct interaction on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home, and in routine tasks, allowing the grantee to gain an appreciation of others’ viewpoints and beliefs, the way they do things, and the way they think. Through engagement in the community, the individual will interact with their hosts on a one-to-one basis in an atmosphere of openness, academic integrity, and intellectual freedom, thereby promoting mutual understanding.
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Questions about the campus advising and endorsement (nomination) process may be directed to the Scholarship Opportunities Program at scholars@uci.edu or 949-824-0189.