Student applications for funded summer internships and summer projects are open!
There are two categories of funds we distribute:
- Sites at which Lawrence has per-arranged opportunities (applications and acceptance are still required for funding)
- Sites which are open competition with other students at other institutions, and Lawrence provides Lawrence students with funding if successful in application.
Exclusive for Lawrence students
The following opportunities have internships that are reserved exclusively for Lawrence students, are funded by Lawrence University, and the internships are at specific sites.
LU-Funded Internship Sites
Students apply on Handshake. Deadline to apply is March 29, 2024
- Bread for the World (Washington, D.C.)
- Hope Street Coalition (Tentatively remote with a potential trip to Washington D.C.)
- Safe Passage Project (New York, NY)
- Her Next Play (Twin Cities, MN)
- Broadway Cares (New York, NY)
- Merit School of Music (Chicago, IL)
- New York Jazz Academy (New York, NY)
- Carnegie Hall (TBD)
- Center for Deep Listening (Remote, in-person at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, or hybrid)
Diversity in Conservation internship sites
All sites are in Wisconsin.
Students apply on Handshake. Deadline to apply is February 1, 2024.
Learn more about Diversity in Conservation
- Badgerland Bird Alliance
- Gathering Waters
- International Crane Foundation
- Lake Michigan Bird Observatory
- The Nature Conservancy
- UW-Madison Arboretum
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources-Natural Heritage Conservation
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources-Office of Applied Science
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources-Wildlife Management
- Zoological Society of Milwaukee
Colorado College Institute
Students are placed upon being accepted to the program. Deadline to apply is January 26, 2024.
Learn more about CO College Institute
For more information about these internships or application instructions, visit the Lawrence website or email Michelle.m.buchinger@lawrence.edu .
Other opportunities
The following funds are for summer internships and summer projects at sites that are open competition with other students at other institutions, and Lawrence provides Lawrence students with funding if successful in application.
These funds all have the priority deadline of March 29, 2024.
Students must return to campus and be enrolled for at least one term after the funded experience to be eligible. There are several options of funding in this category to which students can apply:
Summer Experience Funding – For students accepting low or non-paid internships or research projects over the summer. The internship or project must be supervised and meet each grant’s criteria.
Dennis Huebner Pre-Law Fund – This stipend can offset or cover expenses related to exploring or pursuing opportunities related to a career in the legal profession. This grant prioritizes supporting juniors and returning seniors.
Eloise Frick Cherven Fund – This fund supports student projects and research that pursue some line of investigation or other activity that would broaden their experience or knowledge, help others, and prove of future value. Projects in any area are eligible, though preference will be given to students majoring in or projects related to geology.
Class of 1968 Peace & Social Activism Project Fund – This fund supports individual or collaborative projects by students and faculty that address these issues in a historical or contemporary context from a local, regional, national, or global perspective. Examples of the issues and topics that are addressed through these projects include the prevention of conflict, non-aggression, race, gender, ethnic identity, religious tolerance, and the environment.
Priority deadline for students to apply for these funds is March 29, 2024.
For more information funding opportunities or application instructions, visit the Lawrence website or email Michelle.m.buchinger@lawrence.edu .