The application window for funded summer internships and summer research projects is now open!
The goal of these funding opportunities is to remove financial barriers, enabling students to engage in valuable experiential learning that advances their academic and career success.
Last year, over $233K was distributed to 75 students!
Questions? Contact Michelle Buchinger:
michelle.m.buchinger@lawrence.edu
Lawrence-Funded Internships
Pre-arranged, Lawrence-funded internships with designated organizations
- How to apply: Students apply via Handshake.
- Deadline: March 28, 2025 (unless otherwise noted)
- More information
Internship sites include:
- Bread for the World (Washington, D.C.)
- Broadway Cares (New York, NY)
- Safe Passage Project (New York, NY)
- Her Next Play (Twin Cities, MN)
- YMCA (Appleton, WI)
Additional Programs:
- Diversity in Conservation (Wisconsin-based internships)
- Deadline: January 24, 2025
- Details and application
- Colorado College Social Action Institute
- Deadline: January 24, 2025
- Details and application
- Social & Environmental Justice Cohort (Wisconsin-based internships)
- Deadline: February 14, 2025
- Details and application
Open-Competition Internships and Projects
Funding is available for internships or projects that students secure independently.
- How to apply: Students must meet specific grant criteria.
- Eligibility: Must return to campus for at least one term after the experience.
- Priority Deadline: March 28, 2025
- More information
Funding options include:
- Summer Experience Funding (for unpaid or law-paid internships/research)
- Dennis Huebner Pre-Law Fund (for legal career exploration)
- Eloise Frick Cherven Fund (for projects/research across geology-focused disciplines)
- Class of 1968 Peace & Social Justice Fund (for projects addressing social justice, peace, or environmental issues)