Published August 1, 2025
Fund your unpaid internship today!
This award, funded by the State ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of New York (SUNY), provides funding to support ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ undergraduate and graduate students partaking in unpaid summer internships with non-profit or government organizations. Internships offer essential hands-on experience and serve as a crucial step toward transitioning from college to a career. The Career Design Center will use this funding to assist students who engage in these internships.
To be eligible, you must:
- Be an actively enrolled UB student during your internship
- Have a minimum 2.0 GPA and remain in good academic standing
- Commit to at least 75 internship hours
- Be supervised by an employee at the host organization
- Have CPT authorization if you are an international student on an F-1 visa and participating in an off-campus internship
- Complete the student application and have your site supervisor submit the Site Supervisor Verification Form by August 31 at 11:59 p.m.
Application Types
- Conditional Opportunity: You’ve applied to an internship but are awaiting confirmation. Conditional opportunity applications are due August 8 at 11:59 p.m.
- Confirmed Internship: You’ve already secured an internship. If you are applying with an internship that you have already secured, you have until August 31 to submit your application.
Award amount
$2100 - $3600
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