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Summer Research Assistantships
In addition to the above internships/grants, the College also funds
summer research assistantships in which students collaborate in the
research and scholarly projects of faculty members. Applications for
funding are initiated by faculty members and selection of students for
these opportunities is coordinated by departments, centers and individual
faculty members. Some 50-60 assistantships are funded each year from
a variety of sources including grants from foundation and government
sources and internal funds. Check with faculty for availability.
Andrew Silk
Summer Journalism Internship
Supports a summer internship in print or broadcast journalism.
Eligibility: Current HC and BMC first-year,
sophomores and juniors
Funding Details: Stipend: $2500
Contact: Amy
Feifer, Career Development, x1181
Deadline: March 21, 2008
Arthur
Hinton Rosenfeld III '89 Memorial Fund
Supports a service internship with an international health organization,
national health organization focusing on underserved populations, or
international development organization.
Eligibility: HC first-year, sophomore, juniors
and seniors
Funding Details: Stipend: $2000
Contact: Center
for Peace and Global Citizenship
Deadline: TBA
Center for
Peace and Global Citizenship Internships
CPGC's Self-Designed Internships
The summer internship program reflects the CPGC's commitment to community
outreach and to integrating academic learning with practical experience.
Each summer, approximately 30 - 35 Haverford students are chosen to
participate in the program, either domestically or internationally.
Summer internships are full-time work commitments and range in duration
from four to ten weeks. Internships can be research and/or service-oriented,
but any students seeking support for summer projects must apply through
our internship program.
See CPGC website
for more information and application forms.
Contact: Janice
Lion (U.S.-based projects), Alison
Castel (internationally-based projects)
Deadline: March 2, 2008.
Deborah
Lafer-Scher International Internship
Provides a summer stipend of $2,000 to assist with living and travel
expenses associated with pursuing a relevant international experience
outside the United States and preferably outside the North America Hemisphere.
Eligibility: Current HC first year, sophomores
and juniors
Funding Details: Stipend: $2000
Contact: Donna
Mancini, Associate Dean, x 1230 or Amy
Feifer, Career Development, x1181
Deadline: EXTENDED TO: Monday, April 14, 2008
F.
Page Newton History Fund
Supports student development in the profession of history.
Eligibility: Must have completed junior
year as history major
Funding Details: Variable up to $3000
Contact: Emma
Lapsansky, History Department, x1274
Deadline: March 20, 2008
Gertrude
Albert Heller Memorial Grant
Encourages students to work with individuals with developmentally disabilities/neurological
disorders in direct care (areas include, but are not limited to individuals
with Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's, to name a
few).
Eligibility: Current HC and BMC first-year,
sophomore and juniors
Funding Details: Stipends between $1,000-
$3000
Contact: Amy
Feifer, x 1181 or Marilou
Allen, x 1183
Deadline: March 21, 2008
Howard
Hughes Medical Institute Interdisciplinary Science Scholars Program
This interdisciplinary program of research and coursework is supported
by a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. It includes a broad
range of fields, including biochemistry, biophysics, and bioinformatics,
materials science, nanotechnology and applied mathematics. Interdisciplinary
Scholars commit themselves to a course of study which has a strong foundation
in the experimental sciences, mathematics, or psychology, and explores
upper level science and math outside of the major. HHMI Interdisciplinary
Scholars participate in 10 weeks of research at Haverford during the
summer, and present their work to students and faculty during a poster
session held in the fall.
Eligibility: Sophomore or Junior students
majoring in the sciences at Haverford with interests in interdisciplinary
science. Students with strong academic performance or with clear evidence
of steadily improving performance. Although academic performance is
one of the selection criteria, enthusiasm about science and interest
in exploring a career in interdisciplinary science are also important
attributes of a successful applicant.
Funding Details: $400 per week
Contact: Kate
Heston
Deadline: Deadline:
February 7, 2008
John
B. Hurford '60 Humanities Center - Various Opportunities
Details: The Center's Humanities internships offer rising Haverford
Seniors apprenticeships at such host institutions as arts organizations,
historical or scholarly societies, publishers, community groups with
interests in humanities related activity. This program provides opportunities
for students to consider how their interests relate to the world beyond
Haverford and then to bring that experience to their final year at the
College. The Center pays for 10 uninterrupted weeks of full time work
(June-August).
Deadline: February 22, 2008
Kessinger
Family Fund for Community Service
Description: Established in 1989 to support individual students or groups
of students undertaking community service projects or internships either
during the academic year or summer vacation
Eligibility: This internship is open to
any Haverford first year, sophomore, or junior who has an interest in
community service projects. There is a preference for international
projects but domestic programs will also be considered. A candidate
must demonstrate a high level of commitment to the work proposed, and
indicate how the project will affect their longer term involvement (academic
or practical) with community service work.
Funding Details: The fund usually supplies
a stipend of $1000 to $3000 to assist with living and travel expenses
associated with the project.
Contact: Kathy
McGee, Anthropology Department, 610-896-1008
Deadline: March 19, 2008
Lambda
Alumni Internship Program
Description: Funds one student engaged in a summer work experience with
charitable organizations, societies, associations, or groups that focus
on causes, concerns, and issues that affect the gay, lesbian, bisexual,
and transgender communities.
Eligibility: Current HC sophomores, juniors
or senior
Funding Details: Stipend: $2000
Contact: Amy
Feifer, Career Development, x 1181
Deadline: March 21, 2008
Primary
Care Pre-Medical Internship Fund
Provides summer stipends for pre-med students working at healthcare
agencies. Students find location and mentor. Project may be for 1 to
4 weeks in duration, depending on number of students accepted. Past
projects have included an understaffed medical clinic near home, a Planned
Parenthood Clinic, a Philadelphia needle exchange project, the Mom mobile
serving inner-city teenage mothers and as a volunteer for Unite for
Sight abroad.
Eligibility: Pre-med students who are juniors
Funding Details: See Michele Taylor for
details.
Contact: Meet with Michele
Taylor BEFORE spring break to discuss possible projects
Deadline: March 28, 2008
Smart Family
Internship Grant
To support students to engage in a summer internship in the communications
field. To assist with expenses associated with pursuing a relevant experience
in print or broadcast journalism. The student needs to obtain a summer
position within the field of communications (television, radio, print
publication, advertising, public relations).
Eligibility: Current HC first-year, sophomore
and juniors
Funding Details: Stipend of $2000
Contact: Amy
Feifer, Career Development, x 1181
Deadline: March 21, 2008
Summer
Serve
Provides summer stipend to students involved in public interest projects
in the Philadelphia area.
Eligibility: Current HC sophomores and juniors
Funding Details: Stipends between $2000-$3500
Contact: Marilou
Allen, Eighth Dimension, x1183 or Amy
Feifer, Career Development, x 1181
Deadline: March 7, 2008
Sutasoma
Charitable Trust Fund
Description: Created in 1992 to support overseas student research in
the humanistic social sciences.
Eligibility: This internship is open to
any Haverford first year, sophomore, or junior who has an interest in
research abroad in a topic related to the humanistic social sciences.
A candidate must demonstrate a high level of commitment to the work
proposed, and indicate how the project is based in and will affect their
longer term involvement (academic or practical) with the project topic.
Students intending to do research in conjunction with a senior thesis
or other major academic research project will be given preference.
Funding Details: The fund usually supplies
a stipend of $1000 to $3000 to assist with living and travel expenses
associated with the project.
Contact: Kathy
McGee, Anthropology Department, 610-896-1008
Deadline: March 19 , 2008
Whitehead
Internship Program
Funded by a Haverford alumnus, honoring John C. Whitehead '43, to encourage
Haverford students, who have completed their junior or sophomore year,
to engage in a summer work experience related to entrepreneurial endeavors,
small business enterprise, venture capital or investment finance activities.
Deadline: EXTENDED TO: Friday, March 7th, 2008 at 5:00
PM.
Wyatt
MacGaffey Fellowship in Anthropological Research
Description: Funding for independent field research by majors in anthropology
at Haverford.
Eligibility: HC Anthropology Majors
Funding Details: Small sums only are provided
through this fund ($100-$400)
Contact: Kathy
McGee, Anthropology Department, 610-896-1008
Deadline: Rolling Deadlines
Ariadne Solter Fund
The fund supports a BMC or HC undergraduate in a summer internship/experience
involved with a project in a developing country or in underdeveloped
areas of the US . Applicants must have identified/applied for a prospective
internship/project.
Funding: up to $3,600
Contact: Dean Erika Behrend, x5375
Deadline: March 7, 2008
Dance Study Grant
Funding given by Edith Avilés de Kostes (BMC '88) to fully or partially
support a student or students in an intensive summer program of dance
study in technique, performance or composition in a nationally or internationally
recognized program. The grant may also be used for pursuing a unique
research project in which the actual study and practice of technique,
performance or composition is an integral part of the project.
Eligibility: current Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors
Funding: Stipend up to $3500
Application Materials:
Contact: Madeline Cantor, Dance Program, 610-526-5208
Deadline: March 7, 2008