About Internship Grants

The Honors Internship Grant provides support of $3,500 to Honors students engaged in a part- or full-time summer internship or equivalent professional enrichment, which is unpaid or modestly compensated. Modest compensation is understood to mean that the student is not able to meet their living expenses with the stated compensation. The internship or professional experience should align with the student's academic and/or career interests and be designed to expand their problem solving, critical thinking and creative skills as specified by the employer. Award funds are intended to defray travel and living expenses.

Deadlines

The application deadline is June 20th. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

*Applications submitted after the deadline will be considered on a rolling basis, and funding may be delayed.

Eligibility

Applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements:

• • Matriculated Syracuse University students, in good standing in the Honors Program. Read more about the standards here.

• • Evidence of acceptance to the internship program.
  • A copy of your offer letter, whether internship is paid or unpaid.

• • Budget with estimated costs of living expenses, with inclusion of which costs specifically can be covered by internship compensation, and which would be covered by Honors grant.

• • Prior recipients of the Honors Internship Grant are not eligible to apply.

Funding Process and Financial Aid Impacts

• • Honors will review your application and supporting documents.

• • Grant awards impact financial aid packages. Before funding, we will work with the Financial Aid Office to determine the impact of the grant award.
    • If you are registering for summer internship credits, your award will be evaluated by financial aid to make sure there is room in your aid package, since the funds will be supporting your credit-bearing work.
    • If you do not register for summer credits for your internship, t your award will be evaluated for addition to your fall aid package, with the possible consequence that the funding amount could lower your fall aid package amount.
    • Depending on your estimated budget, Honors will award you up to the full amount of $3,500. This review begins in mid-April and may take a few weeks to complete.
    • Depending on the impacts to your aid package, you will need to see your financial aid counselor to work out the amount you are eligible to receive.
  • Honors will request the release of the funds. The central budgeting office will process the deposit of a credit to your financial account. This process may take 2-3 weeks, and you should work with the bursar's office to request a refund.

• • Come back and fill out a grant report form telling us all about it. This is a required step and is easy to do. We provide this information to our generous donors, and it also helps us maximize opportunities for other students.
    • • See other students' Internship grant reports to the right. This is where yours will be posted!