To apply for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Internship Support Fund, students must complete this application form and provide detailed information about their internship, including the organization they will be working with, the duration and nature of the internship, and a statement explaining how the experience will contribute to their academic and career goals. Additionally, students should include a budget outlining their anticipated expenses and any other sources of funding they have secured.

First Name *

Last Name *

Email *

Phone *

Student ID Number *

What is your academic major? Note: This fund is intended for GVSU students enrolled in at least one academic major in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. *
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Have you met with your faculty advisor and/or internship coordinator? *
- Select Option Yes No

Do you plan to do your internship for academic credit? *
- Select Option Yes (If so, please fill out the Internship Management System form) No

Where will you be interning (You must have an unpaid, for academic credit, internship secured to be considered)? *

Career Impact Statement: Please describe your motivation for completing this internship experience, the connections you see between this experience and your academic and/or career interests, and how this experience will help you develop career competencie *

Student applications will be reviewed by a committee in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS). Students will be awarded between $1000 and $2500. Your budget should include (a) estimated expenses such as the cost of daily transportation, housing, etc. and (b) estimated additional sources of support such as other University-based funding (please indicate sources). 

Please note there are a variety of different funding sources to support internships at Grand Valley State University. Please speak with your faculty advisor if you have any questions or schedule an appointment with the CLAS Center for Experiential Learning.

Please select the funding source for which you are applying: *
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Dean's Office has a limited pool of funding to support unpaid internships completed for credit during the 2024-2025 academic year
The Robert Nelson Foundation Scholarship was created to assist CLAS students workking in unpaid internships at non-profit organizations
Community-Based Work Study

Please upload an estimated expense budget. *
Please upload a file with the extension .csv, .xls, .doc, .pdf, .rtf, .pages, .docx, .odt, .xlsx, .pub, or .txt with a maximum size of 1 MB (1024 KB)

Please submit your resume *
Please upload a file with the extension .doc, .pdf, .rtf, .pages, .docx, .odt, .pub, or .txt with a maximum size of 1 MB (1024 KB)

The Internship Management System and Experience Matters are two ways to document your experience.

Please fill out the GVSU Internship Management System (select your academic major if doing this program for credit).

Go to Experience Matters to submit your internship experience.

Funding through this application is only available for students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences that are participating in an internship for credit. The following are not eligible for funding:

• Internships that are not completed for academic credit. 
• Summer research opportunities mentored by a GVSU Faculty member –summer research projects are eligible for funding through the Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship.
• Entrepreneurial projects that do not have a clear student learning objective or mentor/supervisor in place.
• CCEL reserves the right to determine whether an application is ineligible on a case-by-case basis.

Please discuss any other financial questions with the GVSU Financial Aid office, by visiting their website at https://www.gvsu.edu/financialaid/.