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Summer Internship Stipends
What are PAWSS Summer Internship grants?
Who is eligible to receive a stipend from PAWSS?
What types of internships do you support? Are there any
restrictions in terms of subject areas/fields?
Can PAWSS help me in identifying an internship site in my area
of interest?
What are the selection criteria?
How do I apply for a Summer Stipend? Where do I get the application
form?
What is the application deadline?
Download the 2003 application
form (Microsoft Word format). See below for more info.
What are PAWSS Summer Internship grants?
PAWSS offers summer internship stipends to Five College students. These grants
cover travel and living expenses incurred while undertaking summer internships
with government agencies, research institutes, advocacy groups, and other
non-profit organizations in the fields of peace and disarmament, environmental
protection, Third World development, and human rights. Stipends range from
$300-$1000. The size and number of stipends will depend on the number of
applications received, the relevance of the internship to student's academic
endeavors, and the size of the funding pool available.
Who is eligible to receive a stipend from PAWSS?
The stipends are available to all undergraduate students from the Five Colleges,
regardless of academic concentration/major.
What types of internships do you support? Are there
any restrictions in terms of subject areas/fields?
As stated above, we encourage students to secure summer internships with government
agencies, research institutes, advocacy groups, and other non-profit organizations
in the fields of peace and disarmament, environmental protection, Third World
development, and human rights. In the past, students have undertaken internships
with a wide range of NGOs and governmental organizations in the United States
and Bangladesh, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Ecuador, Haiti, India, Israel, Japan,
Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Russia, Sri Lanka,
Switzerland, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
Internship sites have included the National Security Archives in Washington,
DC; UNICEF; the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; the UNDP;
the WHO; the US Department of State; the International Labor Organization;
the International Center for Ethnic Studies in Sri Lanka; Cultural Survival
in Cambridge, MA; Student Pugwash USA; the Consortium on Peace Research,
Education and Development; the Indian Association of Women's Studies,
New Delhi; and many more. For a helpful overview of overseas volunteer
opportunities, check out How to Live Your Dream of Volunteering Overseas by
Joseph Collins et al (Penguin, NYC: 2002).
Can PAWSS help me in identifying an internship site
in my area of interest?
PAWSS can help Five College students identify internship sites in an area of
interest, but students are responsible for applying for and arranging the internship
itself. You can request a free copy of the Guide to Careers, Internships and
Graduate Education in Peace Studies or look at our online list of potential
internship sites.
What are the selection criteria?
Preference is given to students who are on financial aid and/or would otherwise
be forced to seek regular summer employment to raise funds for their education.
The applicant must be enrolled in a degree program and must be in good academic
standing.
How do I apply for a Summer Stipend? Is there an
application form?
You must download the PAWSS Summer Internship
Stipends Application Form. The Form is available in both Microsoft Word and
Adobe Acrobat formats.
Please download the form and print it. Follow the instructions on the
form and complete all sections and mail it to PAWSS at this address:
Attn: Laura Reed
PAWSS (Summer Stipends)
Hampshire College
Amherst, MA 01002
Completed applications should include the following :
- a brief statement describing the internship, your responsibilities,
and how the two relate to your coursework and/or career plans;
- a letter of recommendation from a sponsoring faculty member at any
of the Five Colleges;
- a letter of appointment from the internship coordinator at the site
where you plan to work;
- a budget for the duration of your internship that clearly indicates
how much money is requested from PAWSS and what it will cover. (In
the budget, you must report if you are applying for funds from other
sources or have already been provided such support.)
- Include your full name, school, major, year, local and home address
and phone, and social security number on the form.
What is the application deadline?
Applications must be in our office by April 4, 2003.
For more information, email us at pawss@hampshire.edu or
call us at (413) 559-5367.
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