Internship Fund

Through this Texas Career Engagement grant, students receive funding of $15 per hour up to a maximum amount of $2,000 based on internship hours completed between the first and last class day of the summer (June 1- August 11, 2023). Selected students will receive funds in two disbursements: the first after the application has been accepted and the second in the last weeks of the internship. The internship host-employer is required to submit a confirmation of the intern’s hours for the second payment to be disbursed. The amount of the funding may be recalculated based on the final total hours completed at the internship.

Students who have unpaid internships and who receive additional UT funding for the internship – such as a stipend from your department or other UT office – can apply for the TCE Internship Fund.

The amount of this fund is limited and applicants are prioritized by financial need; therefore, not all applicants will be selected to receive funding.

Student Eligibility

Currently enrolled, degree-seeking UT Austin undergraduate and graduate students in an eligible internship that takes place prior to graduation are eligible to apply. This is a needs-based scholarship and students must have submitted a 2022-2023 FAFSA and/or TASFA to UT Austin to be eligible; priority to the limited funding is given to students based on the highest financial need.

Internships must take place between the first and last class days of the summer: June 1 – August 11, 2023. Internships that take place after graduation are not eligible.

Course Enrollment

In addition to the student and internship eligibility requirements listed above, summer internship fund recipients must be enrolled in a UT Austin zero-credit internship course or credit-bearing internship course through your college or school. Award recipients will apply to the zero-credit internship course after selections are made; students do not need to apply to the course prior to final selections.

Internship Eligibility & Dates

Internship eligibility is reviewed on a case-by-case basis; however, following are general requirements. The internship must:

• be unpaid;
• take place off campus and not with an institution of higher education;
• provide direct and daily supervision and guidance and regular access to the supervisor;
• assign meaningful projects with learning components;
• provide the resources needed to complete the internship responsibilities; and
• be hosted by an employer that is an established for-profit company with the legal right to transact business in the state of the internship site, an IRS-exempt organization, a governmental entity or an established, professionally recognized and legal entity of a foreign country.

Internships must take place between the first and last class days of the summer: June 1 – August 11, 2023.

The TCE Internship Fund online application opens on March 21, 2023. More info to come.