Internship Fund

Through this Texas Career Engagement grant, students receive funding of $20 per hour up to a maximum amount of $4,000 based on internship hours completed between the first and last class day of the semester or term. 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 in order 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; therefore, not all applicants will be selected to receive funding.

Student Eligibility

Undergraduate Students: Any currently enrolled, degree-seeking UT Austin undergraduate student who has submitted a FAFSA and/or TASFA to UT Austin is eligible to apply. Priority is given to students who have a high financial need and have not received the TCE Internship Fund in a previous year.

Graduate Students: Any degree-seeking UT Austin graduate student currently enrolled in a regular program and who has submitted a FAFSA and/or TASFA to UT Austin is eligible to apply. Priority is given to students who have a high financial need and have not received the TCE Internship Fund in a previous year. This fund is not available to graduate students enrolled in irregular programs, such as Option III, evening programs, and city-based programs (Dallas, D.C., etc.).

Internship Eligibility & Dates

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

• be unpaid;
• in-person;
  • To be considered for funding for remote/virtual internships, students must demonstrate tangible financial impact that results from the virtual internship.
• 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 semester or term.

• Spring: January 18 – May 6, 2022
• Summer: June 2 – August 12, 2022

Spring-Only Requirement
In addition to the student and internship eligibility requirements listed above, during the spring semester:

• students must intern a total of at least 96 hours over a minimum of 8 weeks; and
• internships must take place in the State of Texas or with Texas employers.

Summer-Only Requirement
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.

The Summer 2022 Internship Fund deadline has passed and all funds have been allocated. The Summer 2023 Internship Fund will launch next year. We will not have a Fall 2022 or Spring 2023 Internship Fund.