Apply for the Career Design Center Internship Equity Fund

This award, funded by the State University of New York (SUNY), provides funding to support University at Buffalo undergraduate and graduate students partaking in unpaid spring internships with non-profit or government organizations. Internships offer essential hands-on experience and serve as a crucial step toward transitioning from college to a career. The Career Design Center will use this funding to assist students who engage in these internships.

To be eligible, you must:
- Be an actively enrolled UB student during your internship
- Have a minimum 2.0 GPA and remain in good academic standing
- Commit to at least 75 internship hours
- Be supervised by an employee at the host organization
- Have CPT authorization if you are an international student on an F-1 visa and participating in an off-campus internship
- Complete the student application and have your site supervisor submit the Site Supervisor Verification Form by January 26 at 11:59 p.m.

Application Types
- Conditional Opportunity: You’ve applied to an internship but are awaiting confirmation. Conditional opportunity applications are due December 26, 2025 at 11:59 p.m.
- Confirmed Internship: You’ve already secured an internship. If you are applying with an internship that you have already secured, you have until January 26, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. to submit your application.

Award amount
$2100 - $3600