Internship Funding

Some internships will be paid positions, but others are with organizations that have small budgets and limited resources to pay interns. We want to help students take the best internship -- whether in a paid or unpaid position. To this end, we have several funds to assist you in taking meaningful internships in the public and non-profit sectors. The following funds are available to students interning in the public and non-profit sectors.

The Internship Opportunity Fund (IOF)

The IOF provides stipends in the form of a scholarship to students accepting unpaid or low-paying internships. Revenues are raised by students who solicit contributions from faculty, staff and alumni. The Heinz School matches funds donated by faculty, staff and students.

Please review the instructions, then complete the application and budget and return them to the Career Services office.

Note: Any and all Internship Opportunity Fund Awards are subject to state, local and federal taxes. The Carnegie Mellon University payroll will deduct the appropriate amounts before you receive your award.

Tom Gorman Fund

This internship scholarship memorializes Tom Gorman, a 1985 graduate of the Heinz School. Tom was committed to public sector work and, with several classmates, founded the IOF. The Gorman Fund provides one or more fellowship each year to students interning in the public or non-profit sector with preference given to internships in environmental protection, public sector economic development or urban planning. MSPPM students are eligible for the Tom Gorman Fund.

The Stephen M. Lauble Fellowship

Steven Lauble, a Heinz alumnus, was a strong proponent of public sector work and of the Pittsburgh area. Several students are selected each year as Lauble Fellows and work in local economic and community development organizations for their summer internships and then part-time during their second year. The competitive application process is announced and conducted early in the spring semester each year.

Federal Community Work Study (FCWS)

Fulltime students enrolled at the Heinz School who receive a federal work study award can work a maximum of 40 hours/week during the summer period between their first and second year. For more information at the Federal CommunityWork Study program please click here.

Internship Opportunity Fund (IOF)

The Heinz School matches funds donated by faculty, staff and students. The total amount of scholarships available is based on fund-raising success. This year's goal is $30,000 and is expected to fund approximately fifteen 7-week internships, all of them in the public and non-profit sectors and many of them with international organizations.

IOF internships in past years have included placements at the Children's Defense Fund in Washington, DC; the Minnesota Civil Liberties Union in St. Paul, MN; The Sex Assault and Family Crisis Unit in Pittsburgh, PA; the Life in Africa Foundation in Uganda; the United Nations in New York; UNICEF/UN in Madrid; UNESCO in Paris; and the Hellenic Foundation in Athens; to name just a few.