Internships for Students of Color
Below is a list of paid internship programs and resources specifically for students of color. Many other opportunities exist, so do your own research and contact SPARC if you find a resource you would like us to include here!
General
Summer Internship and Fellowship Opportunities for Students of Color (pdf)
Document from the Amherst College Career Center lists opportunities in art, business, communication, education, government, health, law, natural science, and social science/non-profit.
(SR-EIP)
Designed to encourage students from groups traditionally underrepresented in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities to consider research careers in the academic, public, or private sectors.听This all-expense-paid summer internship provides students with a听competitive stipend, travel, and housing.
Arts/Museums
Places college undergraduates from diverse cultural backgrounds who have financial need in paid summer internships in New York City museums. Eligible applicants must be New York City residents.
Summer internships at the Getty Center for undergraduates of culturally diverse backgrounds interested in professions related to museums and visual arts.听Must be a Los Angeles resident.
Ten-week summer internship program at New York City arts organizations for rising juniors or seniors, with preference given to students of color.
Offers internships in many different areas of the museum complex. Fellowships are available for all students of color, and for Native American students specifically.
Business/Finance/Advertising/Tech
Awards internships to minorities, women, and individuals protected under the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act to encourage the pursuit of careers in advertising.
Internships for minority freshman or sophomore students with a career interest in business; engineering; computers and information sciences; retail store management; sales; health; or marketing.
22-week, nationwide fellowship that is both virtual and in-agency, including a ten-week paid summer internship in advertising for undergraduate and graduate students of color.
Paid summer internship programs for students of color leading to full-time job offers. Programs are in finance, technology, business, and real estate.
Community Leadership/Public Policy/Teaching
Paid post-graduate fellowships and some undergraduate internships in public affairs, business, community-building, and health.
Summer intern program empowers talented underserved and underrepresented students to teach and serve as leaders in American education.
Seven-week summer program that focuses on preparing students for graduate programs in public and international affairs and careers as policy professionals, public administrators, and other leadership roles in public service.
Well-paid summer internship doing labor organizing.听Includes a matching scholarship for school expenses.
Media, Journalism, and Entertainment
Paid summer internships in the entertainment industry for women and students of color.
Summer Fellowship Program that teaches up-and-coming communicators the realities of the business world through an expense-paid fellowship.
Prepares youth of color for careers in the media industry.听This program is open to first year students ONLY; however, once students are听accepted into the program, they stay in the program throughout college.听Participants do paid summer internships, and receive matching scholarship funds.
Science
Listing of pre-med summer opportunities for students of color.
Offers many research and internship programs for high school, pre-med, and medical students. Some programs are specifically for underrepresented populations in health and medicine.
Training program in allergy, immunology, or infectious diseases for students underrepresented in biomedical research.
Six-week summer programs for freshmen or sophomores offering educational and career development activities in the medical and dental fields. Consideration given to applicants identifying with racially/ethnically underrepresented groups in medicine and dentistry.
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