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Financing Your Internship

Scholarship opportunities are available through and off-campus to help fund unpaid internships!

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Bright Futures Initiative: 'Unpaid Internship' Scholarship Fund

The Bright Futures Initiative awards students with need-based scholarships ranging from $100-$1,000 to help offset expenses incurred during unpaid internships in the summer. Scholarships are generously funded by the Eisen Family, the University Career Center & The President’s Promise, and individual donors through Maryland Giving Day.  


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Checkout these scholarship opportunities! 

A 13-page comprehensive scholarship listing available to UMD undergraduate students is available here.

Check professional associations in your field(s) of interest to see if they offer awards or scholarships for students.

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