Summer Grants for Unpaid Internships and Conference Travel

  • Do you have an unpaid summer internship or a domestic academic seminar or conference you are attending?
  • Do you need financial support to defray costs related to accepting unpaid internships or travel this summer?

The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs is providing a fixed number of grants to support INTA students participating in unpaid summer internships or attending academic seminars and conferences.  Last year ten students received grants ranging from $250 to $1000 each.

Eligibility: You must be a declared INTA, IAML or EIA undergraduate or graduate student.

Deadline: Application materials should be delivered to Tony Gallego’s office, room 155 of the Habersham Building/Ivan Allen College, by 5 p.m. on Monday, April 22, 2013.

HOW TO APPLY:

Your application for an INTERNSHIP GRANT should include:

1.  A brief letter of application stating your needs for the grant.  Include your full name, GTID, anticipated graduation date, and if you are an undergraduate or graduate INTA student. The letter should include a description of the internship for which you have applied.

2.  An official internship offer letter/email from the organization for which you will intern. The offer letter should describe the type of work you will perform as well as the start and end date of the internship, and how many hours you will work each week. Students who are still waiting to be notified about summer internships are welcome to apply for grants. If selected, those students will be required to submit an official internship offer letter to receive the grant.

3.  The appropriate financial forms that will allow us to award the grant.  Please see note at the bottom of this email to determine which forms you need to submit. Submitting incorrect forms will delay grant payment.

Your application for a TRAVEL GRANT should include:

1.  A brief letter of application stating your needs for the grant.  Include your full name, GTID, anticipated graduation date, and if you are an undergraduate or graduate INTA student. Include the dates of your travel, the full estimated cost of the travel, and the locations you will visit. Please explain the relevance of the conference or travel to your career plans.

2.  Proof of your registration and attendance at the conference will be required to secure funding. Students who are still waiting to be notified about participation in summer travel are welcome to apply for grants; if selected, those students will be required to submit documentation of their registration to receive funding.

3.  The financial forms that will allow us to award the grant. Please see note at the bottom of this email to determine which forms you need to submit.  Submitting incorrect forms will delay grant payment.

Submitting financial forms with your application
 
We need each candidate to submit forms that will allow us to award you the grant.  Each applicant should pick one of the following categories and follow the instructions in that category.

Category I: You are NOT a US Citizen or Resident Alien.  

1. Fill out Form 1 (attached) – Write an “X” in front of one of the three options on the 2nd page. Complete the information in red at the bottom of the 2nd page.

2. Fill out Form 8233 (attached). The instructions for filling out Form 8233 are attached too.

Category II: You ARE or WERE a Georgia Tech employee:

Explanation: You have worked for Georgia Tech as an employee, work-study, grad assistant or research assistant in the past or currently. Please do the following:

1. Fill out Form 1 (attached) – Write an “X” in front of one of the three options on the 2nd page. Complete the information in red at the bottom of the 2nd page.

Category III: You were NEVER an employee of Georgia Tech:

Explanation: You are not or were never a GT employee, work-study student, or research assistant. Please do the following:

1. Fill out Form 1 (attached) – Write an “X” in front of one of the three options on the 2nd page. Complete the information in red at the bottom of the 2nd page.

2. Submit a vendor profile form online here: http://mystuff.gatech.edu/vForms/.  If you have any questions on how to fill out the vendor profile please contact Accounts Payable at vendor.help@business.gatech.edu or 404-894-4992.

Please let me know if you have any questions about these forms.

Submitting your application

Deadline: Application materials should be delivered to Tony Gallego’s office, room 155 of the Habersham Building/Ivan Allen College, by 5 p.m. on Monday, April 22, 2013. (Applications can be submitted by hard copy or electronically via email.  Any electronic submissions should be sent to tony@inta.gatech.edu.)