Internships
Scholarships
General Resource
Internships
Asian
Pacific Americans Institute for Congressional Studies
http://www.apaics.org/
Summer 2005
Press Release - 2005 Application click
here.
U.S.
Department of Commerce, Post-Secondary Internship Program
http://www.osec.doc.gov/oebam/internwebsite.htm
The Department of Commerce (DOC)
announces opportunities for both summer and academic year paid internships for
the 2003 summer and fall sessions and the 2004 spring session.
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Interns participate in on-site
work experiences with DOC bureaus and offices in order to integrate academic
theory and workplace requirements, gain relevant skills and knowledge, explore
Federal career options, develop professional networks, and gain a greater
awareness of the role of Federal agencies. |
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Basic eligibility requires
enrollment as an undergraduate or graduate student at two and four-year
accredited educational institutions, as well as U.S. citizenship. |
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Interns receive stipends as well
as paid round-trip transportation expenses between their schools/homes and
work locations. Assistance with temporary housing arrangements is also
provided. Most internships are in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area, but
some assignments are available at locations around the United States, where
Commerce regional and local offices are situated. |
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Interns hosted under the
Postsecondary Internship Program are not employees of the Department of
Commerce; rather, they are affiliated with one of the four sponsoring
organizations with which the Department collaborates to recruit interns. |
Federal Asian Pacific
American Council
Application:
http://www.fapac.org/f1/f_scholar.htm
Eligibility Requirements: Applicants must be
currently enrolled in college and available to work 20 hours a week for 10 to 12
weeks (March - May). Selected interns would assist FAPAC executive board members
and committee chairs to plan, organize, and coordinate the Congressional Seminar
and National Leadership Training Conference. Interns will have opportunities to
network with movers and shakers in the Federal Government and Asian Pacific
American organizations. Interns will receive a $2,000 stipend. FAPAC will award
up to 5 internships. Applications must be postmarked by March 15, 2003.
Mai Nguyen, Scholarship & Internship Chair
fapac@fapac.org or
Mai.Nguyen@faa.gov
(202) 267-7666
International Leadership
Foundation
http://www.ileader.org/
International Leadership Foundation Announces
Summer Public Affairs Internships for Asian American College Students in
Sacramento, CA and Washington, DC
For the fifth consecutive year, The International Leadership Foundation (ILF)
will award up to 30 internships for Asian American College Students to better
understand American government. Each student awarded a fellowship will spend six
weeks during the summer working for a government agency in either Washington, DC
or in Sacramento, California.
Any undergraduate student in good standing at a junior college, college, or
university is eligible to apply. Applicants must be United States citizens or
legal residents. Applications must be received by February 27th, 2004, and can
be submitted by mail or email.
Each ILF Fellow selected will receive a $1,000 scholarship, funded by the ILF
and the Ronald McDonald House Charities Foundation's "RMHC / ASIA" scholarship
program. The ILF works with government agencies to place each Fellow in an
internship that reflects his or her area of interest. Students must pay for
their own travel, housing and living expenses during their internships.
"The ILF program is non-partisan," explained C.C. Yin, President of the ILF. "We
make certain that students get exposed to a wide range of viewpoints." In
addition to their own internships, the ILF Fellows also attend weekly seminars
and other events to learn about government
"The Asian American community has not yet achieved full equality in politics,"
said Joel Szabat, founder of the ILF. "ILF Fellowships promote the civic
involvement of the next generation of API leaders." In 2003 the ILF and the
Ronald McDonald House Charities provided thirty fellowships to deserving Asian
American college students.
Szabat and Chiling Tong, senior officials in President Bush's administration,
supervise the ILF Fellowship program in Washington, DC. Fellows who wish to do
their internships in Sacramento work with California State Legislators.
Organization of Chinese
Americans (OCA)
Every year, OCA sponsors a summer internship
program for APA student leaders from across the country. The program is aimed at
encouraging college students to pursue professions in public policy. By placing
them at OCA national headquarters, Congressional offices, and federal agencies,
students are provided the opportunity to meet and learn firsthand from many
prominent leaders and officials in Washington, DC.
OCA hosts various meetings that allow the interns to be introduced to leaders
and role models of the APA community, including Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao
and Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta. Interns also attend weekly brown
bag luncheons with different minority groups to discuss how various issues, such
as election reform, labor, hate crimes, census, and racial profiling affect
Asian Pacific Americans and their community.
Past corporations that have funded the internship program include Ford Motor
Companies, various OCA chapters and members, and this year, OCA is pleased to
include Pepsico as a funder for the 2003 program.
For more information on the internship program and an application, interested
students may go to OCA's website at
www.ocanatl.org/programs/internships.html. The deadline for applying to the
2003 summer internship program is March 25, 2003.
Vision New
America
For High School Students
Application Process:
http://www.visionnewamerica.org/program/high_school.html
Vision New America invites you to apply for a
summer internship position with a governmental official at the county, state or
national level.
We are a non-partisan, non-profit, grassroots
organization formed to promote the civic and political participation of Asian
Americans. Towards that end, Vision New America has established a summer
internship program in order to introduce our youth to the benefits of public
service. Our summer internship program is intended to address three goals:
| provide our youth with an opportunity to
gain insight and exposure to governmental affairs and public policy; |
| build relationships between the Asian
American community and public officials; and |
| encourage Asian Americans to participate in
mainstream politics and community service. |
Over the past three years, our students have
interned at federal, state, and county levels of government, including the U.S.
Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of Labor, and in the offices of
members of Congress, California State Legislature, the California Governor,
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, and San Jose City Council.
No application fees are necessary because
Vision New America provides our services free of charge. With the generous
support of our donors, we recruit, train and place students in government
offices. Interns are never asked to pay any fees, though there are some minimal
costs associated with the internship itself (such as taking BART to the office,
parking fees, lunch costs, etc.). We even offer a $300 scholarship at the end of
the program to all interns who complete the program requirements.
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Vision New America
For College Students
Application Process:
http://www.visionnewamerica.org/program/college.html
Vision New America invites you to apply for a
summer internship position in a government office in Washington D.C.
We are a non-partisan, non-profit, grassroots
organization formed to promote the civic and political participation of Asian
Americans. One of our primary goals is to help build the leadership skills of
young Asian Pacific Americans. Towards that end, we run our Summer Public Policy
Internship program to recruit, train, and place college students as summer
interns in government offices in Washington, D.C.
Our Summer Public Policy Internship provides
students with:
| Strong leadership skills |
| First-hand knowledge of the government
process |
| Valuable real-world experience |
| Working interaction with elected leaders |
| Strengthened resume experience |
| Enhanced self-confidence and awareness |
We select the most qualified students after a
rigorous evaluation of each candidate's academic and public service experience,
as well as their communication skills, interest in the program, and their
ability to learn from the experience. We encourage all students to apply,
regardless of race. We only request that all candidates make a genuine
commitment to increasing Asian American political and civic participation.
Interns selected for the program must also
complete other requirements. Each intern must register 10 new Asian Pacific
American voters as part of their commitment to increasing the civic and
political participation of Asian Americans. Training is provided to ensure that
the interns not only help increase our community's political strength, but that
their communication skills improve as well. Interns must also submit regular
journal logs and reflections on their internship experience.
No application fees are required to take part
in the program. Students who are placed in unpaid internships will receive a
$2,000 housing stipend from Vision New America. Additional financial assistance
of up to $3,000 is also available on a need basis.
Applications must be postmarked by March 31,
2003. All completed applications will be considered by Vision New America staff.
Based on the strength of the applications, some students will then be selected
for interviews (either in person or by telephone). The final selection of our
Summer 2003 interns will be made by mid-April.
For more information, please email Amy Chen at
achen@visionnewamerica.org or
call us at (408) 941-0888.
Scholarships
Conference on
Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL)
Application Process:
www.capal.org/capal_scholarship.html
Application:
www.capal.org/2003_Scholarship_Application.doc
The Conference
on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL) will be awarding six
scholarships to outstanding Asian Pacific American (APA) college undergraduates
and one scholarship to a graduate student for internships in Washington, DC for
the summer of 2003. The scholarships are intended to enable outstanding APA
scholars with the potential for leadership, to work full-time and learn about
ways to affect public policy that benefits APA communities. Through the generous
donations of its sponsors, CAPAL is able to fund six students with $2,000
stipends.
Please read carefully as each scholarship can
have slightly different requirements and is designed to meet different needs for
those who are considering a summer internship in Washington, DC. You may apply
for more than one scholarship. Seniors and graduate students graduating in the
winter and summer of 2003 are not eligible.
CAPAL will find internship placements for the
Asha Jaini Emerging Leader scholar. CAPAL will do its best to fit this scholar
with his or her interests and what CAPAL believes to be the best opportunity to
develop leadership skills based on his or her past experiences.
Recipients of the Asha Jaini Memorial Graduate
Leadership Fellowship, the Senator Paul Simon Scholarship, the Federal Asian
Pacific American Council (FAPAC) Scholarship, the CAPAL Scholarship Sponsored by
State Farm, are responsible for securing their own internships.
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