The Career Options Resource Center awards grants to assist students with the costs of doing an unpaid or underpaid internship. For summer 2012, there are two grants available through CORC:

· Iris Barr Fund
Your proposed internship must be based in the U.S. southwest or Mexico. The focus of the student's work may be on borders, border crossing, border culture, and boundaries of many kinds; collaborative research with indigenous and local communities; studies that integrate scientific method, theory, and data into social contexts; and outside partnerships that benefit the organization, the local community, and Hampshire. Award amount: up to $400.

· Professor Emeritus David Smith Internship Award
Your proposed internship or field work must be based in Alaska or another northern region OR with an organization that works with the environment or indigenous communities in either the United States or the developing world. Award amount: up t $600.

To Apply

Please submit both the Shared Application and the program-specific CORC Grant Application. 

*Shared Application:   PDF  /  DOC
*CORC Grant Application:   PDF  /  DOC

All materials are due on Thursday, March 29, 2012.  See application for details, or email with questions corc@hampshire.edu