High Impact Internship Award

The Department of English's High-Impact Internship Award will be awarded again in spring 2023. Application deadline: March 1

What is the High-Impact Internship Award?

Students interested in non-profit, government, advocacy, or social service work greatly benefit from internship experiences in their fields. While these internships are of extraordinary value to the student, to the organizations they serve, and ultimately, to the greater social good, they are often unpaid and in fact, students typically register and pay tuition for the credits they receive.

The High-Impact Student Internship Award will help offset this burden; it will not only recognize student initiative and achievement, it will provide a small economic incentive for students engaging in nonprofit work.

Who is eligible?

Undergraduate or graduate students in the Department of English at ASU who are completing internships for academic credit (any number of credits) with a high-impact factor* are eligible to apply. The internship must be unpaid and can have been completed during the summer, fall, or spring of the current academic year.

How much will be awarded?

Award amounts in 2023 will be $1,000 each. It is expected that future awards may be similar.

How do I apply?

By 11:59 p.m. on Mar. 1, applicants must:

be a Department of English undergraduate or graduate student enrolled in a Department of English internship course
have an unpaid internship (whomp, whomp) with a for-profit or non-profit group
engage in high-impact internship activities for the greater good (think earning karma points for your work)
write a 500-word pitch outlining how your internship work makes the world a better place and what that means for your future career and humanistic impact
complete a questionnaire, available at the "Apply" link below

*See below for examples of high-impact providers.

Apply

High-Impact Factor Internship Providers—A Sampling

Note: This is simply a representative list; students are not limited to these internship sites to be eligible for the High-Impact Internship Award.

GateWay Community College Refugee English Teaching Internship
AZ State Capitol Internship
ASU Library Student Ambassador Internship
The Pen Project Prison Education Internship
ASU Art Museum Research Internship
Piper Center Creative Writing Internship
Linguistics Field Methods Internship
English Secondary Education Internship
St. Vincent de Paul Community Internship
Seeds of Change and Green on Purpose Food Education Internship
Read Better Be Better Young Learners Literacy Internship
The International Rescue Committee Teaching Internship
Refugee Focus Teaching Internship
Phoenix Film Festival Internship
TESOL in Brazil Summer Internship
Heard Museum Research Internship
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Development Internship
Make-A-Wish Arizona Wish Granting Internship
Habitat for Humanity Community Internship
Vive Peru English Teaching Internship
Project Humanities Internship

Previous Recipients:

2021-2022: Thomas Bate and Asna Nusrat
2020-2021: Andrea Yang and Ainslee Dicken
2019-2020: Diana Schooling and KaLynn Yazzie
2018-2019: Melovee Easley and Colleen Wilkowski