• Must be a degree-seeking undergraduate student
  Students of any year of study, from any UAF-affiliated campus, working toward an Occupational Endorsement, Certificate, Associate's Degree or Bachelor's Degree in any discipline are eligible to apply for internship funding. Graduated students are not eligible to apply.
  • UAF Campuses Include: Bristol Bay, Chukchi, CTC, Troth Yeddha’, Interior Alaska, Kuskokwim, Northwest
• Registration:
  • Fall and Spring Awards: Students must be enrolled in at least 3 credits at any UAF-affiliated campus for the funded semester.
  • Summer Awards: Students must be enrolled for at least 3 credits during the spring application semester and must plan to enroll in at least 3 credits for the fall semester following the award. Students who graduate in the spring term when the summer award opens are not eligible to apply.
• GPA of 2.3 or higher
  Students with a GPA lower than 2.3 are not eligible.
• **Students may only recieve one Internship Award per academic year and one award per internship opportunity (should the opportunity continue into another academic year).**

• Awardees must complete a Reflection Form within two weeks of completing the internship.
  • Final reporting deadlines will be listed in the award paperwork.
• Awarded students will recieve two evaluations (a mid-point and final review) from their internship supervisor/mentor.
  •  Evaluation forms are to be signed by the student, supervisor/mentor, and URSA Director and submitted to the URSA Office (uaf-ursa@alaska.edu).
  • The evaluation form can be downloaded from the Internship Award webpage.
• Final products to be submitted with the reflection form include: 
  
  • 2-3 high resolution pictures of the awardee from their internship opportunity with captions.
• IMPORTANT: Failure to submit a final evaluation or to submit final products will make the awardee ineligible to receive future URSA funding.   

This award is for FELLOWSHIP FUNDS (student stipends) only.

• Fellowship payments will be disbursed in three equal installments via direct deposit (e.g., a 6-week internship will receive payments during week 2, week 4, and week 6.)
• Scheduled disbursement dates will be disclosed in the funding paperwork upon awarding.
• Funding requests for supplies, services, or tuition will not be considered.
• This award is intended to reduce the financial barriers to internship participation by covering the difference between cost-of-living expenses (e.g., housing, food, transportation) and funds provided by the opportunity.  

• The URSA Internship Award will accept applications on a rolling basis as long as funds remain.
  • Opportunities must have a submitted application and be awarded prior to the start date. Retroactive funding will not be considered.
• Applications will be reviewed and decisions will be awarded by the URSA Office within two weeks of application.
• Applicants will be notified via their alaska.edu email.  

• Financial need expressed through the submitted proposal.
• Student learning outcomes and/or the career/academic benefit articulated in the proposal.
• Adequate supervision or training as explained in the proposal.
• Written quality of the proposal.
• Letter of employment from the external organization.

**Preference will be given to students with volunteer, unpaid, or minimally paid opportunities. Students will fulltime paid internships are eligible to apply (e.g., for positions with high costs of living as documented in the application). Please note, applicants are not eligible for funding beyond living expenses.**