Ulrich-Stewart Family Funded Internship Award
Application period: January 10th - January 30th, 2023
Tisch Office of Career Development is proud to present the Ulrich-Stewart Family Funded Internship Award, a resource exclusively for Tisch students completing summer internships at nonprofits and other organizations that typically offer unpaid internships.
This award will be offered to eight students (up to $5,250 each) to assist them in gaining valuable experiential learning and professional development. The awardees will also receive internship application coaching from the TOCD staff, including cover letter/resume writing feedback and interview practice, so that they gain valuable career skills. Coaching will occur via Zoom and email.
The Tisch Funded Internship Award is a one-time stipend that is awarded directly to the recipient. The Award is intended for students with financial need.
ELIGIBILITY
In order to be considered for the Ulrich-Stewart Family Funded Internship Award, you must:
- Be enrolled full-time in an Undergraduate or Graduate degree-granting program in a department at NYU Tisch School of the Arts during Spring 2023, with the intent to continue full-time enrollment in Fall 2023. You do not need to be taking classes during the 2023 summer session to apply. December 2022 and May/Summer 2023 graduates, as well as visiting students at Tisch and NYU students with Tisch minors are not eligible.
- Be in good academic standing
- Plan to obtain an unpaid summer internship at a nonprofit organization or other organization that typically has unpaid interns. Internships must be with US-based organizations or companies and cannot provide compensation equal to minimum wage or more. International internship placement programs, in which third-party organizations connect students with internships occuring outside of the U.S., are also not eligible.
- Plan to intern for at least 20 hours per week for at least 8 weeks between May 8th and August 25th, 2023.
- Tisch students with F-1 visas are welcome to apply if they meet all the above criteria. However, they should be aware that they will be taxed at the time of the check disbursement. F-1 visa holders must also be aware of CPT/OPT filing procedures.
Tisch students who are studying remotely during the spring semester are welcome to apply.
If you've applied for the Ulrich-Stewart Family Funded Internship Award in the past, you are welcome to re-apply. However, if you have already received the Award, you are no longer eligible.
We encourage you to also apply to other internship funds as you make arrangements for your summer. (This includes the Wasserman Center Internship Grant.) However, if you are ultimately selected as a recipient of the 2023 Ulrich-Stewart Family Funded Internship Award, you will not be eligible to also receive the 2023 Summer Wasserman Center Internship Grant; if your internship continues into the fall semester, you are also not eligible for the 2023 Fall Wasserman Center Internship Grant. This restriction exists to ensure there is enough funding for your fellow students.
I don't have a summer internship yet. Can I still apply?
Yes!!! This opportunity is specifically to assist you in getting a summer internship! If you're selected, the TOCD staff will coach you through the internship application process, including helping you with your cover letter, resume, and interview skills.
I can't afford to intern for academic credit this summer. Can I still apply?
Yes!!! If you're selected, you don't have to do your internship for credit unless it's required by the employer or you're an international student using CPT/OPT. Please note, however, that the Funded Internship Award will not include an additional subsidy to cover the cost of your internship credit.
Need more reasons to apply? Here’s what students have said about the Funded Internship Award experience:
"The staff gave very detailed feedback on my resume and cover letter, giving me exact things to change and why I should change them. They also gave me feedback on even more places to apply to internships in the future!"
"The interview practice was very useful! The staff was very knowledgable about what interviewers look for and being able to have the practice before interviewing eased my nerves a lot!"
"Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! This truly changed my summer and I couldn't be more thankful."
I heard that TOCD provides grant application feedback as part of their career counseling services. Can I schedule an appointment to get help on the drafts for my Funded Internship Award application materials?
Although TOCD is normally happy to help with application coaching for awards and grants, we're unable to do it for the Funded Internship Award. As the award administrators, it's a conflict of interest for us. In lieu of coaching, we advise all applicants to read the instructions below carefully and put a lot of thought into their essays, which are the most important part of the application.
DATES AND DEADLINES
- Applications open on Tuesday, January 10th, 2023, at 10am ET and will be accepted on a rolling basis until Monday, January 30th at 9am ET. Only the first 100 complete applications will be considered - if the 100-application limit is reached before January 30th, the application period will close at that time.
- Recipients of the award will be notified during the week of February 13th, 2023.
- Awardees will be required to turn in tax paperwork (W-9) to receive funds in a timely manner.
- International students will be taxed at time of check disbursement. All other student recipients will receive tax documents from NYU in January of the following year.
Please note that awardees who do not obtain unpaid internships by May 8th, 2023 will forfeit their grant. (Due to funding restrictions, awardees who accept internships that provide compensation of minimum wage or more must also forfeit the grant.) Awardees who do not successfully complete their internships may also forfeit a portion of their grant.
HOW TO APPLY
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
- Application Essays (see below)
- Resume
- Sample cover letter, based on a current internship listing. Please be sure to include the listing for reference by copy/pasting it into a word doc and submitting that with your cover letter sample. Cover letters that are not accompanied by an internship listing will not be considered complete.
- Please note that a recommendation letter will not be required, nor will it be considered as part of your application.
The resume and sample cover letter must be uploaded to Google Drive and then shared with both nyu277@nyu.edu and LH77@nyu.edu. The application form will include a place for you to list the share links for these documents. Please do not send the shared links directly to nyu277@nyu.edu and/or LH77@nyu.edu without filling out the application form - if you do, it will not be considered an official submission.
ESSAY QUESTIONS
The essay portion of the application is one of the most important components of the review process. Read the prompts carefully and put a lot of thought into your answers - be compelling and specific! Please note there is a 500 word max for each essay, and each prompt should be answered separately.
- Please list at least three internships that you plan to apply for, including the company/employer name, specific department/title if applicable (e.g. "Literary Intern at the Public Theater"), and a brief description of the internship. If available, please include links to the internship listing(s). (Note: internships listings should be from three separate employers, not different listings from the same employer). The purpose of this list is to demonstrate that you've already begun to research potential internships and have identified specific opportunities relevant to your career goals. You can list as many internships as you would like but your focus should be on relevance and not quantity. Please note that if you are selected for the Funded Internship Award, this list will serve as the basis for your internship application coaching and can be amended as needed.
- Tisch College Central and the TOCD Industry Spotlights are great resources to assist with internship research. If you're unable to find relevant summer internships, listings for spring internships are acceptable as a way of demonstrating what type of opportunities interest you.
- Tisch College Central and the TOCD Industry Spotlights are great resources to assist with internship research. If you're unable to find relevant summer internships, listings for spring internships are acceptable as a way of demonstrating what type of opportunities interest you.
- If you obtain one of the internships that you mentioned above, besides providing general exposure to the industry and networking opportunities, what do you hope to learn from this internship? What does "real world experience" mean to you? Be as specific as possible in articulating how this ties to your post-Tisch career goals.
- How will internship application coaching benefit you? Be specific as to what help you feel you need.
- How will the grant help your financial need?
- What will you do if you're hired as an unpaid intern but don't receive this grant?
- What will you do this summer if you don't get an internship at all?
To apply to the Ulrich-Stewart Family Funded Internship Award, follow these steps:
- Click on the link at the bottom of this page to fill out the application. This application link will appear below on Tuesday morning, January 10th, 2023. If you do not see a link to the form at the bottom of this page, it means that the submission period has either not begun yet or has already ended.
- The application form will have fields for you to paste in your essay answers, as well as the Google Drive share links for your resume or sample cover letter.
- Applications will not be considered complete and counted towards the 100-application pool until we have verified your eligiblity. Once we have finished processing your application, you will receive an acknowledgment from our office in 3-5 business days.
Please contact tisch.career@nyu.edu with any questions regarding the award or application process.
The decisions of the selection committee are final. Neither the selection committee, nor the TOCD staff, will release justification for recipient selections or provide feedback on applications. Incomplete applications or applicants who do not meet eligibility guidelines will not be considered.
Applications are now closed.
All applicants will be notified of their status by February 25th, 2023.
If you have missed the application window for the Ulrich-Stewart Family Funded Internship Award, we encourage you to apply to the NYU Wasserman Center Internship Grant. WCIG is offered every semester, as well as for the summer - for more info, click here.
Questions? Contact tisch.career@nyu.edu.