African Studies Center Internship Funding
Awards a $1500 stipend to students with unpaid off-campus internships relating to African Studies.
BU Arts Initiative Grants
To encourage the continued development of an intellectual community around the arts and arts practice at BU and enhance our student-life experience, the BU Arts Initiative offers research grants for graduate and undergraduate research, as well as grants to faculty, students, and staff for projects that directly engage students in the arts. Committees of faculty, staff, and students review all proposals. All BU Arts Initiative arts grants are subject to fiscal year restrictions and must be used in the fiscal year awarded.
BU Diversity & Inclusion
Several grants offered. Learn more.
BU Summer Fellowship: Mayor's Office of Resistance and Racial Equity
The Intern will work directly with the Senior Advisor on Racial Justice, Ms. Lori Nelson, and the team to support activities overseen by her office.
CAS Communications Internship
The College of Arts & Sciences hires undergraduate and graduate interns to tell our stories, publicize our achievements, and build community within our diverse liberal arts school. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
CAS Honors Research Travel Awards
Funds grants of up to $1,000 for travel to conduct research by advanced undergraduates pursuing the B.A. with honors in any College of Arts & Sciences major.
CAS Internship Program
The CAS Internship Program offers undergraduates in the College the opportunity to take CAS IN 299 alongside an approved off-campus internship.
CAS IN 299 is a two-credit, seminar-style course that carries the Teamwork/Collaboration BU Hub unit. Taught by Connector staff, the course compliments the experiential learning you’ll be doing in your internships, by encouraging critical self-reflection and the development of career readiness competencies.
CAS On-Campus Internship Program
Upon acceptance into one of the participating internships, students will be registered for CAS IN 250 Internships for Liberal Arts: Work and Identity—Theory and Practice, which frames, facilitates, and guides students through an internship opportunity in a workplace setting within Boston University.
CAS Student Enhancement Fund
The Student Academic Enhancement Fund is designed to support undergraduate CAS students in the pursuit of academic interests, endeavors, and achievements outside of the classroom.
CAS Writing Center Undergraduate Consultants
Undergraduate writing consultants work in the CAS Writing Center for an average of six hours each week. They facilitate one-on-one writing consultations that are devoted to helping students in WR courses become more confident and independent writers. Consultants confer with students on a variety of issues related to the writing process.
CURA Travel & Research Grant
Provides travel grants of up to $500 to students who wish to travel outside of Boston for a conference or to conduct research on a subject related to CURA’s mission.
Enlight Social Impact Incubator & Summer Internships
In this 8-week, fast-paced summer incubator, you’ll be guided through the process of coming up with a social venture or nonprofit while gaining practical business skills through an internship with a local nonprofit or social benefit organization. Please note that the internships must be unpaid by the host organization, though you will be given a $5,500 stipend.
Experimental Learning Connector Summer Internship Support
The goals of this program are twofold: 1) to enable CAS undergraduates to take advantage of unpaid or low-paying Boston-based in-person internship opportunities by defraying living expenses; 2) to create a cohort-based community of interns who support and encourage each other while navigating the professional landscape.
Fellowships & Scholarships
Lists of opportunities that are most appropriate for Boston University students and where BU students have had previous success. Generally, fellowships and scholarships fall into three categories: Undergraduate, Graduate, and Alumni. Learn more
First-Year Innovation Fellowship
Join a diverse community of problem solvers and receive seed money, coaching, and resources to transform your ideas into impact. Must be a first-year student.
Initiative on Cities Internships at Boston City Hall
There are three full-time paid internships available for undergraduate students this summer working in Boston’s City Hall. Interns will work 35 hours weekly in Boston’s City Hall in one of the below three roles. All interns will receive housing support in addition to being paid full-time. applications due March 10, 2025.
- Equity & Inclusion Cabinet [Free housing in partnership with the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground]: The intern will contribute to the advancement of Boston’s racial equity policy priorities, foster community engagement efforts, and support data-driven policy recommendations. This work will include research, data gathering from the community, stakeholder engagement, and policy writing.
- Office of Climate Resilience [Housing stipend included]: This intern will spend the summer working to support the City of Boston’s resiliency efforts. This year, the intern will work on communications and graphic design to support the office’s work adapting and preparing for the impacts of climate change.
- Planning Advisory Council [Housing stipend included]: This new undergraduate summer internship will award one BU undergraduate student the opportunity to spend the summer working at Boston City Hall with the Planning Advisory Council. This dynamic role will touch on many areas of government and is a good fit for a student who is eager to learn about how local government can work more effectively across policy and implementation silos to address challenges and pursue equity in the built environment.
First-Year Innovation Fellowship
Join a diverse community of problem solvers and receive seed money, coaching, and resources to transform your ideas into impact. Must be a first-year student.
Jewish Cultural Endowment
The Jewish Cultural Endowment (JCE) supports Jewish cultural programs across the University, sponsoring lectures, conferences, literary events, curricular enhancement, and artistic performances and exhibitions. Its mission is to foster an appreciation of Jewish culture in all its richness and diversity.
Karbank Fellowship
Designed to assist students in pursuing their philosophical reflections in any of a number of ways and venues. Preference will be given to philosophy majors and minors, and to non-graduating students, but any student who will have taken two philosophy courses by the end of the semester in which they apply will be eligible.
National League of Cities Menino Fellowship
The National League of Cities (NLC) Menino Fellowship provides one Boston University undergraduate student with the opportunity to explore an interest in public service, city-level programs and policies, and municipal leadership on behalf of children, youth, and families through a directed study and semester-long paid internship in the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the National League of Cities.
Sustainability Innovation Seed Grants
Open to current BU students and alumni within one year of graduation. With funding and resources offered by BU Sustainability and Innovate@BU, students are empowered to kick-start a project or develop an intervention that tackles the leading sustainability challenges facing BU.
Translation Prizes
The BU Department of World Languages & Literatures awards prizes to undergraduate and graduate students who translate a work of poetry, fiction, or drama into English.
Tutoring Writing in the Disciplines
Tutoring Writing in the Disciplines (TWID) is a discipline-based, undergraduate peer writing tutoring program. The department-based peer writing tutors, trained by the WID Director in tutoring practices, provide writing support to undergraduate students in all courses within a discipline.
UROP Research Awards
UROP provides research stipends, on a competitive basis, each semester and summer.
Types of Funding Include:
- Stipend Awards: paid directly to the student as taxable income
- Supplies Awards: provided to the mentor’s department to cover project supplies
- Travel Awards: reimbursement for research- or conference-related travel expenses
- Humanities Scholars Awards: stipend and supplies for students conducting research in the humanities
- Housing Supplement: $1000 toward summer housing, limited number of awards available for students with the greatest financial need
Yawkey Nonprofit Internship Program
Boston University’s Yawkey Nonprofit Internship Program is a selective educational program designed for sophomores and juniors that provides a living allowance stipend to support participation in unpaid internships at nonprofit organizations.