SUNY Geneseo Internship and Living Stipend Application

Due to an overwhelming amount of responses this application period has closed.

 

SUNY Geneseo's Internship and Living Stipend enables students to participate in credit-bearing, on and off campus, unpaid internships, fieldwork, or curricular applied learning in public service and high-demand nonprofit sectors related to their future career goals while attending SUNY Geneseo. Funding provided can support transportation, parking, childcare, housing, food, and other incidental costs and expenses.

Eligibility
  • Must be a currently matriculated SUNY Geneseo student, undergraduate or graduate student, in good academic standing (not on academic probation). Students are not eligible after their graduation
  • Must have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours at SUNY Geneseo
  • Must have secured and on or off - campus unpaid internship, fieldwork, or curricular applied learning experience for the future by the time of application. No retrospective stipends will be awarded.
    • You must have secured the experience at the time you apply for the stipend. You will be asked to provide your supervisor's information in the application so that we may verify and review your experience.
    • The experience must be supervised by someone at the organization's site. The site supervisor cannot be a family member

This stipend is designed to support students who meet the following criteria:

  • Significant financial need/hardship
  • significant barriers to to completing an unpaid internship/practicum
  • Students are eligible for only one award per degree program 
Application Process and Selection Timeline
  • Complete the application for Internship and Living Stipend to be considered for a Spring 2024 stipend. (SPRING 2024 APPLICATION PERIOD HAS CLOSED)
  • Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until January 22, 2024
Award Notification and Required Forms

All applicants will be notified via their geneseo email.

For students to receive payment, they will need to:

  • Complete and submit a W - 9 tax form
  • Sign a standard voucher prepared by The Career Design Center
  • and sign and submit a copy of their award letter indicating that: they accept or decline the award stipend, they understand that they must complete their academic curricular requirements successfully in order to receive full funding. (e.g., number of hours, any academic assignments, etc.) if plans change, students must notify The Career Design Center/the selection committee immediately via email at careers@geneseo.edu. Please note that address and other information on the W - 9 and Standard Voucher must match income tax document information or these forms will not be accepted by New York State. Unfortunately these forms cannot be e - signed.

* If a student is out of the Geneseo, NY area and not able to come to The Career Design Center to sign their Standard Voucher, they can print, sign, and scan the document and send it with other scanned forms to careers@geneseo.edu.

Award Amount

All awards will be in the amount of $2,000 per student. The maximum number of awards per semester is based on the overall budget and may vary.

Award Distribution
  • Stipends will be awarded in one payment as early in the semester as possible. A check will be mailed to the recipient at the address used on the W - 9. Checks are processed from the Office of the State Comptroller in Albany.
  • Ant international students who are selected must have an I - 20 for CPT or a DS 2019 document authorized for Academic Training by the International Student and Scholar Services Office in advance of starting the experience.
  • This is an internship/living stipend and is considered taxable income. It is the student’s responsibility to determine if taxes are owed on grant monies received in connection with course of study. Students should therefore consult a tax advisor regarding these grants.

Need help finding an internship?

Start early! Securing an internship can take time. Additionally, once you have identified and internship, the campus review and approval process may require executing an affiliation agreement, which can take up to six weeks. Make sure you are preparing at least a semester in advance as some companies have specific deadlines. The Career Design Center can assist with identifying suitable internships.

Register here for Spring internship credit.