Fellowships, Internships & Scholarships
Fellowships
» Smithsonian
Payment Status: Contact Company
Contact Name: See website
Instructions:
Smithsonian Website
Smithsonian internships are learning experiences guided by a mentor, occurring during a specific time frame, which provide benefits relating to an intern’s education, coursework, or career goals. With stated learning objectives and a mentor’s commitment, interns may be appointed for a term of up to six months. As an intern’s experiential education progresses, with revised learning objectives and a renewed commitment from a mentor, they may be reappointed.
Smithsonian fellowships are awarded competitively to graduate, pre-doctoral, or post-doctoral students – or granted non-competitively to visiting professionals, students, scientists, or scholars – are offered to individuals who design and develop proposals for independent study or collaborative research in fields pursued by and of interest to Smithsonian staff. Smithsonian fellows are generally appointed to terms lasting between 1 to 3 years.» State Legislature Fellowships
Payment Status: Contact Company
Contact Name: See website
Instructions:
The Center administers four nationally recognized fellowship programs known collectively as the Capital Fellows Programs. The 18 Assembly Fellows, 18 Senate Fellows, 18 Executive Fellows and 10 Judicial Administration Fellows receive an outstanding opportunity to engage in public service and prepare for future careers, while actively contributing to the development and implementation of public policy in California. The ranks of former fellows include a Justice of the California Supreme Court, members of the United States Congress and the State Legislature, a deputy director of the Peace Corps, state and local government officials, corporate executives and community leaders.
Capital Fellows Programs Website» Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (SURF)
Website: http://www.grad.uci.edu/about-us/diversity/grad-prep-programs/non-uci-students/surf.html
Payment Status: Contact Company
Instructions:» The UCLA Center for Seventeenth & Eighteenth Century Studies
Payment Status: Contact Company
Contact Name: See website
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The Center provides a forum for the discussion of central issues in the field of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies. It organizes academic programs, bringing together scholars from the area, the nation, and the world, with the goal of encouraging research in the period from 1600 to 1800. It seeks to enlarge the Clark Library's holdings in this period in order to enhance research opportunities. The Center's publications program is dedicated to making the results of its conferences known to the larger scholarly public. It provides resident fellowships and scholarships to support research in early modern studies and other areas central to the Clark's collections. In addition it offers a variety of public programs, including chamber music concerts. Each year the Center offers a variety of fellowships to both pre-doctoral and post-doctoral scholars. Up to ten undergraduate scholarships are offered every year to support undergraduate student research at the Clark Library.
http://www.c1718cs.ucla.edu/fellowships.htm» Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)
Internships
» APAIT (has OC satellite office)
Website: http://apaitonline.org/who-we-are/
Payment Status: Contact Company
Contact Phone: (714) 636-1349
Instructions:» API Equality LA
Payment Status: Contact Company
Email: http://apiequalityla.org/take-action/intern/
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$500 Scholarship» Asian Am Legal Defense and Education Fund (AADELF)
Payment Status: Contact Company
Contact Name: Jennifer Weng
Contact Phone: (212)966-5932
Email: info@aaldef.org
Instructions:AALDEF does precedent-setting litigation, advocacy, and policy work in the areas of economic justice for workers, immigrant rights, anti-trafficking, educational equity and youth rights, voting rights and redistricting, post-9/11 civil liberties issues, housing and environmental justice, and other major civil rights issues affecting Asian American communities.
http://aaldef.org/jobs.html» Asian Americans Advancing Justice Los Angeles
Website: http://advancingjustice-aajc.org/clerkships-and-internships
Payment Status: Unpaid
Instructions:» Asian Americans Advancing Justice Los Angeles - Orange County
Website: http://advancingjustice-aajc.org/clerkships-and-internships
Payment Status: Unpaid
Contact Name: Communications Intern
Instructions:» Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIA Vote)
Payment Status: Contact Company
Contact Name: APIAVote
Contact Phone: (202) 223-9170
Email: info@apiavote.org
Instructions:
The Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote) is a national nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that encourages and promotes civic participation of Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) in the electoral and public policy processes at the national, state and local levels. APIAVote envisions a society in which all AAPIs fully participate in and have access to the democratic process.
The APIAVote Internship Program strives to encourage and cultivate young AAPI student leaders to explore a career in the public sector or the political arena. This internship program will also provide hands on experience and training on how to organize and implement voter activities to increase the participation of AAPIs in the electoral process.
http://www.apiavote.org/internships» ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTER (APADRC)
Website: http://apadrc.org/get-involved/volunteer/position-description/
Payment Status: Contact Company
Instructions:» Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
Website: http://www.apalanet.org/internship-program.html
Payment Status: Contact Company
Instructions:» Asian Pacific Community Fund
Payment Status: Contact Company
Contact Name: Kristin Cheung
Contact Phone: 213-624-6400 X8
Email: kcheung@apcf.org
Instructions:
The Asian Pacific Community Fund (APCF) is seeking a dynamic individual to fill its Special Events Intern position. We are looking for someone who is committed to the Asian and Pacific Islander community and has a passion for making a difference through resource development for APCF and its 29 Affiliate Agencies that provide services to over 250,000 people every year in 27 Asian languages plus English and Spanish in the Greater Los Angeles area.
APCF was founded in 1990 as an alternative fund for donors to directly support Asian and Pacific Islander communities in need. Today, APCF is a vital link that connects donors to those in need by building a community of giving – one donor at a time.
www.apcf.org
http://www.apcf.org/how-you-can-help/internship» Asian Pacific Women's Center
Website: http://www.apwcla.org/get-involved/internships.html
Payment Status: Contact Company
Instructions:» Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches (A3M)
Website: http://www.a3mhope.org/internship-oppourtunities.html
Payment Status: Contact Company
Contact Name: Susan Choi at
Contact Phone: (213) 625-2802 x111
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Multiple Opportunities» Breakthrough Collaborative
Website: http://www.breakthroughcollaborative.org/teach/apply
Payment Status: Contact Company
Instructions:» CALPIRG Energy Service Corps
Payment Status: Contact Company
Contact Name: See website
Instructions:Regardless of your schedule, you can volunteer with PIRG Energy Service Corps and make a difference. Whether you can volunteer once a week or once a semester, PIRG Energy Service Corps provides a great opportunity to work on meaningful issues. To find out about volunteer and internship opportunities on your campus, please fill in the online form.
www.energyservicecorps.org/california» CAUSE
Website: http://www.causeusa.org/programs/leadership-academy/
Payment Status: Contact Company
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Summer, Part Time, $1,500 stipend» Center For The Pacific Asian Family
Website: http://nurturingchange.org/get-involved/
Payment Status: Contact Company
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Multiple Opportunities» Chinese American Museum Docent Education Program
» Chinese American Museum of Los Angeles
Website: http://camla.org/intern/
Payment Status: Contact Company
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Summer (Paid), Rolling (Unpaid)» Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
Website: http://www.chssc.org/Join/Internship.aspx
Payment Status: Paid
Contact Name: Kelly Fong
Email: kelfong@ucla.edu
Instructions:
60 hrs over 10 weeks, $1000» Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST)
Website: http://www.castla.org/internships-msw-internship
Payment Status: Unpaid
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Summer, Full Time/Academic Year (20/week)» Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement
Website: http://www.endisolation.org/
Payment Status: Contact Company
Contact Name: Tina Shull
Email: TShull@endisolation.org
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Part (10hrs/week)» Cornel Internship Database
Website: http://asianamericanstudies.cornell.edu/internships
Payment Status: Contact Company
Instructions:» East West Players
Website: http://www.eastwestplayers.org/news/production-intern/
Payment Status: Paid
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Summer, 10-week, Full Time» First Gen Fellows
Website: http://firstgenfellows.org/
Payment Status: Contact Company
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Summer Intern: Full Time (40hrs/week)» Garment Worker Center
» Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Internship Program
Website: http://www.getty.edu/foundation/initiatives/current/mui/
Payment Status: Contact Company
Instructions:» Go For Broke National Education Center
Payment Status: Contact Company
Contact Name: Internship Coordinator
Contact Phone: 310-328-0907
Email: intern@goforbroke.org
Instructions:Our internship program provides pre-professional work experience for college students and recent graduates who are looking to gain experience in a particular career field. Or, if you’ve been in the work force and are looking to make a career change, our internships provide a way to test the waters and gain "real life" experience to assess whether a community-based nonprofit career is right for you.
www.goforbroke.org» KIWA: Workers For Justice
» Kizuna LA
Website: http://www.kizuna-la.org/programs/internship
Payment Status: Paid
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Summer, 8-week, Full Time» Korean Resource Center
» Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc.
Payment Status: Contact Company
Contact Name: Kyle Tsukahira
Contact Phone: 213-485-1422
Email: ktsukahira@leap.org
Instructions:LEAP's 8-week Leadership in Action Summer Internship Program offers a unique opportunity for personal leadership development with hands-on training and exploration of the Asian and Pacific Islander nonprofit sector.
http://leap.org/empower_lia.html» LEAP
» Little Tokyo Service Center
Website: http://www.ltsc.org/index.php/jobs
Payment Status: Contact Company
Contact Name: Contact for more info
Instructions:» Multicultural Undergraduate Internships
Website: http://www.getty.edu/foundation/initiatives/current/mui/mui_students.html
Payment Status: Paid
Instructions:
Full Time (40hrs/week)
$5000/10 weeks» National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development Internship
Website: http://www.nationalcapacd.org/next-generation-leadership-program
Payment Status: Contact Company
Contact Name: See website
Instructions:
National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development. The Next Generation Leadership Program provides support and mentorship to the next generation of community leaders and professionals. The program provides an opportunity for dedicated, young staff just entering the field of community development to connect with their peers and other more-seasoned leaders within the National CAPACD network during our annual national convention.» Nikkei Community Internship (NCI)
Payment Status: Contact Company
Contact Name: Emily Nishida
Email: emnishida@uci.edu
Instructions:The Nikkei Community Internship (NCI) is a statewide program that provides college students the opportunity to gain leadership skills, cultural and professional knowledge, and network with leaders in the Japanese American Community.
www.kizuna-la.org» Nikkei Youth
Website: http://nikkeiyouth.org/nikkei-community-internship/
Payment Status: Contact Company
Contact Name: Erika Tamura
Email: etamura@jcyc.org
Instructions:» Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA)
Payment Status: Contact Company
Contact Name: Volunteer Coordinator
Contact Phone: (714) 636-9095
Email: volunteer@ocapica.org
Instructions:Love working with high school students? Looking for a great volunteer opportunity to put on your resume? Need Internship Credit for your major? The Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA) need interns/volunteers to serve as positive role models and provide academic assistance to high school aged students in our SOAR Afterschool Program. This program provides youth with a safe environment to receive academic mentoring and support, as well as character education, leadership development, and cultural enrichment. There are several volunteer opportunities available: Academic Mentor – Help students reach their academic goals. Assist with homework in one-on-one and small group settings (min. commitment of 3 hours/week). Internships - Interested in working with youth, Asian and Pacific Islander issues, or the non-profit field? Earn college credits while you gain valuable skills and experience. One Time Volunteer - Attend field trips, assist with special events, present workshops – there are a variety of ways you can volunteer on a one-time basis.
www.ocapica.org» Organization of Chinese American (OCA) Internship Program
Website: http://www.ocanational.org/?page=Program_Overview
Payment Status: Contact Company
Instructions:» Pacific Asian Counseling Services
» PFLAG- San Gabriel Valley Asian Pacific Islander
Website: http://www.sangabrielvalleyapipflag.com/to-get-involved.html
Payment Status: Contact Company
Contact Name: Contact for more info
Instructions:» Project MotiVATe
Website: http://projectmotivate.org/apply
Payment Status: Contact Company
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Multiple Opportunities» Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site (Getty, curatorial intern)
Payment Status: Paid
Contact Name: Alison Bruesehoff, Executive Director
Email: Alisonb@rancholoscerritos.org
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Summer, Full Time (40/week) $5000» Sikh Lead (DC Internship)
Website: http://www.sikhlead.org/congressional-internship-program/
Payment Status: Contact Company
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Multiple Opportunities» Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center Internship
Website: http://www.smithsonianofi.com/internship-opportunities/smithsonian-asian-pacific-american-program-internship/
Payment Status: Contact Company
Instructions:» Smithsonian Minority Awards Program Internship
Website: http://www.smithsonianofi.com/minority-internship-program/
Payment Status: Contact Company
Instructions:» Social Sciences Acaedemic Recourse Center Website
Website: http://www.ssarc.socsci.uci.edu/forstudents.php
Payment Status: Contact Company
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Social Sciences 197: Professional Internships Course» Social Sciences Internship Database
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http://www.ssarc.socsci.uci.edu/internshipdatabase.php» South Asian Network
Website: http://southasiannetwork.org/get-involved/volunteering-information/
Payment Status: Contact Company
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Contact for more info» Summer Activist Training
Website: https://summeractivisttraining.wordpress.com/
Payment Status: Contact Company
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Summer, in Los Angeles (costs $100)» Summer Program for Women in Philosophy (UC San Diego)
» Thai Community Development Center
Website: http://thaicdc.org/spec/mission-services/
Payment Status: Contact Company
Email: info@thaicdc.org
Instructions:
Contact for more info» The Cambodian Familly
Website: http://cambodianfamily.org/?page_id=837
Payment Status: Contact Company
Contact Name: Sophia Soberon
Email: sophias@cambodianfamily.org
Instructions:» The Women’s Policy Institute
Website: https://womensfoundca.org/wpi?mc_cid=b4c0aba08d&mc_eid=9d0926af1b
Payment Status: Contact Company
Instructions:» Thurgood Marshall College Fund
Website: https://tmcf.org/our-scholarships/current-scholarships/tmcf-afscme-union-scholarship/7700
Payment Status: Contact Company
Instructions:» Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association
» Visual Communications
Payment Status: Contact Company
Contact Name: See website
Instructions:To provide undergraduate students with an opportunity to work at Visual Communications, the first and only comprehensive Asian Pacific media arts center in the nation. The mission of Visual Communications is to promote intercultural understanding through the creation, presentation, preservation and support of media works by and about Asian Pacific Americans. Three internship positions are available in the following categories: Exhibitions Program Associate, Archive/Distribution Program Associate, and Traning Program Associate.
http://www.vconline.org» White House Internships
Payment Status: Contact Company
Contact Name: See website
Instructions:The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Washington, D.C., offers full-time internships during the spring, summer, and fall. Part-time applicants who can commit to at least 20 hours a week will be considered, although the Initiative prioritizes full-time applicants (32-40 hours a week).
Interns at the Initiative are responsible for assisting the staff on a wide range of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) issues and priorities, including capacity-building, civil rights, data disaggregation, economic development, education, health, immigration, language access, and workforce diversity. In addition, interns will help write policy memos and proposals, draft blogs, assist with communications and social media, coordinate and staff events, and conduct outreach to national and local AAPI organizations and leaders.
http://whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/aapi/internships
Scholarships
» American Association of Japanese University Women Scholarship Program
» Chinese American Abacus Association (CAAA) Scholarship
» Organization of Chinese American (OCA) Scholarship
Website: http://www.ocanational.org/?page=Programs_Scholarship
Payment Status: Contact Company
Instructions:» The Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF)
Payment Status: Contact Company
Contact Name: Scholarship Coordinator
Contact Phone: 866-274-4677
Instructions:
The APIASF AANAPISI (Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution) Scholarship supports full-time Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students at specified institutions. AANAPISIs are Minority-Serving Instructions (MSIs) that have an undergraduate enrollment of at least 10 percent AAPI students and a significant enrollment of students with financial need.
apiasf.org» The Gates Millenium Scholars
Payment Status: Contact Company
Contact Name: Scholarship Coordinator
Contact Phone: 877-690-4677
Instructions:
The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) Program selects 1,000 talented students each year to receive a good-through-graduation scholarship to use at any college or university of their choice. We provide Gates Millennium Scholars with personal and professional development through our leadership programs along with academic support throughout their college career.
https://www.gmsp.org/publicweb/Scholarships.aspx» UC Irvine Scholarships
Payment Status: Contact Company
Contact Name: See website
Email: scholarships@uci.edu.
Instructions:UC Irvine scholarships are awarded to students who demonstrate a high level of academic achievement. Additionally, some scholarships are awarded with respect to financial need or other specific criteria such as city of residence, major or special skills. Academic achievements, leadership positions, campus or community activities, work experience and financial need, where indicated, are taken into account during the scholarship selection process. The UC Irvine scholarships are designed to reward, encourage, and assist students in pursuing academic excellence and leadership roles.
http://www.ofas.uci.edu/content/Scholarships.aspx