LibGuides: Job and Career Research: Internships & Funding

Duke Career Center

Duke Career Center
Location
Smith Warehouse
114 S. Buchanan Blvd
2nd Floor, Bay 5
Phone
919-660-1050
Hours
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Monday - Friday

Duke Career Center
Online Resources

Summer Funding - 2019

Undergraduate Research Support Office's page for funding research during summer 2019.

The Undergraduate Research Support Office's guide for Writing Research Proposals.

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Career Center Online Internship Resources

Some featured online resources from the Career Center. See the Career Center Internship Page for a complete list of resources.

Backdoor Jobs
Provides opportunities to internships and work opportunities in U.S. and abroad. Choose from a variety of categories (like Jobs in the Great Outdoors, or Meaningful Work).
Federal Government Internships
Search for summer internships working in a wide variety of government sectors (Education, Law, Engineering and more).
Idealist.org
An interactive website for the Action without Borders project. Includes listings of US and international job opportunities and internships in non-profit organizations.
Learning Abroad Center (University of Minnesota)
Search through comprehensive internship opportunities abroad.
Volunteer Match
Search for volunteer opportunities by location.

Grants, Fellowships & Funding Opportunties

Databases for Grants & Funding (Duke MCL)
Through Duke Medical Center Library. Biased towards opportunities in the sciences.
Duke Career Center List of Funding Opportuntities
Duke Career Center List of Resources for Fellowships and Short term
Resources good for fellowships & post-graduation opportunities including possibilities for gap year
Duke Office of Research Support
Funding Tools
Duke Undergraduate Research Support Office
Duke Office of Undergraduate Scholars & Fellows (OUSF)
Assistance with post Graduate Scholarships and awards.

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OUSF is the resource center for anyone eligible to apply for post-graduate awards: the Rhodes, Marshall, Churchill, Gates-Cambridge, Soros, Fulbright, and Luce among them. OUSF also serves undergraduates who are eligible to apply for awards granted in advance of graduation: the Truman and Beinecke, for example, which are designed to help support post-graduate education, or the Boren, Udall and Goldwater, which provide some undergraduate tuition assistance.
Foundation Center
Gap Year Assocication
Tools for planning of gap year as well as information for scholarships, programs, accreditation, etc

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"The Gap Year Association advocates for increased participation in Gap Year education through the meaningful accreditation of safe and quality organizations, the proliferation of Gap Year Scholarships, and the continued research of Gap Year student outcomes."
Grant Making Foundations
Hart Fellows opportunity at Duke