Do you want to find an internship that aligns with your values as well as your interests and academics? The Pace Center for Civic Engagement offers a variety of paid summer internship opportunities for undergraduates locally, nationally, and internationally.
Our second round of internships applications is now closed. If you have questions about the availability of summer internships, please contact one of our internship advisors.
Princeton Internships in Civic Service (PICS)
PICS offers 8-10 week paid summer internships at nonprofit organizations across the United States, along with a few international locations. Paired with an alumni mentor, PICS students explore opportunities in research, data analytics, environmental sustainability, energy policy, communications/marketing, community outreach, arts and culture, legal services, youth development, and global health.
Several PICS internships fulfill requirements of certificate programs. Many PICS interns have found their internships have influenced their career goals and learning paths. After graduating, former interns have worked for their nonprofits, started their own nonprofits, become alumni partners, and connected PICS with new internship opportunities.
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Eligibility
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You may apply for a maximum of two (2) PICS internships.
Open to all current first-years, sophomores, and juniors. Please read the eligibility requirements carefully prior to applying.
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Deadline
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The PICS 2025 Round 2 application is now closed. Details about potential rounds will be released in late-March.
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How to apply
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The PICS 2025 Round 2 application is now closed. Details about potential rounds will be released in late-March.
You can explore PICS summer internship opportunities through Princeton University's Global Programs System (GPS). All PICS internships begin with prefix of "pics," so start under 'simple search" by entering "pics" to see all PICS offerings.
NOTE: to narrow down your search even further, go to "advanced search" and select the Organization Sector or Job Function parameters. Here's a GPS Student Navigation Guide to help you navigate all the PICS options.
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Stipend
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Interns will receive a summer stipend of at least $650/week. This stipend is not intended as pay and should be used to offset travel, housing and food costs for the summer. Stipends are administered before the start of the internship.
Princeton RISE (Recognizing Inequities & Standing for Equality)
The Princeton RISE (Recognizing Inequities and Standing for Equality) Fellowship Program helps connect Princeton undergraduates with meaningful internships focused on combating systemic racism across all sectors of society. Princeton RISE is intended to foster students' enduring and sustained commitment to civic engagement and was established in 2020 in response to the Black, indigenous, LatinX, and Asian lives lost to the pandemic, police violence, and citizen vigilantism.
RISE fellows engage with racial equity projects spanning a wide range of topics, including health, advocacy, reproductive rights, criminal justice, immigration, LGBTQIA+ justice, food security, housing security, environmental justice, religious and ethnic minority rights, voting rights, public policy, disability justice, technology, and the arts. RISE interns meet with their cohort for weekly discussions throughout the summer.
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Eligibility
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Students can apply for up to two (2) different RISE positions during the application process.
Open to all current first-years, sophomores, and juniors.
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Deadline
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The second round application for RISE internships is now closed. There may be some remaining internships available on a rolling basis. For question, please email Jenny Wagner.
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How to apply
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The second round application for RISE internships is now closed. There may be some remaining internships available on a rolling basis. For question, please email Jenny Wagner.
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Stipend
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Interns will receive a summer stipend of $700/week for in-person internships. This stipend is not intended as pay and should be used to offset travel, housing and food costs for the summer. Stipends are administered before the start of the internship.
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Explore opportunities
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The second round application for RISE internships is now closed. There may be some remaining internships available on a rolling basis. For question, please email Jenny Wagner.
John C. Bogle ‘51 Fellows in Civic Service
The John C. Bogle ‘51 Fellows in Civic Service program (Bogle Fellowship) offers support and funding for students who -- like Jack Bogle, the program’s namesake -- have a specific passion they would like to pursue. Bogle Fellows identify their own community partners, with guidance from Pace staff as needed, and work with community partners to support their service and civic engagement mission.
Fellows may choose to pursue a traditional internship experience at a partner organization, or they may develop and implement a project or program alongside a partner organization which meets an existing need within that community.
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Eligibility
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Open to all current first-years, sophomores, and juniors.
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How to apply
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Applications for the second round of the Bogle Fellowship are now closed. For any questions about the Bogle Fellowship, please contact Matt Lynn.
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Stipend
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Interns will receive a summer stipend. This stipend is not intended as pay and should be used to offset travel, housing and food costs for the summer. Stipends are administered before the start of the internship.
Nancy Weiss Malkiel Fellowship
The Nancy Weiss Malkiel Fellowship supports first-generation and low-income college students and other students at Princeton University who are interested in working alongside community partners to expand educational access. The program, whose recipients engage with the John C. Bogle ’51 Fellows in Civic Service as part of an engaged learning community, recognizes the role of higher education in the social mobility of first-generation students and aims to increase the number of first-generation college students and support them in developing proposals to learn about improving access to higher education.
The Pace Center awards two Nancy Weiss Malkiel Fellowships each year with ideally one fellow focusing on direct support of first-generation college students and one fellow focusing on research related to the social mobility of first-generation college students.
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Eligibility
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Open to all current first-years, sophomores, and juniors. This opportunity is also open to all Princeton University graduate students.
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Deadline
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The Nancy Weiss Malkiel Fellowship summer 2025 application is now closed.
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Stipend
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Fellows will receive a summer stipend of $600/week, with an additional $4,000 available to each fellow for project expenses. Stipends will be adjusted accordingly if a fall or alternative timeline is selected.
Projects for Peace
The Projects for Peace initiative provides Princeton undergraduates with a $10,000 award to implement an innovative service project anywhere in the world - or right in their own backyard!
Projects for Peace is an initiative inspired by the late Kathryn W. Davis, an accomplished internationalist, and philanthropist. Upon the occasion of her 100th birthday in February of 2007, Mrs. Davis, mother of Shelby M.C. Davis who funds the Davis UWC Scholars Program, chose to celebrate by committing $1 million for one hundred Projects for Peace.
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Eligibility
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All undergraduate students enrolled at Princeton (including seniors who would complete their projects after graduation) are eligible. Groups of students from the same campus, as well as individual students, may submit proposals. You do not need to be a UWC Scholar to be eligible.
To be considered for 2025 Projects for Peace, a student (or group of students) must first meet with Matt Lynn to discuss their project idea.
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Deadline
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The Projects for Peace summer 2025 is now closed.
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How to apply
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To be considered for Projects for Peace, a student (or group of students) must first meet with Matt Lynn to discuss their project idea.
Students must then complete an online application which includes preparing a written statement describing the project (who, what, where, how) as well as expected outcomes and prospects for future impact (not to exceed two pages). Applicants must also submit a budget (one separate page).
Interested students should consult about projects intended for summer 2025.
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Stipend award
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The Projects for Peace initiative provides Princeton undergraduates with a $10,000 award to implement an innovative service project anywhere in the world- or right in their own backyard!
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