Program Overview

Interns-to-Scholars Program

The Interns-to-Scholars (I2S) program is designed to encourage undergraduate students to participate in faculty research, scholarly, or creative projects by working as paid interns. This program offers opportunities for students to engage in "learning by doing" outside of regular coursework.

Program Overview

The I2S program aims to:

• Expose new undergraduates to the activities involved in conducting research, scholarly, or creative work
• Stimulate student interest in inquiry by promoting the intern's active acquisition and/or generation of disciplinary knowledge
• Facilitate the intern's development of techniques and skills within a particular discipline

Through this hands-on approach, students will learn why and how research, scholarly, or creative work is done by assisting faculty, post-docs, and graduate students on projects. Students will have the opportunity to develop skills such as:

• Writing library literature reviews
• Coding or retrieving data
• Working in a research laboratory
• Undertaking techniques specific to a project or discipline
• Assisting with an experiment
• Working in a studio

Eligibility

To qualify for an internship, students must:

• Have successfully completed one full-time semester at Northern Arizona University (NAU) in pursuit of their first bachelor's degree
• International students must check with their international adviser in CIE regarding their eligibility for employment at NAU

Priority will be given to students with less than 75 credit hours (including transfer credits) when the internship begins.

Application Details

• The student application period varies depending on when positions are available and are open until filled.
• Students may apply for up to 3 of the internship opportunities offered during the semester and can only take on one internship at a time.
• To apply, students must:
  • Review available internship opportunities
  • Read the project description carefully
  • Consider their time commitments for the semester
  • Read the student FAQs to get additional information about the Interns-to-Scholars program
• For each internship, students will submit:
  • Their contact information and academic status
  • A statement of interest and qualifications for a specific internship (limit to 400 words)
  • A list of their goals for the internship
  • A list of their other time commitments during the internship period
  • Any additional information requested in the project description
  • A resume
  • An unofficial transcript

Internship Conditions

• Interns will be paid $15.50/hour for the number of hours designated in the internship description.
• Internships are awarded on an academic year basis.
• Interns may work up to 6 hours per week for up to 30 weeks during an academic year, as specified in the faculty project description.
• A limited number of internship opportunities are available each academic semester.
• A student may accept only one internship per session and may receive no more than two internship awards overall.