We have created the office of the Internship Coordinator who offers regular consulting hours and can help you in Getting Started with planning and pursuing your internship. The Internship Coordinator also offers Internship Workshops for American Studies students.
Whether during consulting hours or during the workshops, the Internship Coordinator can advise you on Internship Opportunities and Funding Options. American Studies students can sign up for an update service moreover when new funding and internship opportunities are posted to the dedicated web page for internship services.
On the dedicated web page you will find a section called The Scoop. This is a service by students for students where feedback from earlier internships is provided to help students in their planning for an upcoming internship. The feedback ranges from overall impressions and advice to practical tips on do’s-and-don’ts.
Areas of Internship Support
Especially if you are planning to do your internship abroad, you might be confronted with additional costs for housing, transportation, visa application fees or simple higher costs of living. If you are planning your internship with sufficient time in advance, you have the chance to apply for a number of different scholarships. These differ in terms of target groups, financial support and application deadlines. Have a look at the links below, go to the internship workshop or talk to your internship coordinator about funding opportunities.
PROMOS
The PROMOS scholarship is designed for BA and MA students who would like to undertake an internship abroad for a time period between six weeks and six months. Funded are internships worldwide, although regions cooperating with ERASMUS, covering countries of the European Union and a few other countries in Europe, will usually be excluded. An exception can be made if the applicant already received ERASMUS funding. The amount of the part-cost grant and the traveling allowance depend on the region where the internship will be completed.
PROMOS Auslandspraktikum
mystipendium.de
mystipendium.de is a helpful research tool if you are searching for financial support during your studies. You will need to register in order for the site to find you grant offers, however the service mystipendium.de provides is free of charge.
www.mystipendium.de
Stipendienlotse
Stipendienlotse is a quite sophisticated scholarship search engine. It serves BA and MA students as well as PhD students. For those of you who want to find a scholarship for your internship, studying abroad or any other occasion, this page is probably an excellent starting point.
http://stipendienlotse.de
ERASMUS-Praktikum
The Erasmus-Praktikum program is open for all students who want to study in another European country. There is no application deadline and chances are relatively high that students actually receive the scholarship. For information specifically concerning students from Leipzig please also see the attached pdf.
www.uni-leipzig.de => erasmus
Carlo-Schmid-Programm
The Carlo-Schmid-Programm supports students who want to do an internship in an international organization. Students can either directly apply for an internship offered by the program or find an internship on their own and apply for funding. Please check the website for details on deadlines and application procedures.
www.daad.de => csp
Auslands-BAföG
If you are planning an internship outside Germany you might want to try to apply for Auslands-BAFöG. The minimum duration is usually 12 weeks. Please check the website for more information. Do so as early as you can, since the application process can take some time.
www.bafoeg.de =>ausland
DAAD
The DAAD does not only offer a number of scholarships (for travel and living expenses, language courses etc.) itself, it is also a good starting point to look for scholarship in general. There is, for example, a regularly updated scholar database which will help you to find a scholarship that suits your specific academic situation.
www.daad.de => stipendiendatenbank
ASA Programm
The ASA-Programm offers paid and unpaid internship programs to students who want to do an internship in a developing or a recently developed country. The ASA does not only give financial support but accompanies participants throughout the program. For application deadlines and application procedures check the ASA website.”
www.asa-programm.de
Inwent
Inwent is an organization which cooperates with the German government and German businesses. Its goal is to provide internship programs to students who want to do an internship abroad. On their website you can find a number of internship and scholarships for each of the world’s regions.
www.inwent.org
Robert-Bosch-Stiftung
The Robert-Bosch-Stiftung is a wellknown scholarship institution. Although it mainly offers scholarship for postgraduates there are several scholarships for students as well. The Bosch-Stiftung is particularly committed to the enhancement of international understanding and its scholarships are quite prestigious.
www.bosch-stiftung.de
Bildungskredit
For those who were not able to find a scholarship and really need financial support there is always the option of applying for a Bildungskredit. Those are credits provided by the German government. Interests and repayment conditions are usually fairly generous.
www.bva.bund.de => Bildungskredit
