Funding Guide
2022 Robins Internship Grant
Through the generosity of alumnus Charles Robins, Johns Hopkins University offers funding for selected students to gain business-related or economic development- related experience through intersession or summer internships in East, Southeast, or South Asia. The experience can be in private industry, or it can be in a government or nonprofit setting as long as the position is focused on business/economic development, finance, accounting, marketing, or management.
Type: $1,525 or $3,500 internship grant
Deadline: intersession (due in fall), summer: (open fall-spring)
We strongly encourage you to attend a resume workshop and grant information workshop to talk to educators about your project and meet with your Life Design Educator prior to applying or drop in to see any Life Design Educator during office hours.
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Professional Development and Research Funding Opportunities
Weisman Internship Family Grant Program
Type: Funding for international studies majors
Deadline: April (summer/fall internships), December (spring internships)
The Weisman Family Grant Program is funding is designated for students in the International Studies Program participating in internship experiences. Funding for internship-related expenses is awarded based on submitted proposals summarizing a position that the student has already accepted.
Research Funding
Bander Family Fund Award
Deadline: TBA
Bander Family Fund Award is intended to encourage students to think creatively in defining work that can only be done outside of the classroom. The Bander Fund will award $4,000 to one or two undergraduate students in the Krieger School of Arts & Sciences (KSAS) who wish to pursue such an independent project over the summer. The work may be independent research, a creative venture, or an internship directly related to a field of study. KSAS freshmen, sophomores, and juniors are eligible to apply. Seniors are not eligible for this award.
BDP Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Includes: $6000 stipend for JHU research Deadline: February 1
The BDP Summer Undergraduate Research Program offers Hopkins undergraduates the opportunity to work with one of our Bloomberg Distinguished Professors (BDPs). The program will pay students to help offset the expense of staying at JHU over the summer. The program runs for 10 weeks, full-time (40 hours/ week) over the summer from June to mid-August. Students are expected to arrange and pay for their own summer housing. All participating students are strongly encouraged to present a poster at the annual Hopkins CARES Symposium and Poster Session. Should you be unable to present at Hopkins CARES, you will be required to present at DREAMS, held annually in April. You are strongly encouraged to present your project at both Hopkins CARES and DREAMS.
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CIRCUIT@APL
Includes: $9000 for summer & credit during academic year Deadline: Rolling basis through early March
Cohort-based Integrated Research Community for Undergraduate Innovation and Trailblazing – CIRCUIT offers Johns Hopkins University students an opportunity to participate in cutting-edge research experiences at the JHU Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, MD. Students will have the opportunity to build skills and make significant contributions to science in a fun, collaborative environment. More information about the program can be found here.
ASPIRE Grant
Includes: $9000 for summer & credit during academic year Deadline: Rolling basis through early March
The Dean’s ASPIRE Grants (Arts and Sciences Projects, Investigations, and Research Endeavors) are designed to promote independent research projects among our exceptional undergraduate students in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences (KSAS). These awards, which range from $500 to $4,500, enable undergraduates in KSAS to pursue original research, work closely with a Hopkins faculty mentor, and advance knowledge for the world. Awardees have an entire year to use the funding. KSAS undergraduates in the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences are all eligible for these awards. Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors are eligible to apply. (Seniors are not eligible to apply for these awards.)
*The Dean’s ASPIRE Grant was previously called the Dean’s Undergraduate Research Award (DURA).
PURA + Summer PURA
PURA
Includes: $3000 research fellowship Deadline: September
Summer PURA
Includes: $6000 research fellowship Deadline: February
PURA (Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award) is open to undergraduates from any division working with a mentor in any JHU division, center, or institute.
Undergraduates have the opportunity to conduct independent research, design, entrepreneurship, scholarly, and creative projects over the academic year. PURA recipients will present their project at DREAMS campus-wide day celebrating undergraduate projects.
The Hodson Trust established a generous endowment in 1993 creating the PURA program. As with PURA, Summer PURA is open to all JHU undergraduate students (that will not have graduated prior to the summer program start date). The program offers JHU undergraduate students the opportunity to stay in Baltimore during the summer to start or continue a research, creative, or scholarly project in any division, department, or program related to Johns Hopkins.
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Meg Walsh Award
Includes: $32,000 Deadline: March 4
This award provides a graduating senior from the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences with $32,000 to undertake an independent project of his or her own unique design involving international travel. The award affords the opportunity for a promising Hopkins graduate to focus on an independent project that explores the student’s own interests and abilities, test his or her knowledge and assumptions in a broader international context, and develop leadership skills. Projects may be in any area, including public service, creative or artistic, research—whatever the applicant desires. The project may not, however, include extended study at a foreign university.
Vrendenburg Travel Fund
Includes: Funding for travel and experiential education Deadline: February
The Vredenburg Travel Fund allows outstanding engineering students at Johns Hopkins the opportunity to apply their engineering, technology, and applied science skills and training in an international setting.
Constance A. Morella International Scholarship
Includes: $10,000 available in support of undergraduate international research Deadline: February
The Franklin Center for Global Exchange, through the Constance A. Morella International Scholarship, has made $10,000 available to the Krieger School of Arts & Sciences in support of undergraduate international research. These funds will be awarded to one student or divided between two to four successful applicants who wish to pursue an independent international research project. KSAS freshmen, sophomores, and juniors are eligible to apply. Seniors are not eligible for this award.
We strongly encourage you to attend a resume workshop and grant information workshop to talk to educators about your project and meet with y our Life Design Educator prior to applying or drop in to see any Life Design Educator during office hours.
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Funding for Programming for Hopkins Student Groups
Life Design Lab funding exists to financially support programs or events developed and implemented by JHU student groups that support career preparation of Homewood undergraduate and graduate students.
Student groups should work with the relevant Life Design Educator to look into opportunities to collaborate.
All student organizations who wish to be considered for funds must be registered with Leadership Engagement & Experiential Development (LEED) and listed on Campus Groups. 501(c)(3) groups under consideration for official student status are also eligible to apply.
Other sources for group funding include the JHU Alumni Association and Leadership Engagement & Experiential Development.
Funding for Student Groups