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North Carolina Internships

Activism with NCPIRG

Every day decisions are being made at the General Assembly, the Governor’s office, and in Congress that impact our health, environment, economy, and democracy. NCPIRG works to ensure the voice of the public is represented and fights to protect the public interest. Get involved in your community, develop leadership skills, meet new people, and make a difference on social issues that matter. As an intern, you will be a leader within a campaign team. In many cases, you will receive course credit for your work.

Apples Alternative Spring Break

APPLES Alternative Breaks provide an avenue for students to perform service activities across North Carolina. It is a great way for students to be away from campus during the university break periods each semester. Students have the opportunity to travel beyond Chapel Hill and serve a different community while also forming lasting friendships with other Carolina students.

ASB also includes a mandatory 2-credit hour course that all participants and leaders must take. The course explores critical service-learning and prepares students for making the most of their spring break experience.

  • Unpaid
  • Applications accepted October-November

APPLES Spring/Summer Internships 

APPLES internships are unique, intense experiences in service for either the spring semester or summer. Students intern at a variety of nonprofit and governmental agencies, receive funding ($1,650 for spring and $4,000 for summer) and are enrolled in a service-learning course (a three-credit hour course through the School of Social Work in the spring, and a one-credit hour online course through the Summer School in the summer).

  • Stipend provided
  • EE Credit
  • Spring internship applications accepted July-September
  • Summer internship applications accepted October-November

Autry Fellowship

The Autry Fellowship Program builds networks of emerging leaders who will address social issues related to equity in the South. Each year, MDC recruits a talented and passionate recent college graduate for a one-year Fellowship that provides opportunities to work alongside MDC staff on a range of projects addressing pressing issues of equity in the South. Contact AutryFellowship@mdcinc.org.

  • Seniors and post graduates
  • $42,000 stipend
  • Applications due in January (2023-2024 Autry Fellowship application was due January 5, 2023)

Buckley Service Scholars Graduate Assistant

Each year, the Carolina Center for Public Service provides support for 7-9 Carolina graduate and professional students to share their expertise with undergraduates who are engaged in service in the community and on campus. Selected graduate students are required to propose and facilitate a skills training three times each semester for Buckley Public Service Scholars (BPSS) participants and participate in some other aspect of the program, such as co-facilitating a BPSS participant orientation, attending the BPSS senior dinner for participants or helping with the review process of BPSS portfolios submitted by graduating seniors. While completing these requirements, each graduate student receives a $1,600 stipend.

  • Applications typically accepted late September-early January

Curamericas Global

Curamericas Global seeks talented and motivated candidates to work in challenging internship positions throughout our organization. Our internships offer hands-on opportunities to impact Curamericas Global and mothers and children around the world. Curamericas staff work with interns to develop skills in their chosen areas of study and help them network with professionals in their career path. Internships with Curamericas Global are volunteer internships: they are unpaid but opportunities for credit toward a degree are available.

  • Rolling deadlines
  • Selection preference given to graduate students

Historic Stagville Internship

Historic Stagville is a state historic site that includes the remnants of the one of the largest plantations in North Carolina. The volunteer internship program at Historic Stagville gives students experience in public history at one of North Carolina’s most distinctive historic sites. Interns can learn and develop skills in Public Speaking, Program Development, Education, Public History, Research, and Marketing. Stagville welcomes undergraduate and graduate interns. Semester internships are unpaid, and school credit may be available, depending on the student and their individual school program.

Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (MURAP)

Housed in the Institute of African American Research (IAAR) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (MURAP) is a graduate-level research experience for highly talented undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds who are interested in pursuing doctorates in the humanities, social sciences, or fine arts. MURAP aims to foster the entrance of students from underrepresented minority groups, as well as others with a proven commitment to diversity, into PhD programs and faculty positions in academia. Each summer, the program brings a cohort of 20 rising juniors and seniors in college to our campus for an intensive, ten-week research experience.

  • Juniors and seniors
  • Stipend, housing, and meal allowance provided
  • Applications due in February (2023-2024 MURAP application was due February 13, 2023)
  • View 2023 Virtual Information Session

Non-Profit Internship Program

In an effort to diversify the pool of young nonprofit professionals in North Carolina, the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation established the Non-Profit Internship Program (NPIP) in 2011. Since 2011, the program has awarded paid internship opportunities to 20 Pell grant-eligible college and university students enrolled in four-year institutions across the state.

North Carolina State Government Internships

The state of North Carolina Internship Program provides legal residents of North Carolina who are students at in-state colleges, universities, community colleges, law or graduate schools, or who are attending equivalent institutions in other states, with a compensated experiential opportunity that integrates education, career development and public service.

  • $12/hour compensation
  • Applications accepted November-January (2023-2024 application opens November 6, 2023)
  • Eligibility

RTI International Internships

The RTI Internship Program, administered by the University Collaboration Office, offers research and business learning opportunities in various disciplines and fields. The RTI Internship Program is designed to support university collaboration by engaging students, recent graduates, faculty, and administrators. RTI offers both paid and academic internships. A paid or academic designation is included in all internship descriptions. Internships are available on a year-round basis.

Solidaridad Internship

Spend the academic year as an intern with Student Action with Farmworkers learning about farmworker justice and gaining organizing and advocacy skills. Interns will meet worker rights advocates, participate in field trips, plan SAF events, create communication tools, and organize actions and rallies.

  • $2,000 stipend
  • Selection preference given to students from farmworker families
  • Applications accepted throughout August