Business-minded Indiana University students want to gain experience that allows them to hone their craft yet have a global mindset. The Kelley Institute for Social Impact works with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), nonprofits, and other social enterprises to offer internships and funding for Kelley undergraduate students. These opportunities allow students to apply what they learn in the classroom to help people in need.
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International internships
Travel abroad during the summer to work for an NGO or enterprise.
Kelley Changemaker Internship Scholarship
Undergraduate business majors are encouraged to apply for this scholarship if participating in internships (domestic or abroad) at public, private, and nonprofit organizations with a social impact focus.
Preference will be given to students who are participating in unpaid or underpaid internships. This scholarship will award $1,200 (posted to the student’s bursar account in the summer) and recipients will be selected through an application and committee review process.
Applications accepted March 1 - April 15, 2024
For questions about the Kelley Changemaker Internship Scholarship, contact Stacie Ballard at staballa@iu.edu.
- All Kelley undergraduate business majors
- Summer 2024 intern at a public, private, or nonprofit organization (domestic or abroad)
- Internship should have a social impact focus
- Internship is either unpaid or underpaid
- Intern will complete a minimum of 120 hours of the internship
- Intern must have already accepted an internship when applying for the scholarship (job description and offer letter will be uploaded to application)
- Applicants will have an opportunity to explain how this scholarship could be financially helpful in the application process, and will not be required to provide FAFSA information
Step 1. Secure an unpaid or underpaid internship with a public, private, or nonprofit organization with a social impact focus.
Step 2. Complete the application by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, April 15, 2024. The following will be required:
- Application form—available soon—with responses to the following short-answer questions (200 words or less):
- Why are you applying for the Changemaker scholarship?
- How will this internship make a positive social impact?
- How is this internship going to expand your business education?
- Internship job description from the employer
- Internship offer letter from the employer
March 1–April 15: Application period open
April 15: Application period closes
April 23: Awards announced
Marissa Ryan, BS’24, marketing and operations management Prioritizing monetary gain or passion is a common struggle as a college student, but this Changemaker Scholarship gives us the opportunity to satisfy both.
Kaileigh Payne, BS’24, public policy analysis The Changemaker Scholarship allowed me to accept an unpaid international internship without having to worry about the financial burden. The internship was an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I could not have experienced it without the scholarship.
Kelley Changemaker Internship Scholarship
The Kelley Changemaker Internship Scholarship is awarded each spring to undergraduate business majors participating in internships (domestic or abroad) at public, private, and nonprofit organizations with a social impact focus.
2022 scholarship recipients are pictured at the Kelley School of Business
The 2022 scholarship recipients are, from left, Marissa Ryan (Raybourn Group International, Indianapolis); Kaileigh Payne (Niños de Guatemala, Antigua, Guatemala); Emily Meinzen (Global Mamas, Cape Coast, Ghana); and Aubrey Hormann (Windfall Dancers Inc., Bloomington, Indiana).
2023 scholarship recipients are pictured at the Kelley School of Business
The 2023 scholarship recipients are, from left, EriOluwa Siyanbola (Niños de Guatemala, Antigua, Guatemala); Caroline Woertz (CanopyBloomington, Bloomington, Indiana); Maggie Essmann (Puente Desarrollo Internacional, Constanza, Dominican Republic); Lawrence Trowbridge (Advocata Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka); Saicharan Vaidhyanathan (Community Seva, San Jose, California); Ssanidhya Mahesshwari (Sambal, Varanasi, India); Will Rice (Shrimad Rajchandra Love & Care, Dharampur, India); and Emma Foley (Habitat for Humanity, Atlanta, Georgia).