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Short-term projects, lasting impact

Gain high-value experience solving genuine challenges facing local nonprofits and social enterprises. By applying key business skills, you’ll benefit local organizations—and your resume.

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Independent Consulting Opportunities

Independent Consulting Opportunities, offered by the Kelley Institute for Social Impact (KISI), connects individual students and teams with short-term projects requested by community partners. It's an opportunity to demonstrate skills in business analysis, strategic thinking, communication and presentation, financial foundations, marketing, project coordination, and other capabilities. The inaugural community partners included a health tech start-up, a community orchard, an organization that supports local youth, and a job-training social enterprise involving electronics recycling.

Find your project

Independent Consulting portfolio

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How to get involved

  1. Find your project: Check Independent Consulting portfolio for current community partner projects. The projects in the portfolio include deliverables, timelines, contact info for the partner organizations, and other information.
  2. Apply to your project: Complete a brief application to work on your desired project. We submit all applications to the community partner, and we’ll reach out if you’re selected.
  3. Deliver the solution: If selected, you and your team will provide a timely, high-impact solution for the organization to implement. The amount of time required will vary but generally requires five hours or less of work each week for one to four months.

Note: Once a community partner accepts an application, KISI will remove the project from the Independent Consulting Opportunities portfolio. New requests also will be added throughout the semester.

Independent Consulting Opportunities FAQs

You can find current Independent Consulting Opportunities projects on this KISI form. You can also subscribe to the KISI newsletter for updates about the initiative and other KISI news.

The program invites all undergraduate students enrolled at Indiana University Bloomington to get involved.

You can apply as an individual or a group. We will not place individuals into groups.

If your application is selected by the community partner, a member of the KISI team will contact you with information about next steps.

Timelines vary depending on the scope of individual projects. The project details that you review before submitting your application will include the expected duration.

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