Career Resource Center

• Must be a current matriculated SUNY New Paltz student, undergraduate or graduate student, in good academic standing (not on academic probation). 
• The internship experience is NOT required by your major. If the internship is required, you are eligible to apply for the Applied Learning Travel Grant or the CAS Internship Stipend.
• The experience is taking place in the public service and/or high-demand nonprofit sector.
• The experience is related to the applicant's academic program and/or future career goals.
• Must have completed a minimum of 30 credit hours with 12 of those hours completed at SUNY New Paltz.
• Must have secured an off-campus unpaid/underpaid internship, fieldwork, or curricular applied learning experience for the future by the time of application. No retroactive stipends will be awarded.
• The experience must be supervised by someone at the internship site. The site supervisor cannot be a family member.
• Students can only receive one award from the Career Resource Center, including the Living Internship Stipend, the CAS Internship Stipend, and the Applied Learning Travel Grant.

Students will fill out the Living Internship Stipend Application. Applications will typically be due back the second week of each semester for fall and spring, and at the end of spring semester for summer.

APPLICATIONS FOR THE SPRING 2025 TERM ARE DUE BY FRIDAY, JANUARY 31 AT 12PM.

All applications will be processed after the deadline, and students will be notified of their award status no earlier than the week following the application deadline.

The selection committee will include (but is not limited to):

• Internship Coordinator, Career Services
• Director, Career Services
• Faculty from the Sociology Department
• Faculty from the Psychology Department
• Staff Member from the Department of Education

At least three (3) members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for any meeting at which a vote is to be taken, at least one of which must be from Career Services. The selection committee will check and confirm eligibility, read applications, and decide on the recipients for each cycle.

• All applicants will be notified via email sent to their New Paltz email address.
• For students to receive payment, they will need to complete:
  • a signed award acceptance letter and if their plans change, they must notify the Internship Coordinator immediately.
  • Sign a standard voucher prepared by the Career Resource Center. NOTE: If a student is outside of the New Paltz, NY area and not able to come to the Career Resource Center to sign their standard voucher, they can print, sign, scan the document and email it along with other scanned forms to the Internship Coordinator at hamiltom5@newpaltz.edu
  • Receive confirmation from their supervisor of the experience. 
  • Mid-point and final self evaluations and supervisor evaluations
  • Have their resume reviewed at the Career Resource Center

• Awards are granted based on demonstrated financial need in the application. The amount is determined by the number of internship hours the student completes during the course of the semester. 

  • Less than 40 hours: ineligible for funding
  • 40-80 hours: $1,000
  • 80-120 hours: $2,000
  • 120+ hours: $3,000

  Time sheets will track completion of the student hours at the midpoint of the semester. In order to receive the second half of the award, the student needs to have completed at least half of their anticipated hours. The second payment will be stalled until the student fulfills all completion requirements as listed above.

The selection committee can award a maximum of up to $3,000 per student. Living Internship Stipend will be awarded in two payments, one at the beginning of the semester, the second at mid-term after confirmation of continued participation in your applied learning experience. Checks will be mailed to the recipient's permanent address. Checks are processed by the Office of Expenditures in Albany which may take several weeks to be processed.

This stipend will be considered taxable income by the IRS. It is the student's responsibility to determine if taxes are owed. Students should therefore consult a tax advisor regarding this stipend.