Center for Career Exploration

Finding SPRINT Fellowships

There are two types of SPRINT Fellowships for Summer 2025
 

  1. Brown-Generated SPRINT Fellowships
    Brown-generated fellowships are listed opportunities with Brown faculty, host organizations, and community partners that are reserved for Brown students.
  2. Student-Generated SPRINT Fellowships
    Student-generated fellowships are internships and research projects that students secure or develop in partnership with faculty, host organizations, and community partners.

Brown-Generated SPRINT Fellowships

If you’re planning to apply for listed opportunities with Brown faculty, host organizations, or community partners, you can use the SPRINT Search Tool to find more than 300 Brown-generated internship, research, and teaching opportunities. 

Please click below to see a full list of Brown-Generated SPRINT Fellowships with program descriptions

  • Berlin Entrepreneurship Internships
    Berlin Entrepreneurship Internships, which focus on startups and technology opportunities, provide Brown students the opportunity to expand classroom knowledge through an immersive professional experience in Berlin, Germany.

  • Bruno Signature Summer Internships 
    Bruno Signature Summer Internships provide students with the opportunity to intern with an alumni or Brown-affiliated company or organization. The program allows participating students to gain practical experience within a variety of industries, with a goal to make high quality internship opportunities in fields with traditionally unpaid internships accessible and affordable to all Brown University students. 

  • Careers in the Common Good (CCG) in NYC 
    Careers in the Common Good Summer in New York City (CCG in NYC) supports students interested in working with nonprofits, public service programs, and government or entrepreneurial ventures devoted to serving the common good.

  • Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies (CHRHS) Summer Internships
    CHRHS strives to fuse education and research to on-the-ground action by connecting students with experts through internships at top humanitarian and human rights organizations. Each year, qualified students are invited to apply for internships with one of our pre-identified partner organizations. 
     
  • IBES Summer Internships
    The Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES) has partnered with environmental organizations to offer funded summer internship experiences for Brown University undergraduate students. These awards allow students to explore career options and engage in experiential learning activities outside of the classroom. 
     
  • iProv Summer Fellowships 
    The iProv Summer Fellowships provide undergraduate students with a stipend to engage in 8-10-week internships with nonprofit organizations based in the greater Providence area. Students are part of a structured and supportive cohort that meets regularly to build skills and competencies for community engagement. iProv workshops will focus on topics such as critical reflection, cultural humility, civic engagement, and effective leadership and action.
     
  • Media in Los Angeles Summer Internships 
    The Media in Los Angeles Summer Internships provide students with the opportunity to intern with a media company in the greater Los Angeles area over the summer. The internship allows participating students to gain practical experience within a variety of media fields, including television, movies, music, podcasts, and more.
     
  • Stockholm Entrepreneurship Summer Internships 
    The Stockholm Entrepreneurship Summer Internships, with a focus on startups and technology opportunities, provide Brown students the opportunity to expand classroom knowledge to the world of business through an immersive professional experience in Stockholm.
     
  • Undergraduate Teaching and Research Awards (UTRA)
    Undergraduate Teaching and Research Awards (UTRAs) support Brown students collaborating with Brown faculty on research and teaching projects during the summer or the academic year.

Working in close collaboration with Brown faculty, students translate their academic knowledge into hands-on practice that results in the production of new knowledge. Faculty benefit from the assistance and perspectives undergraduates bring to their work.

Student-Generated SPRINT Fellowships

If you haven’t already secured your own unpaid internship or research experience that is eligible for a SPRINT Fellowship, you can use Brown resources or get support from staff and faculty to create your own opportunities that could be funded through SPRINT.  

Please click below to see a full list of Student-Generated SPRINT Fellowship programs and program descriptions and also tips for how to find an opportunity.

  • Advanced Undergraduate Research Fellowships
    Advanced Undergraduate Research Fellowships support undergraduate students’ engagement in independent, student-developed, original research projects. Applicants develop a project proposal that describes the background, rationale, methodology, outcomes, and personal significance of a summer research project they plan to pursue with the mentorship of a Brown faculty member.
     
  • Liman Public Interest Fellowship 
    The Arthur Liman Public Interest Fellowship offers 4 undergraduate students an opportunity to participate in public interest law projects for a summer. Broadly defined, public interest law includes helping those often lacking resources to retain attorneys, engaging in a variety of advocacy work, and participating in shaping public policy.
     
  • LINK Internships
    The LINK award supports student exploration of a new professional pathway. LINK provides financial support to students pursuing unpaid summer internships. Students must secure an eligible internship before submitting an application.
     
  • Royce Fellowship
    The Royce Fellowship supports Brown undergraduates as they carry out independent engaged research projects of their own design in locations across the United States and around the world. Fellows conduct their research under the supervision of a faculty or community member and as part of an interdisciplinary cohort of students from across the university. The program confers lifetime membership in the Society of Royce Fellows, a community of student scholars, faculty fellows and Royce alumni that offers a forum for reflection, inquiry, and intellectual engagement within the university.
  • You are encouraged to schedule time to meet with a Career Counselor (in-person or by Zoom) at the Brown Center for Career Exploration to discuss how to begin your internship search, submit application materials, prepare for upcoming interviews, or network with Brown alumni.
  • If you need help getting started with a resume or cover letter, or want to ask a quick question about the internship search, meet with or email a Peer Career Advisor who can assist you in a number of ways.
  • You can search for internship and research opportunities that might be eligible for funding through Handshake and on BrownConnect+ (keep in mind that the “Bruno Opportunities” on BrownConnect+ are offered by Brown alumni, parents, and family and are specifically targeting Brown students!).
  • If you are planning to develop your own independent research project, you will need to identify a Brown faculty member willing to serve as your project mentor. This may be a Brown faculty member with whom you are already collaborating on research, or you may need to secure mentorship from a Brown faculty member with expertise relevant to your project idea. Plan to identify, contact, and meet with one or more faculty members to discuss your project idea; you can discover more about areas of research that Brown faculty are engaged in by visiting Researchers@Brown. You can always email faculty to schedule a conversation or attend office hours (even if you’re not enrolled in that professor’s class). Additional guidance on developing an Advanced Undergraduate Research project proposal is offered via workshops led by the College’s undergraduate research team.
  • If you are planning to develop an engaged scholarship project with a faculty or community member that will be eligible for a Royce Fellowship, you can work with Swearer Center staff to develop a project proposal.

Non-SPRINT Internship and Research Opportunities

While hundreds of students receive SPRINT Fellowships each year, please keep in mind that there are many opportunities for you to secure paid internship and research positions outside of SPRINT. 

If you need help getting started on a search that is customized to your interests, skills, and values in any career field or professional pathway, please meet with a Peer Career Advisor, a Career Counselor, or a Professional Pathways Dean in the Center for Career Exploration.