NYU Wagner Experience Fund (WEF)

Each year, NYU Wagner awards a Quarter Million Dollars - in the form of $5,000 stipends - to 50 students who have taken on degree relevant and career advancing unpaid summer internships!

Past WEF recipients (Fellows) interned at public service organizations in all sectors and several industries around the world. Through these positions, more than 95% of the Fellows were able to clarify their career goals, expand their professional networks, gain important skills and apply classroom lessons in a professional context. What might the Wagner Experience Fund help you accomplish?

Eligibility Requirements

WEF Applicants must be all of the following:

  1. Currently enrolled at Wagner and taking classes toward the completion of an MPA, MUP or Executive MPA degree
  2. A continuing student who has completed a minimum of eight (8) Wagner credits prior to applying for the WEF
  3. In good academic standing at Wagner, maintaining a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
  4. Confirmed to work in a full-time, degree relevant unpaid summer internship for at least 10 weeks between May and September 2012. Students who are taking international summer courses can intern for a minimum of eight (8) weeks.

*EMPA Students can apply in their first semester at Wagner
**International students, in lawful F-1 or J-1 status sponsored by NYU, are eligible to apply provided that they meet the aforementioned criteria.

The program is not open to:

  1. May 2012 graduates and/or alumni
  2. PhD students
  3. Dual degree, BA/MPA & BA/MUP students who have not yet matriculated into the Wagner program
  4. Students who are receiving compensation exceeding $500 (including travel/food stipends) for any Summer 2012 internship

How to Apply

The Wagner Experience Fund application process will open on February 27, 2012. To complete the application, click the "Apply Here" link in the top right corner of this page.

Applicants will be required to have their supervisors fill out an Employer Verification Form to confirm the terms of the unpaid summer internship. Applicants will receive the link to this form (via email) after submitting their complete WEF application.

Important Dates & Deadlines:

  • Application Deadline: April 11, 2012 - Late applications will not be considered.
  • Deadline for employers to submit employer verification form - April 13, 2012
  • Award announcement - April 20, 2012

Sponsors

The Wagner Experience Fund is made possible by the Deerbook Charitable Trust, Dan J. Brodsky, EmblemHealth Inc, the 2012 Wagner Class Gift and the support of anonymous donors.

Past WEF Internships

Previous WEF Fellows received funding for unpaid internships at:

10000 Girls
Accion International Asian
Americans for Equality
Baltimore Child Abuse Center
Bread for the World
Center for an Urban Future
Coalition on the Environment & Jewish Life
Do Something
DonorsChoose.org
The Drug Policy Alliance
EmblemHealth
FINCA
Gay Lebsbian & Straight Education Network
Goods for Good
Instituto Mexicano de Investigaciaon de Familia y Poblacion
Indego Africa
Innovations for Poverty Action
Institute for Transportation & Development Policy
International Rescue Committee
Jordan River Foundation
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
MAP Foundation
Morris Heights Medical Center
National Malaria Control Program
New York City Department of City Planning
New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
New York City Department of Transportation Urban Art Program
North Shore - LIJ at Glen Cove Hospital
Office of Citywide Health Insurance Access
Office of Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney
Office of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Peking University Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy
Pygma Consulting
Roozt
Taproot Foundation
Trickle Up
Tri-State Transportation Campaign
UN Women
United States Embassy in Manila
United States Office of Management and Budget
Vital Voices Global Partnership
Women's Earth Alliance
World Health Organization


Application Instructions

The Summer 2012 Wagner Experience Fund Application is Closed. Information regarding the 2013 cycle will be posted in January 2013

Employer Verification Forms for the Summer 2012 WEF must be submitted by April 13, 2012