Princeton University

The IIP Placement Application should be used for all internships listed under IIP Placements. (The PiF Application should be used for internships that are part of the Princeton in France Program.)

IIP Placement Applications are due by 5 p.m. on December 18, 2009.

Note that preference is given to first-time applicants.

Please carefully read the following instructions and important information. If you encounter any problems with the application, please contact Martina Anderson, communications and outreach coordinator.

To complete an IIP Placement Application, you must:

1. Complete and submit the online application. NOTE: The online application will be posted in the second week of November.
   


2. Submit one copy of your current transcript (if you are a first year student, please submit your mid-term grades from SCORE and then forward your transcript when you have your first term grades) and a signed copy of the Internship Agreement (pdf). to the International Internship Program. If you have already left campus, you may e-mail a SCORE report and bring your signed Internship Agreement to the Office of International Programs the first week of January.
3. Submit as e-mail attachments (a) resume and (b) one page personal statement (maximum one page single-spaced) to iip@princeton.edu. Note: You must submit a personal statement for each internship for which you are applying (unless the internships are similar enough that a single personal statement would apply to both). If Spanish is the working language of the internship, your personal statement should be written in Spanish (note: this is only true for Spanish, not for other languages). Please make sure your name is on your personal statement!

Please address the following questions in your personal statement:

• Why do you want to work in this particular area and/or with this particular organization?
• How have your academic studies, work, and personal experiences prepared you for this internship?
• How do you expect the internship will relate to your academic, extracurricular, and/or career path?
• If you are applying for a PEI funded internship, please indicate how your interest in the position is influenced by your appreciation and understanding of environmental issues, topics, and themes. 

Note: If you are applying for the Live, Learn, and Intern in China program, please submit the LLIC application (.doc) along with your IIP Placement Application materials. You do not need to write an IIP Personal Statement for the LLIC placement since the LLIC application requires an essay.

• Students applying before the December 19 deadline will receive priority during IIP's selection of candidates. If you are really interested in a certain internship, you should apply before the priority deadline.
• If you are enrolled in the Global Health and Health Policy Certificate Program, and you are applying to one of the internships that satisfies the GHP Summer Research requirement, you must apply before the December 19 priority deadline.
• For most internships, the selection process has two phases. IIP makes the initial selection of the best candidates for each internship by evaluating all applications for each internship and selecting the top five candidates. These candidates' applications are then forwarded to the relevant employer for review. Each employer then selects the number of candidates that they can host (some will be able to host only one; others two or three).
• Please note that receiving priority in IIP's selection process does not correspond to an earlier internship offer. Some employers have longer decision-making processes. IIP puts forth its best efforts to expedite the entire application process; however, much of the final decision-making is out of IIP's control.
• Applications received between December 19, 2008 and January 16, 2009 (standard deadline) will be considered for all IIP Placements. However, if IIP's selection of candidates for a particular internship has been finalized (i.e. if enough qualified students applied before the priority deadline), any additional qualified applicants will be placed on a waiting list.
• All students offered an internship must sign an acceptance agreement before receiving their funding award.
• In the list of IIP Placements, you will find some internships offered in partnership with other programs and academic departments. These partnerships are noted at the end of internship descriptions. IIP Partners help to create and fund IIP Placements.