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Programs/fellowships for undergrads

Undergrad Summer Opportunities

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What is this?

This is a compilation of summer opportunities for US undergrads interested in tech/entrepreneurship/product management. As a member of NCWIT, SWE, and Rewriting the Code (all fantastic women in tech organizations!), I've been able to compile lots of resources for underrepresented groups in tech. Many of these resources are listed in the categories below.

I was inspired by codebytere's summer internship listing, but I thought that undergrads might also want to know about remote opportunities or entrepeneurship opportunities.

Feel free to send a PR if you have any resources you want to add!

First and Second-Year Programs

Internships

Here's a couple of lists for finding companies. I also recommend joining your department mailing lists and job listings - there's usually a ton of emails that get sent to these types of groups, so I recommend making a filter to separate them into folders and checking them occasionally for relevant opportunities.

Research

Most universities have some form of a summer research program, and it's often paid or comes with a stipend. If you're unable to find an internship, try looking for a research project. These can often lead to conference posters, publications, connections to faculty members, and other useful experiences.

Teaching Assistant

Many middle and high school summer programs offer summer TA or instructor positions to qualifying university students. Your university may even have a few!

Training Programs

These aren't necessarily internships in the traditional sense, but they will prepare you for future internships.

Y Combinator Virtual Internship

This program, based on real work, will teach you the skills you need to build web applications for top startups.

Venture for America Fellowship

VFA is a two-year fellowship program for recent grads who want to work at a startup and create jobs in American cities. Fellows learn important startup skills at our five-week Training Camp, apply for jobs within our vetted company network, and work for two years as full-time, salaried employees in one of 18 cities. When Fellows are ready to start a company — be it two years after college or ten — VFA has the resources (like a crowdfunding competition, accelerator, and seed fund) to help make that dream a reality.

Violet Society

The Violet Society is a comprehensive career accelerator for underrepresented people in tech.

Rewriting the Code Fellowship

The Rewriting the Code Fellowship Program is for women undergraduates studying computer science and engineering who are interested in gaining applied experience through potential internships or full-time jobs with leading tech companies.

Fellowships

Remote Internships

Accelerators

Tech Intern Resources

Conferences

There's always a couple of fantastic conferences happening over the summer and a couple of grants and scholarship opportunities that open up around this time.

MIT Opportunities

As an MIT student, I have more specific knowledge for my university, but I'm sure if you look up tech/entrepeneruship summer opportunities, there's similar ones at your university as well!

These include summer opportunities, as well as general funding opportunities for student-led startups.

Misc Opportunities