Summer Research and Internships - Social Sciences

The Institute for International Public Policy administers training, institutional resource development, outreach and special programs designed to increase underrepresented minority involvement in international affairs.

The Public Policy & Internatonal Affairs Fellowship Program offers its Junior Summer Institutes, "an intensive seven-week summer program that focuses on preparing students for graduate programs in public and international affairs and careers as policy professionals, public administrators and other leadership roles in public service."

The Ralph Bunche Summer Institute is "a five week, academically intensive summer program designed to ...help talented minority students between their junior and senior year of college...go on to graduate school...". 

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has announced its Minority Undergraduate Research Assistant Program (MURAP) in social sciences, fine arts and humanities.  A small component of UNC's Summer Pre-Graduate Research Experience (see below), it seeks to aid students in developing graduate-level work and to expose them to the rigors and expectations of the graduate school environment. Applications can be submitted online or printed and mailed to:

RES Program
CB# 3500
Peabody Hall
UNC-CH
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3500
Fax: 919-962-1533

The University of California has announced its Public Policy and International Affairs (UCPPIA) Summer Institute. It is open to all undergraduate majors and students interested in pursuing careers in public service through the attainment of a Master's degree. For additional information, please contact:

Talitha Green, Assistant Director
University of California Public Policy and International Affairs 
(UCPPIA) Junior Summer Institute
Goldman School of Public Policy
University of California, Berkeley
2607 Hearst Avenue 
Berkeley, CA   94720-7320
Phone: 510/643-8561 
Fax: 510/643-9657
Website: http://gspp.berkeley.edu/