Summer Opportunities

Department Overview

Swarthmore Funded Summer Opportunities

Swarthmore College provides students with meaningful, learning opportunities for the summer. This website centralizes participating programs/departments and common requirements. Generally speaking they all share:

  • Similar application timelines
  • Application method  
  • Each program/dept has its own contact person 
  • $6000 is the definition of a fully-funded stipend maximum for a given summer ($6000 for up to 10 weeks of full-time at ~35-40 hours per week)

 

 

Student Spotlight

Student Spotlight

"Having the opportunity to intern with the League of United Latin American Citizens — the nation’s oldest and largest Latinx civil rights organization — has been a life-changing experience."

Ramiro Hernandez '23 - League of United Latin American Citizens (CIL)

"Being an Engaged Scholar has meant that the conversations don't stay in the classroom [...]. [M]y community has been expanded in an informative, impactful, and necessary way."

Susannah Broun '22 - Philadelphia Folklore Project (Lang Center)

Student Susannah Broun '22

"I imagine a future where we can exist with our identities freely and fluidly through intergenerational care while respecting the Earth."

Chris Stone '23 - School for International Training, Vietnam-virtual (Global Engagement)

student in rose garden
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