Selection Process

A committee consisting of members of the Career Services Council will review and select the award recipients.

Each application will be considered on a case-by-case basis and evaluated against the student's financial need, demonstration of the internship’s connection to career and academic goals, quality of internship and how the funds will be used.
The application process employs a "blind review", in which the applicant remains anonymous throughout the double-review process. The reviewers will not have access to student contact and demographic information.
This is a competitive process - approximately 2/3 of all applicants receive grants.
Awardees may only receive a grant once during his or her academic career at GW. Past KACIF recipients are not eligible to reapply for future funding.
If you're selected for an award, it will take approximately one month for your funding to be directly deposited into your account after you accept the award.
Decisions are final and there is not an appeals process. We encourage you to research additional GW funding opportunities on the Division of Student Affairs Student Financial Resources website.

NOTE: All correspondence regarding your application will be sent to your official GW student e-mail account (@gwmail.gwu.edu).

Disqualification

You may be disqualified from receiving the award if:

The application is submitted after the deadline.
There is inaccurate representation of internship information.
You transfer or drop from the GW degree program in which you were enrolled before, during, and after the internship supported by the Knowledge in Action Career Internship Fund award.
There are University Honor Code or academic or disciplinary conduct violations.
Your internship is independent or unsupervised.
The host organization is owned or run by a member of your immediate family.
You do not complete the internship requirements.
You do not complete your post-internship commitments.

After you complete your internship you will be required to:

Complete the post-internship follow-up survey, including a few sentences of text to thank the donors.
Submit a 30-60 second video clip sharing about your internship.
Participate in an annual reception and/or thank-you note writing session to cultivate potential donors to the fund, if you are available.