The Pitt Business Career Internship Scholarship Program

The Purpose of the Fund

The Pitt Business Career Internship Scholarship Program (PBCIS) was established in 2001 to enable Pitt Business students to accept challenging business internships that prepare them as outstanding business leaders in the global business environment. Internships are awarded at a variety of organizations, including large, well-established companies, small and medium-sized businesses, startups and young companies, and nonprofits.

Pitt Business interns will complete a 10-week internship over the summer that ranges from 10-20 hours/week. Participating students will receive a stipend of $3,000.

There are two ways for students to engage with the Scholarship.

  1. Students who have already secured an unpaid business internship for Summer 2025 can apply for the scholarship to receive funding for their internship. Apply here!
  2. Pitt Business partners with local companies to source internships for students to apply to and is funded through the scholarship. To find these internships, search “PBCIS” in Handshake’s Job section.

For information or questions regarding available internships, students should contact Claire Grim, Internship Manager.

Please note the Scholarship is taxable. If selected you will complete a W9 and will receive a 1099 the following year.

Have an unpaid internship for Summer 2025? Apply here!

Student Qualifications

Student applicants must:

  • Be enrolled full-time in the School of Business as a BSBA or double-degree student
  • Have a 3.0 or better GPA
  • Be enrolled in the Pitt Business OCC program
  • Submit an application for the Internship Scholarship
  • Submit a current resume and a cover letter explaining how the internship fits into your career development and how the Scholarship could help you achieve the internship

*Additional Student Qualifications

  • A student may only receive two scholarships in total
  • If a student receives two scholarships, the scholarship must be applied to a pre-selected scholarship company partner and a student-selected internship
  • If a student receives two scholarships, the scholarship must be applied to two different companies
  • A student may only receive one scholarship per academic year beginning in the fall of the student’s freshman year
  • If a student interns with a pre-selected scholarship company partner, the student must still apply for the scholarship with guaranteed acceptance upon completion given all requirements are met

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Organization Qualifications

Participating organizations must complete a short application survey that describes the internship opening at their company, their needs for the upcoming summer, and what type of student they are seeking.

The organization must:

  • Be an incorporated (Inc., LLC, LLP, etc.) entity
  • Have an employee designated as supervisor to the intern
  • Agree to complete a signed Learning Agreement, midway performance appraisal, and a final performance appraisal
  • Provide the intern with a written hire letter for the internship position
    • The job must be a challenging position within the intern’s field of interest. The job must contain no less than 80% professional work in either  Accounting, Finance, Global Management, Human Resources, Marketing, BIS, and/or Supply Chain Management
  • Provide the intern with a written and signed job description

*Additional Company Qualifications

  • Once a student intern is selected, the student must apply through the student application link. The student is pre-approved given the student meets the described student qualifications.
  • Career Development reserves the right to limit the scholarship amount allotted to students interning at any company.
  • Career Development agrees to source interns for a company to the best of their ability.