1. Rackham Doctoral Intern Fellowship Program

Rackham Doctoral Intern Fellowship Program

The Rackham Doctoral Intern Fellowship Program allows doctoral students to pursue a fully supported and funded internship during their graduate training (spring/summer, fall, or winter). Internships offer students a mentored professional learning experience in diverse career settings. The program is made possible by Rackham and the generous support of our donors.

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Two Tracks to Choose From

The program has two tracks—students may apply to ready-made internships Rackham has set up with host organizations or for funding to support an internship they have secured with an organization. The eligibility requirements and application instructions vary by term and program track (host organization or student-identified). Please make sure to read carefully to understand your eligibility to apply.

  • Internship Connections: Healthy Futures

    With the goal of improving people’s everyday lives, Jadie Moon strives to advance therapeutic research in the lab and at her intern fellowship at Merck & Co., Inc.

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    Internship Connections: Training at Work, Strategy at Play

    Julian Rome leveraged his research expertise to change the game at the sports-based youth development nonprofit Memphis Inner City Rugby.

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    Internship Connections: Detroit’s Case for Reparations

    Rackham student Marquise Griffin served as a co-author of the Detroit Harms Report for the Detroit Reparations Task Force, a project that also pulled him closer to his commitment to educational equity.

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    Ph.D. Student Daisy Haas on Equitable STEM Education

    Daisy Haas’s editorial spotlight Q&A by their Rackham Doctoral Intern Fellowship host organization, Public Policy Associates.

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    Internship Connections: Visualizing Change

    School of Information Ph.D. candidate Elsie Lee-Robbins leveraged her data visualization expertise to create positive change with the Ecology Center as a 2023 communications fellow, supported by the Rackham Doctoral Intern Fellowship Program.

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Other Resources

The resources below provide additional resources and support for students, faculty, and staff.

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Interested in Hosting an Intern?

If you are a new partner interested in working with Rackham to host a doctoral student intern at your organization or campus unit, please contact us.

Contact Professional Development and Engagement

Hours: Professional Development and Engagement is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The office is closed Saturdays and Sundays and on the following holidays: Thanksgiving (Thursday and the following Friday), Christmas through New Year’s, Memorial Day, Independence Day (July 4), and Labor Day.

  • Location
    1530 Rackham Building
    915 East Washington Street
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1070

  • Contact
    Phone: 734.647.4013
    Fax: 734.936.2848
    Email: [email protected]