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Impact Summer Internship Funding

Each summer, business students complete summer internships with companies, startups, nonprofits, and funders seeking to advance the common good. Partners around the school provide competitive grants to students pursuing impact internships in the areas of social entrepreneurship, impact investing, and climate and sustainability. The Zell Lurie Institute (ZLI) awards competitive grants for summer internships to select MBAs and BBAs in the Ross School of Business as well as curated internship opportunities. If you are an Erb student completing a sustainability internship in the nonprofit or public sectors, you are eligible to apply for internship funding.

ZLI Internships

The internship program at the Zell Lurie Institute helps startup companies and venture capital firms hire University of Michigan students for a 12-week hands-on work experience. This program gives students the opportunity to develop entrepreneurial skills while accelerating the advancement of the host company or their own venture.

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Erb Internship Funding

The Erb Institute also offers funding support for students who pursue internships with NGOs, governmental organizations, start-ups and social enterprises. Regardless of your timeline, you’ll complete two internships during your time at the University of Michigan.

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Student Experience

“My learning this summer, particularly in the field of public health, was significant, thanks to a truly challenging and rewarding internship.”

— Riya Cherian (MBA/MPP ’25)

300+
INTERNS SUPPORTED SINCE 2010
200+
MISSION-DRIVEN ORGS SINCE 2010
$93K
FUNDING AWARDED IN 2024
25
INTERNS SUPPORTED IN 2024

Give-A-Day Fund for Summer Internships

Part of MBA funds for summer internships are donations made by members of the prior MBA class through the student-led Give-A-Day Fund. Members of the MBA class donate a day of their regular salary in order to support those who have pursued social impact internships.

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Give-A-Day Fund receives a Circle of Excellence award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education

Read a blog post about Ava Damri (MBA ’18), who received Give-A-Day support to work for Goodwill Central Texas in 2017