Apply for a Summer 2022 Co-op/Internship Assistance Award

Jan 24, 2022, 9:00 AM

Daytona Beach students can APPLY for a Career Services sponsored Co-op/Internship A$$istance Award ($100 up to $500) to help defray some expenses they may incur when they go on a Co-op or Internship experience during the summer semester. Money could be used for gasoline to travel to the industry site, for professional clothes to wear at work, to help pay rent, to pay for lodging if you non-rev to LAX, or even to dine at In-N-Out Burger.


Several employers, alumni, Career Services Team members and Friends have made donations to the Co-op/Internship A$$istance Award Program in order for Career Services to offer some deserving students doing a Co-op or Internship a little extra money for expenses during the summer Co-op/Intern semester. Their generosity has helped to minimize selected students’ financial concerns, relieving a little bit of the financial burden and therefore allowing a student to get the maximum benefit from the practical work experience. The Co-op Assistance Award Program at Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach has been selected six years in a row for a $10,000 GRANT from GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATION along with another recurring Co-op Assistance Award GRANT from Collins Aerospace for $5000. Monies in the current Award Fund along with these generous GRANTS will be disbursed this summer. The Co-op A$$istance Award Program began in 2003 and will continue each summer semester, as long as funding is available. Last summer, 14 students were awarded a total of $11,500. 

**CANDIDATES MUST HAVE COMPLETED THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS  BY THE DATE THE STUDENT SUBMITS THE APPLICATION TO APPLY, (NOT AT THE END OF SPRING TERM)**

Deadline to apply Thursday, March 31, 2022

  • Meet the University Co-op/Intern Policy for eligibility (credit hours/GPA), be a degree-seeking DB student in good standing
  • Be registered in Handshake with an approved resume uploaded
  • Have had a Mandatory Advising Session with their Career Services Program Manager
  • Have signed a Student Agreement
  • Be enrolled full-time in current (Spring 22) and past (Fall 21) semester

    REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FOR SUBMISSION INCLUDE:

  • RESUME
  • TRANSCRIPT
  • ESSAY (one page max/double spaced)  Address ALL of the following:
  • "What is your story? Are there or have there been situations or circumstances in life that are challenging or hardships that you have had to overcome in order to continue/complete your education?" 
  • "How important has financial assistance been in your pursuit to complete your education?" 
  • "If you are awarded co-op assistance, explain how this financial award ($100-$500) could benefit you.”
    Submission of Resume, Transcript, and Essay due by:

Thursday, March 3l, 2022

You do not need to have an official offer from a company for an internship at the time you submit application documents, however, you must have met the requirements to apply for an intern on the date you submit this application.

 

AND….

 

**Students must have accepted a position and completed a Co-op/Intern Contract with Career Services for registration by TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2022. Students must be enrolled for academic credit for the work experience in order to be considered for one of the financial awards.**



Email documents to:

Sally.Richards@erau.edu. The subject should be Co-op Assist_Your Name_SUM22

A committee will select the Award recipients. Recipients will be awarded a Co-op/Internship A$$istance monetary award for Summer 2022, based on meeting the requirements/qualifications, the candidate's entry and provided the recipient has been selected by a company/organization for a Summer 2022 Co-op/Internship AND has completed a Co-op/Intern contract and be registered for 6 academic credits for undergraduate students or 3 credits for graduate students (unless an undergrad is registering for a 3 credit internship to fulfill a requirement in the curriculum). This contract MUST be completed with Career Services by Tuesday, May 10, 2022 in order to receive a monetary award.