2022 Wesleyan Summer Grants
Below is the list of available Wesleyan Summer Grants. Click on the individual grant to view more information, including eligibility requirements and specific funding information. Applicants can select up to ten grants that they would like to apply to/be considered for on the application.
This list is updated as new grants become available. For the most up-to-date list of 2022 grants, please visit AcademicWorks.
Specific Major(s)/Minor(s), Societies
Alpha Delta Phi Society
Adelphic Educational Fund Wesleyan Summer Grants
College of Letters
Ruth and Hank Fins Endowed Wesleyan Summer Grant Fund
College of Social Sciences
Peter Kilby Memorial Endowed Wesleyan Summer Grant Fund
William J. Barber Endowed Wesleyan Summer Experience Grant Fund
Economics
Harold S. Geneen Charitable Trust Summer Grants
John Plukas Wesleyan Summer Experience Grant
Modern Languages or Literature
Claude Joseph Meyer Endowed Summer Grant Fund
Students of Color and/or First-Generation
Invisible Men Summer Experience Grant ($5,000 award)
Veterans
Coburn Military Veterans Summer Experience Grant Fund
Jeremy R. Serwer '70 Veterans Summer Experience Fund
Silverberg-Shapiro Endowed Wesleyan Summer Experience Grant Fund
Military Veterans Summer Experience Fund
Arts, Music, Journalism/Digital Media Experiences
Ethan S. Bronner ’76, P’10 Journalism Grant Award
D. Norman Brown Wesleyan Summer Grant Fund (Humanities, English, or Literature)
Ganbarg Internship Program (Music)
Jewett Foundation Endowed Summer Experience Fund
Nazarian Wesleyan Summer Experience Grant
Business Experiences
Professor Richard Miller Internship in Business
Jewish and Israel Studies Experiences
Rayman L. Solomon ’68 Fund
The Wesleyan Israel and Jewish Student Life Endowed Program Fund
Location Specific Experiences
Fries Internship Fund for Colorado
Hartford Steam Boiler Wesleyan Summer Experience Grant
Kirtland C. Mead ’65 Wesleyan Summer Grant (Abroad Experience)
Non-Profit Experiences
Hartford Steam Boiler Wesleyan Summer Experience Grant
Orrin Baird ’69 Endowed Wesleyan Summer Grant Fund
Science and Social Sciences Experiences
David Schenkein ’79, P’08 Endowed Summer Grant Fund
George H. Whipple Jr. ’39 Wesleyan Summer Grant (Chemistry or Physics)
William J. Barber Endowed Wesleyan Summer Experience Grant Fund
Social Impact and Entrepreneurship Experiences
Jessica & Josh Goldin ACG Grant
Norman Ernst Priebatsch Fund for Entrepreneurship
Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship Internship Grant
Robert E. Patricelli Endowed Wesleyan Summer Grant Fund
Social Justice/Services, Humanitarian Efforts, Political Activism, and Public Service Experiences
Douglas J. Bennet ’59, P’87 Endowed Internship in Public Service
Jewett Foundation Endowed Summer Experience
Kevin Sanborn ’87 Wesleyan Summer Experience Grant
Lisa Alter '78 and Shana Alexander Endowed Wesleyan Summer Grant Fund
Nosup Kwak '55 Endowed Summer Experience Fund(NEW: all eligible applicants will be automatically considered)
Okrent Memorial Grant for Social Justice (OMG Fund)
Orrin Baird ’69 Endowed Wesleyan Summer Grant Fund
Thomas M. Arndt Wesleyan Summer Experience Grant
Win ’65 and Lee Chamberlin Endowed Summer Experience Fund
Tech Experiences
Eutopia Foundation Endowed Wesleyan Summer Grant
General Grants: Funding for any summer experience related to post-graduate career goals.
Barbara-Jan Wilson Endowed Wesleyan Summer Grant Fund
Belzberg Endowed Wesleyan Summer Experience Grant Fund
The Charles A. Dana Foundation Summer Grants
Citrin Family Endowed Wesleyan Summer Experience
Clifford E. Shedd '66 Wesleyan Summer Grant Fund
Colleen McKiernan ’89 Endowed Wesleyan Summer Experience Fund
Dennis Family Wesleyan Summer Experience Fund
Donna S. Morea ’76 & Jeffrey D. Chandler P’06 Endowed Wesleyan Summer Experience
Goldrach Family Endowed Wesleyan Summer Experience Fund
Janklow-Harrington Family Summer Grant Fund
Joel C. Tillinghast ’80 Endowed Wesleyan Summer Grant Fund
Knes Family Endowed Wesleyan Summer Experience Grant
Lynch Family Endowed Internship Grant Fund
Monica Noether ’74 Endowed Wesleyan Summer Experience Grant Fund
Scott D. Pearson ’84 and Diana Farrell ’87 Endowed Wesleyan Summer Grant
Smart Family Foundation Endowed Internship Fund
Surdna Foundation Internship Program (applicant demonstrates outstanding service to the community)
Timothy L. Dibble ’86 Wesleyan Summer Grants Fund
Wesleyan Summer Experience Grants
Grants with an Internship
The following internship opportunities are funded through this program. If you are interested in one of these internships, in addition to applying to the grant on AcademicWorks you will apply to them directly on Handshake. You can still apply to the Wesleyan Summer Grants program for another opportunity where you would need funding. Please see each individual posting for directions. Postings will be live on Handshake January 31st.
- Child Advocacy Endowed Wesleyan Summer Experience Fund: Lawyers for Children Social Work Interns Program, a robust and competitive summer program that allows motivated undergraduates to gain hands-on experience working directly with Lawyers for Children's legal and social work teams. LFC Interns help prepare cases for hearings or trial, and observe on field visits, during client interviews, and during court cases.
- John W. Macy Jr. ’38 Internship: Recipients spend the summer as special interns in the Government Accountability Office in Washington, D.C.
- Nancy Campbell Internship in Historic Preservation: Internship at The National Trust for Historic Preservation