Carnegie Mellon University

Information for Students

"I came out of the internship more confident in the kind of future I want to lead once college is over. I am and always will be grateful for my first, and most unique, internship experience and all that I will take from it." – Elizabeth Rodriguez, ‘23

The Pittsburgh Summer Internship Program (PSIP) provides financial support and resources to connect Dietrich College undergraduate students to their first internship experience at a non-profit, start-up or small business in the Pittsburgh area. The program is designed to support students who have limited professional experience by providing assistance with the application process, ongoing career workshops and host sites that offer direct mentorship and supervision. 

Students who participate complete 175-200 hours of work at an organization in the Pittsburgh area and receive a $3,000 stipend. 

Eligibility

The program is open to any undergraduate student with a primary major or BHA concentration in Dietrich College. Students from any class level are eligible to apply, but preference is given to students who have not yet had a meaningful internship experience. 

Past program participants are not eligible to apply. Past participants include those who completed an internship through the program or declined an internship offer. Students who were not accepted or were accepted but did not receive offers are still eligible to apply.

Application Process

Applications to participate in the program during Summer 2023 are now open and must be submitted by February 1 at 11:59pm.For more information about the application process, check out the Summer Internship Informational Video and Slides. If you have any questions, please contact the director of experiential learning, Kim Piatt, at kpiatt@andrew.cmu.edu.

Internship positions offered during Summer 2023

Note: this list provides an idea of what kind of internships will be offered this summer and may change throughout the process to meet the needs of the host sites and interests of student interns

 

1Hood Media Academy

Position Types:
  • Community Outreach
  • Policy Writing
  • Grant Writing
  • Media Projects

Allegheny Land Trust

Position Types:
  • Community Outreach
  • Communications

Alliance for Refugee Youth Support and Education - ARYSE

Position Types:
  • Data Collection and Analysis
  • Program Operations

Arts Excursions Unlimited

Position Types:
  • Documenting
  • Research
  • Designing Community Guide

Assemble

Position Types:
  • Website Content
  • Digital and Print Marketing
  • Donor Communications

Behaivior

Position Types:
  • Software Development
  • Data Science

Bike Share Pittsburgh

Position Type:
  • Data Science

Biomotivate

Position Types:
  • Information Systems
  • Data Collection and Analysis

BLK DYMND Rewards

Position Type:
  • Mobile Application Development

Bloomfield Garfield Corporation

Position Types:
  • Youth Engagement
  • Volunteer Coordination
  • Data Collection
  • Project Management

Borough of North Braddock

Position Types:
  • Grant Research
  • Code Enforcement Systems and Technology
  • Data Science

Building New Hope

Position Types:
  • Programming
  • Community Outreach

Casa San Jose

Position Types:
  • State-Wide Policy and Advocacy
  • Human Resource Policy Writing

CEPHR, LLC

Position Types:
  • Data Visualization
  • Storytelling
  • Communications

Chalfant Run/Thompson Run Watershed Association

Position Type:
  • Data Science

City of Asylum

Position Types:
  • Community Outreach
  • Project Management

Confirmed

Position Types:
  • User Experience
  • Marketing

Davis Consulting Solutions

Position Type:
  • Data Science

Disability Media Network

Position Types:
  • Communications
  • Ad Copywriting
  • Campaign Analysis

Eachday, Inc.

Position Type:
  • Social Media Management

East Liberty Development, Inc.

Position Types:
  • Aquisition Strategy
  • Legal Research
  • Grant Writing

EKTO VR

Position Types:
  • Software Development
  • Marking and Communications

ERIN

Position Type:
  • Data Entry and Sales Reporting

Evolve Coaching

Position Types:
  • Community Outreach
  • Youth Engagement

Genetics Society of America

Position Types:
  • Writing and Editing Content
  • Website and Blogs

Grounded Strategies

Position Types:
  • Data Collection and Analysis
  • Land Use Policy and Advocacy

Grow Sto-Rox

Position Types:
  • Community Outreach
  • Database Creation

Hello Neighbor

Position Types:
  • Youth Programming
  • Project Management
  • Event and Fundraising

Honeycomb Credit

Position Type:
  • Data Analysis

Industrial Arts Workshop

Position Type:
  • Data Collection and Analysis

InnovatePGH

Position Type:
  • Project Management

International Free Expression Project

Position Type:
  • Social Media Management

Latino Community Center

Position Types:
  • Data Analysis
  • CRM Technical Support

Macedonia FACE

Position Type:
  • Event Management

Makin Wellness

Position Type:
  • Marketing and Strategic Growth

Module

Position Types:
  • Market Research
  • Finance
  • Data Analysis

Multiplying Good Pittsburgh

Position Types:
  • Project Management
  • Youth Engagement

National Council of Jewish Women

Position Type:
  • Process Improvement

Neighborhood Legal Services Association (Pittsburgh, PA)

Position Types:
  • Professional Writing
  • Storytelling
  • Development

Nischal Sports Group

Position Types:
  • Data Analysis
  • Predictive Modeling
  • Data Visualization

Oakland Business Improvement District (OBID)

Position Types:
  • Operational Support
  • Data Collection
  • Community Outreach

Open Field

Position Types:
  • Video Production
  • Graphic Design

PHRQL, Inc.

Position Types:
  • Data Science
  • Market Analysis

Piper Creative

Position Types:
  • Content Creation
  • Video Production

Pittsburgh Hispanic Development Corporation

Position Types:
  • Business Analysis
  • Community Outreach

Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy

Position Type:
  • Database and CRM Management

Pittsburghers for Public Transit

Position Types:
  • Community Organizing
  • Communications

PublicSource

Position Types:
  • Data Analysis
  • Fact-Checking
  • Strategic Growth

River City Brass

Position Types:
  • Web Design
  • Marketing and Communications

SHzoom Technologies

Position Types:
  • Research
  • System Testing
  • Technical Support
  • Digital Marketing

Smart Futures

Position Type:
  • Content Creation

The Equity | Impact Center

Position Type:
  • Community Outreach and Engagement

The Forbes Funds

Position Types:
  • Data Collection
  • Community Engagement
  • Event Operations

The Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania

Position Types:
  • Event Operations
  • Communications

The Women and Girls Foundation

Position Types:
  • Youth Engagement
  • Curriculum Planning

Trying Together

Position Types:
  • Data Science
  • Database Creation
  • CRM Management

velo.ai

Position Types:
  • Event Operations
  • Social Media Management
  • Website Design

Welly Bottle

Position Types:
  • Website Management
  • Social Media Management
  • Communications

Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

Position Types:
  • Data Science
  • Data Management

Wilkinsburg Land Bank

Position Type:
  • Data Science

World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh

Position Types:
  • Operations
  • Process Improvement
  • Marketing and Communications

Xpogo, LLC

Position Types:
  • Data and Sales Analysis
  • Social Media Management

Youth Enrichment Services

Position Types:
  • Youth Engagement
  • STEM Education