The Pitt Business Career Internship Scholarship Program
The Purpose of the Fund
The Pitt Business Career Internship Scholarship Program (PBCIS) was established in 2001 to enable Pitt Business students to accept challenging business internships that prepare them as outstanding business leaders in the global business environment. Internships are awarded at a variety of organizations, including large, well-established companies, small and medium-sized businesses, startups and young companies, and nonprofits.
Pitt Business interns will complete a 10-week internship over the summer that ranges from 10-20 hours/week. Participating students will receive a stipend of $3,000.
There are two ways for students to engage with the Scholarship.
- Students who have already secured an unpaid business internship for Academic Year 2026-2027 can apply for the scholarship to receive funding for their internship. Apply here!
- Pitt Business partners with local companies to source internships for students to apply to and is funded through the scholarship. To find these internships, search “PBCIS” in Handshake’s Job section.
For information or questions regarding available internships, students should contact Lindsay Fera, Internship Manager.
Please note the Scholarship is taxable. If selected, you will complete a W9 and will receive a 1099 the following year. Additional scholarship funds may affect your financial aid package. If you have any questions about how your award might affect your financial aid, please reach out to the financial aid office. https://financialaid.pitt.edu/contact-us/
Have an unpaid internship for Academic Year 2026-2027? Apply here!
Organization Qualifications
Participating organizations must complete a short application survey that describes the internship opening at their company, their needs for the upcoming summer, and what type of student they are seeking.
The organization must:
- Be an incorporated (Inc., LLC, LLP, etc.) entity
- Have an employee designated as supervisor to the intern
- Agree to complete a signed Learning Agreement, midway performance appraisal, and a final performance appraisal
- Provide the intern with a written hire letter for the internship position
- The job must be a challenging position within the intern’s field of interest. The job must contain no less than 80% professional work in either Accounting, Finance, Global Management, Human Resources, Marketing, BIS, and/or Supply Chain Management
- Provide the intern with a written and signed job description
*Additional Company Qualifications
- Once a student intern is selected, the student must apply through the student application link. The student is pre-approved given the student meets the described student qualifications.
- Career Development reserves the right to limit the scholarship amount allotted to students interning at any company.
- Career Development agrees to source interns for a company to the best of their ability.
