[bioundgrd] FW: Apply Now! IAP 2022 Social Impact Internships via the PKG Center

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From: Jill Bassett <jbassett at mit.edu<mailto:jbassett at mit.edu>>
Subject: Please share with UGs: Apply Now! IAP 2022 Social Impact Internships via the PKG Center
Date: November 17, 2021 at 3:46:04 PM EST
Hello! Here’s our most updated list of IAP and summer paid social impact internships. Please share with your UGs. Thank you. Jill

Jill S. Bassett
Associate Dean + Director
PKG Center for Public Service<https://pkgcenter.mit.edu/>
MIT
617-216-8233 (cell)

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IAP & Summer 2022 Social Impact Internships
November 17, 2021
Still looking for an IAP internship? Look no further! Apply now for a paid Social Impact Internship through the PKG Center! You're eligible to apply if you're a currently enrolled undergraduate with US work authorization. We encourage you to apply ASAP, as employers are reviewing applications on a rolling basis.

If you have questions about your eligibility or our positions, please feel free to reach out tostudentworker at mit.edu<mailto:studentworker at mit.edu>.

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Racial Justice

Digital Art Intern<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=3979ad2c21&e=0920844901> Bennett College (IAP)
What better way to signal 21st Century reinvention and reimagination than to add interactive digital art to a campus? The Digital Art Intern will design and create a prototype interactive digital art piece/ installation that conveys that Bennett College, a historically Black institution, is a campus that is future-focused and that cares about the health and wellbeing of students, faculty and staff.
Application Deadline: November 30th, 2021

Children's Mental Health Data Analyst<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=d11efe9139&e=0920844901> Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (IAP)
The Child, Youth, and Family Services Division of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health provides mental health services to youth with serious emotional disturbances and their families in Massachusetts. The intern will provide analytic support for a project examining outcomes for youth served by their therapeutic day services programs and whether differences exist in outcomes by youth race or ethnicity.
Application Deadline: December 1st, 2021

Additional Opportunities:
EdTech Equity Intern  (IAP<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=062e7f799f&e=0920844901>) (Summer<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=048bbbdf88&e=0920844901>) Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership
Application Deadline: November 26th, 2021 (IAP) and February 28th, 2022 (Summer)
Tech for Good Intern<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=6e3fe3c847&e=0920844901> Majira Project (Summer) Application Deadline: May 20th, 2022

Climate Change & Environment

Food Waste Schools Citizen Science Data Intern <https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=0ac396d0f9&e=0920844901> World Wildlife Fund (IAP)
WWF has created the largest and most comprehensive school food waste database in the country through its Food Waste Warriors program. They are now seeking an intern to make the database even more accessible so it can be used as an educational tool for students and schools everywhere, and to help inform broader policy discussions around institutionalizing food waste measurement and mitigation for schools.
Application Deadline: November 30th, 2021

Food Waste Data Innovation Intern <https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=aceb1c8601&e=0920844901> World Wildlife Fund (IAP)
This internship provides a very rare opportunity for students to work with city waste data and data from private sector entities from aggregated and anonymized data sets. The goal of this internship is to help develop a scalable and uniform way of collecting, normalizing, analyzing and running comparative analysis of public data sets across cities/regions to show measured progress against food waste reduction targets. This work will help the US and companies meet their commitments to reduce food loss and waste by 50% by 2030, in line with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal.
Application Deadline: November 30th, 2021

Food Waste DEI Innovation Intern<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=3b8a9bd4d3&e=0920844901> World Wildlife Fund (IAP)
Over the last year, the Food Waste Team at WWF has developed tools and resources that will help embed Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion across their work. They are seeking an intern to help operationalize these resources by developing workflow and automations in a cloud-based tool to guide and prompt team members to transparently and consistently integrate DEI principles and safeguards into their work.
Application Deadline: November 30th, 2021

Environmental Health Equity Research Analyst<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=c09df1ec24&e=0920844901> Florida Institute for Health Innovation (IAP)
Are you passionate about creating healthy and sustainable communities? Then join the Florida Institute for Health Innovation as they research and develop the Florida Environmental Health Data Repository. The project will help address significant gaps in environmental health hazard data in underserved communities with exacerbated health inequity and depleted resources that have been affected by natural disasters.
Application Deadline: November 30th, 2021

Climate and Heat Health Task Force Intern<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=75baa3716e&e=0920844901> Miami-Dade County (IAP)
Extreme city heat disproportionately impacts low-income communities of color. With the number of oppressive heat days increasing and city reliance on air conditioning, there is growing potential for heat-related emergencies. Work with the world's first Heat Officer to conduct research about the risks and likelihood of a heat-related emergency in Miami-Dade County for the cutting edge Climate and Heat Health Task Force.
Application Deadline: November 30th, 2021

Additional Opportunities:
Climate Action Plan Intern<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=b263e47c10&e=0920844901> Bennett College (IAP) Application Deadline: November 30th, 2021
Green Labs Research Associate<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=d972f03be0&e=0920844901> Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (IAP) Application Deadline: November 30th, 2021
Sustainability Marketing Associate<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=fa391a530b&e=0920844901> Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (IAP) Application Deadline: November 30th, 2021
Climate Innovation Intern<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=a7f3f68ddc&e=0920844901> City of Miami Beach (IAP) Application Deadline: December 1st, 2021
Software Engineering and Web Development Intern Conservation X Labs (IAP<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=73c311752e&e=0920844901> and Summer<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=bd8df8f513&e=0920844901>) Application Deadline: December 3rd, 2021 (IAP) and April 1st, 2022 (Summer)
Clean Energy Research Intern<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=3a36601907&e=0920844901> Northwest RiverPartners (Summer) Application Deadline: February 28th, 2022
Data Analysis Intern<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=767fe445a1&e=0920844901> Charles River Watershed Association (Summer) Application Deadline: March 31st, 2022
Watershed Science Intern<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=b5ea957b36&e=0920844901> Charles River Watershed Association (Summer) Application Deadline: March 31st, 2022
Transportation and Planning Intern<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=cb4a7e34d6&e=0920844901> WalkBoston (Summer) Application Deadline: April 30th, 2022

Tech, Data & Research

Grant Impact Assessment Analyst<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=a846c4685a&e=0920844901> Community Foundation of North Central MA (IAP)
The Community Foundation of North Central MA is seeking an intern to assist in developing a workable approach to monitoring grantee progress in order to gain insights into what approaches are most affective in addressing challenges and opportunities. This internship is part of a larger mission to promote philanthropy in this region and to support philanthropists in investing in the communities and causes they care passionately about.
Application Deadline: December 1st, 2021

Performance Analytics Intern<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=120b5884f0&e=0920844901> Executive Office of Administration and Finance (IAP)
The Operational Services Division is looking to for an intern who will work alongside a team lead to recommend, gather, and implement a data model to integrate the procurement, accounting and vendor management database tables for the department. This is a great opportunity to flex your data skills, while building a greater understanding and appreciation for purchasing decisions.
Application Deadline: December 17th, 2021

Additional Opportunities:
Business Development Intern<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=fe0b0eb7fb&e=0920844901> Seeding Labs (Summer) Application Deadline: December 17th, 2021
Back-end Web Developer<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=8430555bbd&e=0920844901> The Coding School (IAP) Application Deadline: December 27th, 2021
Data Analyst Intern<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=5fd4b162bc&e=0920844901> The Coding School (IAP) Application Deadline: December 28th, 2021
Analytics and Transparency Intern<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=92326292e4&e=0920844901> Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Summer) Application Deadline: February 28th, 2022

Health & Medicine

COVID-19 Intern<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=9fc333433d&e=0920844901> CDC Foundation (IAP)
The CDC Foundation is playing a key role in the COVID-19 response particularly through health equity initiatives to ensure equitable access and utilization of the COVID-19 vaccine. They are seeking interns with diverse skillsets to support their efforts including data analysis and visualizations, data modeling, presentation and communications development, and more.
Application Deadline: November 29th, 2021

Delivery System Reform & Data Science Intern<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=de362bff8e&e=0920844901> Maine Department of Health and Human Services (IAP)
This internship will work within the Delivery System Reform (DSR) unit to improve the quality of care and the efficiency of the health care delivery system for members of MaineCare, Maine's Medicaid program. The goal will be to help create a database in order to provide analysis for monitoring the quality of care received. This is a great opportunity for a student with strong analytic skill and data visualization skills!
Application Deadline: November 30th, 2021

Public Health Intern<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=84d0ab74ab&e=0920844901> Bennett College (IAP)
Interested in how data and research can inform policies related to public health? Work with Bennett College as they confront issues related to public health on campus and the greater community, including COVID-19. The intern will play a key role in the development and execution of special projects for the College related to public health.
Application Deadline: November 30th, 2021

Medical Oxygen Engineering Program<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=041cf83a0a&e=0920844901> Build Health International (IAP)
BHI is committed to health equity, working to develop quality health infrastructure in areas that lack access to vital facilities. BHI's medical oxygen program is rapidly growing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and they seek to better understand design standards, building codes, and installation of medical oxygen systems. Through this project, the intern will work directly with architects and engineers in the field and learn about the complexities, challenges, and rewards of building healthcare infrastructure in low-resource communities.
Application Deadline: November 30th, 2021

Additional Opportunities:
Communications Intern<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=9b0e8a976e&e=0920844901> Massachusetts Commission for the Blind (IAP) Application Deadline: December 1st, 2021
Social Determinants of Health Policy Fellow<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=9bfd1aaf56&e=0920844901> MassHealth (Summer) Application Deadline: February 28th, 2022
Performance and Reporting Intern<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=8879448a90&e=0920844901> MassHealth (Summer) Application Deadline: February 28th, 2022
Healthcare Reform/ACO Intern<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=680cf3460a&e=0920844901> MassHealth (Summer) Application Deadline: April 1st, 2022

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How to Find a Social Impact Internship

The PKG Center advertises all of our Social Impact Internships on MIT Handshake<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=f26f09b936&e=0920844901>. Our internships are also listed on the new ELx platform<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=d947c96f8b&e=0920844901>, which provides links to apply on MIT Handshake. To search for Social Impact Employment positions on Handshake, use the filter feature:

1. Scroll down to the “Labeled by Your School” field
2. Select “PKG funding eligible” to find eligible funded social impact internship (federal work study-eligible positions will be labeled with a "federal work study eligible" tag)
3. Apply directly on Handshake

Watch this 2-minute video on how to search for internships using labels on Handshake<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=42b52cc484&e=0920844901>. To apply for a position, follow the instructions in the posting on Handshake.

Note: Host sites will be screening applicants on a rolling basis, so please apply to internships ASAP. Application deadlines listed are subject to change.

Additional PKG Opportunities

IDEAS Chat & Chew-Approaching a Theory of Change<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=141f0545fb&e=0920844901>
November 19, 2021 2:00-3:00

Info Session: PKG Connect & PKG CIFI<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=e813b47c3d&e=0920844901>
November 30, 2021 7:00
& December 3, 2021 12:00

IDEAS Proposal Writing Workshop<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=4555c8f4e6&e=0920844901>
December 1, 2021 6:00-7:30

PKG Spring Break Info Session<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=403711b2c6&e=0920844901>
December 2, 2021 3:00,
December 7, 2021 7:00,
& December 10, 2021 12:00

To stay updated on further PKG opportunities, visit us at https://pkgcenter.mit.edu<https://mit.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbfcbe5f8114f808637f837c4&id=062f4a1c1f&e=0920844901>.

Happy to help.
If you have questions about PKG Social Impact Internships, please reach out to studentworker at mit.edu<mailto:studentworker at mit.edu?subject=Newsletter%20Questions>.

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