CAPAL will award 3 scholarships to outstanding APA college undergraduate and graduate students who will be serving in unpaid public service internships (non-profit or government) in the Washington DC area for the summer. The scholarships are intended to enable outstanding APA scholars with leadership potential to work full-time and learn about ways to influence public policy in their local communities. Recipients of the CAPAL scholarships are responsible for securing their own public service internships.
SunTrust Scholarship (2)
$3000 stipend and $1000 housing/travel stipend
(preference to students with financial need)
Asha Jaini Scholarship
$2000 stipend
What makes CAPAL’s scholarship program unique?
Each CAPAL Scholar is required to research, propose, present, and implement a Community Action Plan (CAP) to benefit her/his local community upon return from the summer internship. Each CAPAL Scholar must choose a topic relating to an important APA issue of her/his choice and develop a project that will assist, educate, or inspire others on this topic. By the end of the summer program, each CAPAL Scholar must present her/his CAP to CAPAL members and other interested parties in the DC area. Mentoring will be provided to CAPAL Scholars for support and guidance in the development of their CAPs. Following the internship, CAPAL Scholars must provide a written update and a short assessment report on the implementation of their CAPs. Some recent examples of CAPs created by CAPAL scholars include:
- Launch of the mentorship program for incoming APA students at Cornell University.
- Launch of a student-run academic journal dedicated to issues facing Asian Americans at Harvard University.
- Launch of a student-run non-profit organization at the University of California, Berkeley, with the mission of educating the public about human trafficking.
