FAQ
Over the past few years, CAS recieved an average of ~115 applications and awarded ~75 students--a ~65% award rate. Because award amounts are variable, we are not able to predict how many awards will be given this year, but all students are encouraged to apply, just in case! The waitlist does tend to move quickly as students' plans change. If you're not awarded funding from CAS, your application will be forwarded to the Career Center for further consideration through their funding process.
If you've applied to multiple internships, great! You are on top of things! You'll be asked on the application to fill out the Internship Information section for each internship you wish to apply for funding for. This is to ensure your application is routed to all of the awards it is eligible for (some department awards have requirements that the internship be related to the major/minor, so if you're a History major applying to the Vermont Historical Society and CitiBank, your Vermont Historical Society internship will be considered by the History Dept. but your CitiBank internship will be considered for CAS-wide funding). Any questions about this process should be sent to cas.internships@uvm.edu and we will do our best to help!
Great work! We're happy for you. However, we can only award each student one time--while you may have multiple positions, you are still only one person with one apartment and one mouth to feed. Your income from both internships will be added up and your award tier will be adjusted accordingly to ensure the maximum number of students can benefit from summer funding. Thank you for being honest about your need!
Students on the waitlist will be contacted between May 10 and June 1 as students withdraw from the process. This most commonly occurs if students land a paid internship, if their internship plans fall through, or if they recieve funding from another source. Students waitlisted from CAS funding are also considered for the Career Center funding automatically.
CAS is only able to provide funding that will bring students up to the maximum expected expense for the "aid term" of 3 months--$4,000.
You should apply for CAS funding if one or more of your majors is in CAS! CAS students who apply here will automatically be considered for Career Center funding if they do not get awarded by CAS, so please only submit the one application to CAS.
If you're not awarded funding from CAS, your application will be forwarded to the Career Center for further consideration through their funding process. Any questions about this can be sent to Kristen Andrews at Kristen.Andrews@uvm.edu.