The William Donald Schaefer Internship Program enables Maryland School of Public Policy students to receive compensation for unpaid internships and expands students' opportunities for experienced-based learning in nonprofit, community-based, and governmental organizations.

Students enrolled full-time at the Maryland School of Public Policy may spend up to one academic semester working part-time, or one summer working full-time, on projects that allow them to apply the analytical skills they gain in class to challenges faced by non-profit, governmental, and community-based organizations. The students are paid for their work from the fund established for the William Donald Schaefer Chair.

To apply for the Schaefer Internship Program, download the application (PDF) and submit it to C. Bryan Kempton, Director for Career Services and Alumni Relations. Rolling deadlines exist for Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 semester internships. The deadline for Summer 2009 internships is Friday, April 10, 2009.

To date, the William Donald Schaefer Internship Program has provided over 130 students with the opportunity to work at professionally rewarding organizations, including:

AFL-CIO
American Enterprise Institute
Archdiocese of Washington, Office of Justice and Service
Brookings Institution – Saban Center
Center for Community Change
Center for Policy Alternatives
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute
Chester River Association
Children's Environmental Health Network
Coalition for Smarter Growth
Community Preservation and Development Corporation
Community Wealth Ventures, Inc
Congressional Research Service
Consumer Energy Council of America
Council on Foreign Relations
Crownsville Conservancy
Department of Comprehensive Planning for Worchester County (MD)
Ecoagriculture Partners
Education for Peace in Iraq
FINCA International
Friends of the Earth
Gateway Community Development Corporation
Howard County (MD) Council
Innovations in Civic Participation
Institute for Women's Policy Research
International Adoption Fund
International Business Initiatives
International Labour Organization
Justice Policy Institute
Maryland Budget and Tax Policy Institute
Maryland Center for Community Development
Maryland Municipal League
Maryland-National Capitol Park and Planning Commission
Montgomery County (MD) Department of Health and Human Services
Montgomery County (MD) Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Montgomery County (MD) Office of Budget and Management
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
National Academy of Social Insurance
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
National Coalition against Domestic Violence
National Coalition for the Homeless
National Council for Science and the Environment
National Council of Jewish Women
National Wildlife Federation
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Organization of American States
Planned Parenthood of Greater Northern New Jersey
Psychologists for Social Responsibility
Refugee Works
Renewable Energy Policy Project
Save America's Forests
Smart Growth Alliance
State of Maryland, Department of Planning
State of Maryland, Office of Budget Analysis
Student Partnership Worldwide
Surface Transportation Policy Project
U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
U.S. Department of State
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Michael Castle (R-1st-DE)
U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Raul M. Grijalva (D-7th-AZ)
U.S. House of Representatives, International Relations Committee
U.S. House of Representatives, Veterans Affairs Committee
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
U.S. Senate, Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
U.S. Senate, Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD)
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre
United Nations Development Program
United Way of Central Maryland/Maryland State Association of United Ways
World Affairs Council
Youth Service America