Welcome to the Virginia Commonwealth STEM Industry Internship Program (CSIIP)

With an increasing demand for skilled STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) workers in Virginia, the development of efficient pathways between undergraduate students pursuing STEM degrees and industry has become an urgent need. With support from the Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) in partnership with Virginia’s Regional Technology Councils, and in collaboration with Virginia companies, Virginia colleges, and community colleges, has created the Commonwealth STEM Industry Internship Program (CSIIP). CSIIP links undergraduate STEM students to paid summer internship positions with companies throughout Virginia.
CSIIP offers a one-stop, centralized, online internship application system that provides Virginia's undergraduate STEM majors the ability to search and apply for STEM-related (summer/fall/spring) paid internship opportunities with participating Virginia-based companies that can search our database of prescreened student applications for specific skills, experience, educational background, interests and desired work locations to find the best possible candidates for their paid summer internships. Companies select students, make offers, and employ interns directly.  

Important Internship Highlights

There is no cost for students or companies to utilize this online service.
Please use the appropriate link Students, Companies or Colleges for program access.
CSIIP has the strong support of the Center for Innovative Technology and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

PROGRAM GOALS

  1. Provide Virginia’s undergraduate students with paid internships to explore career goals, apply classroom theory in the work place, and hone their skills on real-world projects.
  2. Develop an active online venuewhere students can find the right opportunities, and industries can evaluate and train the right candidates for potential future employment.
  3. Stimulate student interest in future employment within the Virginia industrial community.
  4. Facilitate access for Virginia industries to highly qualified interns.
  5. Foster relationships among Virginia industry, the State’s Regional Technology Councils, and Virginia universities, colleges, and community colleges.
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