The Campus Internship Development Fund (CIDF) provides temporary monies to UW-Seattle departments for the purpose of hiring UW-Seattle students into high-quality, short-term internship positions. The program was started in 2018 and has provided funding for over 200 interns since its inception.
This page provides more information for current and prospective departments about the program, application process, supervisory resources, hours reporting, and program evaluations. If you have any questions about participation in the CIDF program, please email the CIDF Program Manager at uwcidf@uw.edu.
- Opportunities to learn outside the classroom are a critical component of a college education. Internships are a powerful mechanism for students to develop their skills, expand their network, fine-tune their career goals, and enhance their post-collegiate employability. Student demand for high-quality, easily accessible internships outweighs supply.
- Therefore, the primary goal of the Campus Internship Development Fund is to increase student access to these pivotal professional learning experiences. The secondary purpose is to provide UW departments with a cost-effective way to leverage Husky talent in support of unit goals.
- 2018-19 Academic Year – 30 interns funded in 28 departments. Learn more on our 18-19 infographic.
- 2019-20 Academic Year – 45 interns funded in 37 departments. Learn more on our 19-20 infographic.
- 2020-21 Academic Year – 31 interns funded in 30 departments. Learn more on our 20-21 infographic.
- 2021-22 Academic Year – 51 interns funded in 49 departments. Learn more on our 21-22 infographic.
- 2022-23 Academic Year – 38 interns funded in 34 departments. Learn more on our 22-23 infographic.
- 2023-24 Academic Year – 43 interns funded in 35 departments. Learn more on our 23-24 infographic.
- The application for the 2025-2026 academic year is open until 11:59pm on Monday, April 21, 2025. Eligible units can access the application via the Call for Proposals email they received.
- Intern managers can learn more about how to structure, recruit, and manage an effective internship program from our Creating an Internship website.
- Current CIDF Managers can access template position descriptions, the learning agreement, mid-quarter and final evaluations, and program documents in our shared OneDrive folder here.
- As of the 2023-2024 academic year, units no longer need to report intern hours worked. The Career & Internship Center team will pull that information once we receive the intern hire details.
- As the CIDF program continues to grow, your input is vital to ensure we are running this program as effectively as possible. We ask our interns and managers to complete a program evaluation at the conclusion of their internships. You can access the program evaluation here.
