APR Internships

Discuss plans with your principal supervisor to gain their support and advice on organisations/projects that might be a good fit for your research and career interests.
Check you meet the specified eligibility criteria for the APR.Intern project(s) you are interested in. Your supervisor will also complete an assessment to check you meet minimum Griffith eligibility criteria, using the ‘Fitness to Practice Checklist’, including:

• You have passed your confirmation milestone
• All your milestones are up to date
• You are progressing well in your program and on track for a timely submission
• Your supervisory team is supportive of the internship
• The internship must be for more than 30 days.

You and/or your supervisor should liaise with your Academic Group Internships Representative to discuss potential internship opportunities, seek advice, or seek assistance with the above:

• Griffith Business School: GBSInternships@griffith.edu.au
• Griffith Sciences: wil-gs@griffith.edu.au
• Griffith Health: health-dean-research@griffith.edu.au
• Arts, Education and Law: ael-dean-research@griffith.edu.au

Once your eligibility to undertake an internship has been confirmed, you can apply for available internship opportunities via the APR.Intern website. Your application will be considered by APR.Intern.

As part of your application, you must fill out the ‘APR.Intern – Student Approval Form’ available on the APR.Intern website. This form must be signed by your principal supervisor, and in cases where your principal supervisor does not intend to act as your Academic Mentor, you should also identify an appropriate Academic Mentor, if possible.

You can find resume examples and other career planning resources which may help with your application on the Careers and Employment website.

Shortlisted applicants will be contacted for an interview with APR.Intern and the prospective internship provider.

If successful in your application and interview, you will meet the internship providers and APR.Intern to negotiate project details before commencing. APR.Intern will then forward you a copy of your internship agreement.

You must complete the internship service request via myGriffith and attach the completed fitness to practice checklist (from your supervisor), and your complete APR.Intern agreement signed by you.  You can find the service request by logging into  myGriffith and navigating to My program >  My Candidate Centre >  Milestones.

GGRS will coordinate the approval of your internship via your supervisor, your Academic Group Internships Representative, the Dean (Research) and the Dean (GGRS). Once approved, your Academic Group Internships Representative will liaise with APR.Intern to fully execute the agreement. APR.Intern will then manage all administrative requirements of your internship.

During your placement, your Academic Group Internships Representative and your APR.Intern facilitator will check in with you to monitor progress and to offer guidance that may assist you in ensuring successful completion of the internship.

At the end of your internship, APR.Intern will forward your final report to your Academic Group Internships Representative for processing and coordinating Dean (Research) consideration (via GGRS). Your candidate record will then be updated to reflect your successful internship activity.

Yes, to participate in an APR.Intern Internship, you need to be a PhD candidate.

No, as the work produced during the internship will be owned by the organisation you are placed with, the project cannot be directly related to your PhD project and cannot be used in your thesis. The internship can however be in the same discipline as your PhD project.

Yes, your principal supervisor needs to support you undertaking an internship during your candidature as an optional activity and needs to confirm that you will still be able to complete in a timely manner.  The Dean (Research) will approve the internship as a component of your PhD program based on the recommendation of your supervisor.

Candidates in an APR.Intern internship will receive a scholarship stipend of $3000 per month

If you are in receipt of a GUPRS, RTP and GUIAPRS your scholarship payments may continue whilst you are receiving the APR.Intern stipend of $3,000 per month during the internship, providing you have sufficient scholarship tenure remaining. If you hold any other type of scholarship please contact the GGRS scholarships team for further advice.

A request for extension of scholarship needs to be in form of a service request through myGriffith when the scholarship is close to expiry. You can list the internship as a reason for needing an extension to the scholarship for the equivalent period.

GUPRS , RTP and GUIAPRS holders can participate in internships if they are an approved component of your PhD program – so the nine hour paid employment condition does not apply. If you hold any other type of scholarship please contact the GGRS scholarships team for advice.

Ideally, your Academic Mentor would be your primary supervisor, however depending on the specific requirements of your internship, you and your supervisor may wish for another academic to be your Academic Mentor.

Usually internships are undertaken on a full-time basis during business hours. In some situations, part-time projects can be accommodated if the right industry match can be found. Please note that if you are a candidate who does not hold Australian Citizenship or Permanent Residency, you must check that the terms and conditions of your visa will permit you to undertake the internship.

No, you will remain enrolled or under examination for the duration of the internship.

Yes, you can undertake an internship during the examination period. Your internship must be completed prior to the conferral of your degree.

If you are in receipt of a GUPRS, RTP or GUIAPRS, your scholarship payments will cease upon thesis submission and therefore will not continue during the post-submission internship.

The internship period can range from 3 to 5 months and will be specified in the internship advertisement. They are usually not more than four months in duration.