US/ICOMOS seeks organisations to host international cultural heritage interns in 2020

The US/ICOMOS International Exchange Program (IEP) is a professional development internship that has been running since 1984. In that time, over 700 students and young/emerging professionals have participated in the US and 70 other countries around the world. In 2019, fifteen participants representing seven nations interned with six hosts in the US and three other nations. It is a transformative experience, both professionally and personally.

The program is hand-built each year by the IEP Committee, comprised of Trustees Caroline Cheong, Ellen Delage, Zoe Leung, Darwina Neal, and Brian Michael Lione. Applications for Hosts are reviewed by the Committee. The average cost to host an intern in the US is $7700 for the 12-week summer. This cost covers the orientation and closing sessions in DC, room and board, and travel for each intern. The cost to be a Host can be reduced if a Host can cover some or all of the cost (free housing is a popular option for many hosts).

The deadline for Host applications is 11 January 2019.

Full information is available on the website at http://usicomos.org/internship/host-organizations/.