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Dream Service Incentive Grant (DSIG)
DSIG is a California student-aid incentive grant connected to approved community or volunteer service; it is not wages from an employer. Eligibility and award requirements apply. Review the current CSULB DSIG page, confirm eligibility, select an approved opportunity, and follow the application and payment-request steps.
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Parker Dewey micro-internships
Parker Dewey offers flexible, paid, short-term professional projects. Students can explore a field, apply skills to a real project, produce a work sample when permitted, and build professional relationships. Review each project’s eligibility, payment, location, and contractor terms before applying.
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Forage job simulations
Forage offers self-paced job simulations that can help you practice tasks and understand work performed by participating organizations. These simulations are not paid employment, but they may help you build skills and discuss your learning in career materials.
Explore CSULB Forage job simulations
Research with faculty
Faculty research, scholarly, and creative projects can build critical thinking, communication, technical, and project-management skills. Opportunities may be volunteer-based, offered for course credit, or paid through grant funds. Ask faculty about their work and explore CSULB undergraduate research programs across colleges and disciplines.
Explore CSULB undergraduate and graduate research programs
For every opportunity, ask: What is it? How do I apply? Who is eligible? Is it paid, grant-funded, for credit, or unpaid? What skills, contacts, and work samples could I gain?
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