2025 Applications
This program has garnered tremendous interest from students. Applications are now closed while positions are being filled.
PROGRAM
AI for the Commonwealth is a student internship program jointly managed by the Center for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in the Manning College of Information and Computer Science (CICS) and the Public Interest Technology Initiative (PIT@UMass).
During this 16-week paid internship, we bring together talented UMass CICS undergraduate students, state institutions, and UMass mentors to apply cutting edge generative AI to solve real-world challenges for Massachusetts institutions and communities.
Partners & Projects
This program is in partnership with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Technology Services and Security (EOTSS).
Potential projects leverage generative AI to streamline operations and improve the delivery of services and programs for Massachusetts institutions and residents, including customer support, permit and license inquiries, regulatory document consulting, RFI responses summarizing, and more.
Participants
Open to both rising junior and senior undergraduate students in UMass Amherst CICS, applicants are evaluated based on alignment with state institution interests and projects, academic performance, teamwork, leadership, communication, and other professional skills.
Mentored by full-time faculty and staff, selected students are responsible for collaborating with stakeholders to define and implement AI solutions tailored to their problems, such as coding, testing and debugging programs for data engineering, data analytics, and machine learning.