General Resources for AAP Students

Career Development

AAP Connect is available for resume and cover letter advice, career counseling and advising, and provides access to workshops and alumni panels on a wide range of topics such as interview skills and general professional expectations. Cornell Career Services hosts Cornell Handshake, an online database of internship and job opportunities.

General Resources 

Resume Building

Before you can apply to jobs and internships, all students need to be able to create a stunning resume that tells their professional story and captures education, accomplishments, skills, and interests. The purpose of a resume is to get the person reading it interested enough to want to meet you and to get you the interview.

Don't have a resume? No problem. Visit the following websites to start building your individualized resume! Make an appointment with AAP Connect to review your first draft. 

• Cornell Career Guide - an online guide to help you with your first steps on building a resume and crafting a cover letter.
• Resume Purpose 
• Optimal Resume - an online comprehensive tool to develop, create, manage, and share your professional credentials - whatever your career goals.
• Top architecture resumes
• Guidelines for art resumes or 2020 Guide to art resumes
• American Planning Association resume guide
• Issuu - an online digital publishing platform. You can search for architecture, art, and urban planning resumes and portfolios

Crafting a Cover Letter

A cover letter will almost always accompany a resume.  A cover letter provides an opportunity to explain how your experiences will benefit a potential employer. Make an appointment with AAP Connect to review your cover letter. 

What is the purpose of the cover letter?

A cover letter tells the reader:

• who are you 
• explains why you are writing or applying for the job
• details why you are a good match for the organization and the position
• provides a sample of your written communications skills

Tailor your cover letter to:

• show specific needs of the employer and how you meet them
• persuade that your goals align with the organization's goals (mission) and/or projects and that your skills align with the position requirements

Jump to:

• Architecture Resources
• Art Resources
• City and Regional Planning Resources
• Funding

Architecture Resources

• American Institute of Architects (AIA)  is the voice of the architectural profession and a resource for its members in service to society
• Archinect is a searchable list of architecture job opportunities
• Architizer lists jobs, people, projects, firms, and products
• The Collegiate Inventors Competition recognizes and rewards innovative inventions by full-time undergraduate and graduate students
• National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) helps licensure candidates and architects reach their career goals
• World-Architects provides job listings for architecture and landscape architecture firms from around the world

Art Resources

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Student Academy Awards, a national student film competition conducted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy Foundation
• Alliance of Artist Communities lists a large variety of international artist residencies and art related career opportunities
• Americans for the Arts offers a Connect Hub for job, internship, and networking information
• Anderson Ranch Arts Center offers summer and winter internship opportunities
• The Asian Cultural Council is a foundation supporting cultural exchange in the visual and performing arts between the U.S. and Asia and within the countries of Asia
• The Career Services Center of Fine Arts ad Visual Arts and the Career Services Center of Graphic and Digital Design focus on career advice and networking specific to students in these creative fields
• Guggenheim Museums Hilla Rebay International Fellowship offers an opportunity for a graduate student to train in the Curatorial Departments at both national and international Guggenheim Museums
• The Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship is a private grant awarded annually to graduate and post-graduate American students in the visual fine arts
• The Kress Conservation Fellowships provide $30,000 grants for one-year post-graduate internships in advanced fine arts conservation in European art at a museum or conservation research facility
• The Kress Institutional Fellowships in the History of European Art is a two-year research appointment in association with one of many foreign institutes
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art offers annual resident fellowships in art history to qualified graduate students at the predoctoral level as well as to postdoctoral researchers
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art's conservation and scientific research fellowship programs offer junior- and senior-level fellowships in conservation and scientific research
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art's summer internship and fellowship programs offer paid and unpaid internship and fellowship opportunities for college and graduate students interested in careers in art museums
• The National Gallery of Art Summer Internship Program provides opportunities for interns to work on projects directed by a gallery curator or department head
• The National Museum of Women in the Arts offers seasonal internships for those seeking valuable experience in the heart of Washington, DC
• New York Foundation for the Arts offers funding for artists' careers regardless of their stage of career
• Rate My Artist Residence helps artists find opportunities and share their previous artist residency experiences
• Residency Unlimited forges strategic partnerships with collaborating institutions to offer customized residencies designed to meet the individual needs of participating artists and curators
• SVA Career Development supports students and alumni in building their professional networks while providing them with the information and resources they need to prosper as creative professionals

Planning Resources

• American Planning Association helps beginning planners find job opportunities
• The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning helps students develop a better professional profile if they want to pursue a career in urban planning
• Cyburbia assists job seekers with field-related jobs within urban planning
• Cyber-Sierra Natural Resource Jobs helps individuals interested in employment in natural resource occupations, ecology, and environmental disciplines
• Environmental Careers assists individuals and employers alike, matching top candidates with premier environmental and green employers
• Federal Internship Directory provides information on fellowships and internships available during the school year as well as summer programs
• Govt Jobs is a database of government jobs including economic development, human resources, information technology, parks and recreation, planning, public health, and social services
• Green Corps' one-year, full-time, paid environmental leadership training program gives instruction and experience to 35 graduates that enable participants to launch an organizing and advocacy career.
• Job Hunting Comprehensive listings of job openings and internships in city, regional, and environmental planning, and architecture and landscape architecture
• Planetizen is a platform where starting planners can find jobs related to a specific field within planning
• PreserveNet features regularly updated professional employment and internship opportunities for those in the preservation industry and allied fields
• Student Conservations Association for internships focusing on conservation

Funding

• American Bar Foundation's Montgomery Summer Research Diversity Fellowship sponsors an annual program of summer research for undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds pursuing graduate study in social sciences
• The Association of Teachers of Japanese Bridging Project offers scholarships to American undergraduate students participating in study-abroad programs in Japan
• The American-Scandinavian Foundation offers funding to Scandinavians to undertake study or research programs (usually at the graduate level) in the U.S. for up to one year
• The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship program offers grants to undergraduate students, who are U.S. citizens and have limited financial means, to pursue academic studies abroad
• Blakemore Freeman Fellowships are awarded for one year of advanced level language study in East or Southeast Asia
• Boren Graduate Fellowships and Scholarships support students pursuing the study of languages, cultures in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East
• Brown and Caldwell Scholarships are offered to minority students and students in the field of sustainability
• The Casey Family Scholars Program was created to recognize outstanding scholarship by college students who have no family supporting their goals and efforts
• The DAAD German Studies Research Grant funds short-term research projects with an interdisciplinary perspective in either Germany or North America
• The Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest is an annual competition designed to challenge college students to analyze the urgent ethical issues confronting them in today's complex world
• The Fulbright Grant provides one year of academic study or independent research in one of 100 nations
• The Glamour Top Ten College Women Competition provides one prize of up to $20,000 to an outstanding college woman
• The Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership's Education for Sustainable Energy Development (ESED) scholarship supports outstanding students pursuing advanced studies in sustainable energy development
• IEFA is a resource with an extensive list of financial aid, college scholarship, and grant information for U.S. and international students wishing to study abroad
• The Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) Richard M. Weaver Fellowship pays tuition at the school attended by the recipient, a stipend of $5,000, and awards $1,000 in ISI books
• The Jacob K. Javits Fellowship fully funds tuition and fees and provides a stipend for up to four years of graduate study
• The John Gyles Education Awards are available for full-time undergraduate or graduate students in all fields of study
• The Killam Fellowship Program provides undergraduate students from the United States with the opportunity to spend one semester as an exchange student in Canada
• The Korean American Scholarship Foundation (KASF) is an organization established to help meet the financial needs of Korean-American students seeking higher education
• The Land Conservancy's Scholarship Program awards annual scholarships to students studying in the field of environmental science, natural resource management, conservation, horticulture, park administration, or a related field
• The Lemmermann Foundation offers scholarships in the classical studies and humanities to master's and doctoral students whose research is in Rome and the Roman culture of any historical period
• The Leopold Schepp Foundation awards educational scholarships to full-time undergraduate and graduate students who demonstrate a combination of fine character, academic excellence, and financial need
• The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation provides financial assistance with $1,000 to $12,500 one-year scholarships awarded annually
• The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship provides funding for minority students who are undergraduates, and are typically identified in the sophomore year and funded through the junior and senior years
• The National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Fellowship provides grants for U.S. Ph.D. scholars conducting humanities research in any country of Eurasia
• The National Italian-American Foundation Culture and Heritage Grant Awards are available to individuals or organizations pursuing projects to promote, research, educate, or preserve Italian-American culture, history, or heritage
• The Open Society Foundations award grants, scholarships, and fellowships throughout the year to individuals and organizations who have a vision and whose efforts will lead to lasting social change
• The Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America National Leadership Grant Program offers 10 to 12 merit-based scholarships ranging from $4,000 to $25,000
• The Roothbert Fund awards grants for undergraduate and graduate study in the United States and works to build fellowship among current and former grant recipients
• The Social Science Research Council's Dissertation Support Fellowships provide support to graduate students near completion of their doctoral programs in the social sciences and related fields
• The Swann Foundation seeks to award one fellowship annually (with a stipend of up to $5,000) to assist the fellow in his/her ongoing scholarly research and writing projects in the field of caricature and cartoon
• ThinkSwiss Scholarships support highly motivated and qualified U.S. and Canadian undergraduate and graduate students to get research experience or to participate in a summer school course in Switzerland
• The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship Program (VMFA) is committed to supporting professional artists as well as art and art history students who demonstrate exceptional creative ability in their chosen discipline
• The Air Force Aid Society's (AFAS) General Henry H. Arnold Education Grant Program provides grants to children of numerous members of the Air Force towards educational expenses including books and tuition

• Women's Research & Education Institute (WREI) awards annual fellowships to a select number of graduate students with a proven commitment to equity for women