Scholarship, internship, teachership

Q: What is the difference between Scholarships, internships, and fellowships?


Fellowship :
- Money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research
- Position or money given by a university or college to a graduate student to enable him to continue studying.


Internship:
- Employment a student (especially of medicine) takes to gain experience for a qualification.
- A program in which college students work in supervised professional settings relevant to their course of study. Usually it is an unpaid position.
- A period of apprenticeship when students work off-campus, under supervision, in a school, factory, hospital, business, laboratory, or government agency or program. It also allows students to learn practical applications of classroom material.


Scholarship:
- Financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit
- An award that does not usually have to be paid back. A scholarship is usually awarded to students who demonstrate or show promise of high achievement in an area such as academics, athletics, music, art or other disciplines.
- Money that is usually given to a student who has achievements in a variety of areas, not just academics.
- A type of financial aid grant. Organizations may give scholarships according to academic achievement, financial need, or any other basis. Usually there is a competitive application process.


There are also,

Teaching assistant:

- A graduate student in a university or college who is awarded a fellowship that provides him or her with financial aid in exchange for teaching duties. Also called teaching fellow.

Assistantship :
- A study grant of financial aid offered by graduate programs in return for certain services in teaching or laboratory supervision
- A paid graduate appointment that requires part-time teaching or research duties. Offered by Ball State offices and departments, these positions usually include a fee scholarship too.
- A University-administered stipend awarded by an academic or service unit to an appointed graduate student who is enrolled in a program leading to a graduate degree. Assistants are apprentices in the profession and assist in doing part of the work of the department, teaching or research or service.
- Student employment, usually referring to departmental research assistance or student teaching.

teaching fellow:
- a graduate student with teaching responsibilities