FAQs: Capstone For Clients
Students in international specializations across the degree programs are given the opportunity to travel to conduct intensive field work for an outside organization. International site visits typically take place during the students' winter break during late December to late January (their January intercession) when they are not in class.
What is the program timeline for the 2024-25 application cycle?
You must complete and submit a project proposal for consideration. Proposals must be submitted online through the electronic application.
Submitted proposals are first vetted for feasibility and fit within Capstone's guidelines and NYU Wagner's learning objectives and curricular areas of focus. Then, approved proposals are distributed to the Capstone faculty for review, who may contact prospective clients for clarification on the scope of projects.
Each student team will develop and negotiate a scope-of-work agreement with the client once its proposal has been selected. The project team will use its best efforts to perform the services described in the work plan and will inform the client of any potential problems which would change the scope of services.
We receive more proposals than we have student teams. As a result, there is no guarantee that a proposal will be chosen by a student team. However, if your project is not chosen, you will be given the opportunity to convert the project into an internship opportunity for Wagner students.
All Capstone clients must designate one person in their agency who will act as the project liaison and a back-up person in case of a change in circumstances that prevents the original liaison from continuing in the role. Project liaisons are expected to act as the main organizational contact to the Capstone Team and to respond to the Capstone Team as appropriate.
The Request for Proposals (RFP) for the 2022-23 academic year opened on March 7, 2022.
The application deadline for the 2022-23 academic year is Thursday, June 30, 2022.
The final work product is typically owned by the Capstone client organization.
An engagement fee of $5,000 is suggested for chosen projects. NYU Wagner recognizes there will be organizations for which this fee may be prohibitive. In these cases, the fee may be adjusted to reflect the resources available to each agency. Your application will be reviewed on its merits, not your organization's ability to pay.
The best Capstone proposals are important but not urgent; achievable within the academic time frame and with the resources available; provide a clear definition of the problem or issue to be addressed; have a realistic scope; and specify tangible deliverables for the Capstone team to provide.
Selected Capstone clients are invited to attend a Capstone Client Breakfast meeting in October and our Capstone Expo in early May. As part of the Capstone Expo, each Capstone Team will be required to write an abstract and create a visual presentation that describes the project's purpose, methodology, key insights and recommendations.