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Aspen Institute Internship
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: vary by internship
The Aspen Institute has earned a reputation for gathering diverse, nonpartisan thought leaders, creatives, scholars, and members of the public to address some of the world's most complex problems. But the goal of these convenings is to have an impact beyond the conference room. They are designed to provoke, further, and improve actions taken in the real world. The Aspen Institute offers academic year and summer internships to undergraduates to support the research and work of dynamic impact areas, including (among others) education, energy & the environment, justice & civic identity, and security & global affairs.
National Deadline: vary according to position as listed on their "Careers" page, linked above
Association of American Medical Colleges Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
Disciplines: life sciences
Year: first-year|| sophomore || junior (can vary by institution)
Founded in 1876 and based in Washington, D.C., the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) is a not-for-profit association dedicated to transforming health care through innovative medical education, cutting-edge patient care, and groundbreaking medical research. Through its many programs and services, the AAMC strengthens the world's most advanced medical care by supporting the entire spectrum of education, research, and patient care activities conducted by our member institutions. This link provides clear, direct information on health science research opportunities at AAMC member institutions, which include close mentoring, stipends, and enrichment programs in addition to substantial research experiences.
National Deadline: vary by institution
American Bar Foundation Summer Diversity Research Fellowship
Disciplines: humanities and social sciences
Year: sophomore || junior
The American Bar Foundation sponsors a program of summer research fellowships to interest undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds in pursuing graduate study in the social sciences. The summer program is designed to introduce students to the rewards and demands of a research-oriented career in the field of law and social science. Located in Chicago, the American Bar Foundation is an independent nonprofit research institute dedicated to the study of law, legal institutions, and legal processes. The Foundation conducts empirically-based research on a broad range of civil and criminal justice issues, led by multidisciplinary resident research faculty with academic training in law, sociology, psychology, political science, economics, history, and anthropology. Many ABF Research Professors hold joint appointments at Chicago-area universities.
Four summer research fellowships will be awarded each year. Each student will be assigned to an American Bar Foundation Research Professor who will involve the student in the professor's research project and who will act as mentor during the student's tenure. The students also will participate in a series of seminars and field visits to acquaint them with the many facets of sociolegal research and the legal system. The students will work at the American Bar Foundation's offices in Chicago for 35 hours a week for a period of 8 weeks. Each student will receive a stipend of $3,600.
National Deadline: 21 January 2020
AEI Summer Internships
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: any undergraduate year
The American Enterprise Institute is a public policy think tank dedicated to defending human dignity, expanding human potential, and building a freer and safer world. A nonpartisan, nonprofit, 501(c)(3) educational organization, AEI welcomes approximately 70 undergraduate interns each summer, providing selected students with an opportunity to work directly with renowned scholars, economists, political scientists, and foreign policy specialists conducting research on today’s prominent public policy questions. The Institute provides an intellectually stimulating environment, rich with critical thinking, scholarship, and lively debate. The internships offer opportunities on the research side of the Institute (Economics, Health Care, Poverty Studies, Foreign and Defense Policy, Education, Politics and Public Opinion, Society and Culture) as well as on the business side (Executive Office, Development, Government Relations, External Affairs, Media Relations, Video Production, Accounting, Academic Programs, and Communications). Most successful candidates have at least a 3.5 GPA. Internships are unpaid although interns do receive breakfast and lunch in the AEI dining room and free access to all AEI conferences and events.
National Deadline: rolling applications
American Press Institute Summer Fellowship
Disciplines: journalism, professional writing, or related fields
Year: any undergraduate year || recent graduates
The American Press Institute (API), an educational nonprofit organization, aims to help the news media, especially local publishers and newspaper media, advance in the digital age. API offers a 12-week summer fellowship in Arlington, Virginia, for college students or recent graduates to contribute to and learn from the Institute's efforts to conduct research, convene thought leaders, create tools and publish insights that advance innovation and sustainability in journalism. The program is for students with high levels of initiative, analytical thinking and ambitious ideas about inventing future models of journalism. API Summer Fellows are involved in Press Institute programs while also completing a specific fellowship project they proposed during the application process. The fellowship includes a $7,500 stipend.
National Deadline: Summer 2020 tbd
Amgen Scholars Program
Disciplines: life sciences
Year: sophomore || junior || non-graduating senior
The Amgen Scholars Program provides selected undergraduate students with the opportunity to engage in a hands-on research experience at many of the world's leading educational institutions. The Program seeks to increase learning and networking opportunities for students committed to pursuing science or engineering careers and to spark the interest and broaden the perspective of students considering scientific careers. Ultimately, the Program aims to increase the number of students pursuing advanced training and careers in the sciences. A signature component of the summer program is a mid-summer symposium where students hear firsthand from leading scientists working in industry and academia. The US symposium is held in California and provides students with a valuable opportunity to discuss their research and network with other Amgen Scholars from across the nation.
The 10 participating institutions are California Institute of Technology Columbia University/Barnard College, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, National Institutes of Health, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, San Francisco, and Washington University in St. Louis. Each host institution has its own application process. You can apply to participate at as many host institutions as you are interested in as long as you meet the eligibility criteria. The application at each host institution requires, at a minimum, the submission of an official transcript, a letter of recommendation, and a personal statement or essay.
National Deadline: Each US host institution has its own application process, but the application deadline for all of the institutions is in early February, with the exception of the California Institute of Technology, for which the deadline is in mid-February.
Breakthrough Collaborative Teaching Fellows
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: any undergraduate year
Founded in 1978 in San Francisco, Breakthrough Collaborative has changed the lives of tens of thousands of students, utilizing a unique dual mission to increase academic opportunity for highly motivated, underserved students and put them on the trajectory of a successful college path; and inspire and develop the next generation of teachers and educational leaders. Breakthrough's innovative Students Teaching Students model serves two key constituencies: underserved, middle-school students and teaching fellows (the high school and college students) who teach and advise their middle school peers during multiple six-week academically rigorous summer sessions. A third and critical set of actors are our instructional coaches, professional educators drawn from public and private schools across the country, who supervise and guide teaching fellows as they embark on their first steps as educators. Through a series of collaborative relationships--Students Teaching Students and Teachers Training Teachers--Breakthrough initiates a learning cycle that begins in middle school and extends through adulthood.
Early Action National Deadline: 16 January 2020
National Deadline: 27 February 2020
Brookings Internship
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: any undergraduate year
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. Brookings' internship program provides an opportunity for undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds to engage in career exploration and development as well as a chance to learn new skills. The mission of the Internship program is to provide students and recent graduates with a pre-professional, meaningful, and practical work experience related to the student’s field of study or career interest. Interns may work with Brookings’s staff in research areas: Economic Studies, Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development, Governance Studies, and Metropolitan Policy. Brookings also offers students the opportunity to intern in departments such as communications, human resources and central operations management. Interns will have the opportunity to attend internal meetings, local think tank events, professional development workshops, and public Brookings events. In addition, interns may participate on Brookings sports teams and network with other interns throughout the Institution. Brookings offers three types of internships: paid, academic for credit, and external sponsorship. Internships are offered during the Summer, Fall and Spring semesters. Internships are usually 10-12 weeks and located in Washington DC.
Summer 2020 National Deadline: 28 February 2020
Carter Center Internships
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: rising juniors || seniors
The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory University, is guided by a fundamental commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering. It seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health. Through the Carter Center's internship program, undergraduate students receive a diverse set of opportunities to explore career options in their fields. The internship is unpaid and requires a 20-hour commitment per week to the Carter Center in Atlanta. Although the day-to-day responsibilities of interns across different programs vary, interns work directly in their fields of study, gaining valuable knowledge that can enhance their professional development; less than 30 percent of their responsibilities includes administrative duties. Additionally, interns attend a speaker series, featuring Carter Center staff and other invited guests; receive career development opportunities with senior Carter Center staff; and attend a weekend excursion to the Carter's hometown of Plains, Georgia, where they have lunch with the Carters and visit historic sites devoted to their lives and work. Internships are available within three broad areas of The Carter Center: (1) Peace Programs, which strengthen freedom, democracy, and access to information in nations worldwide, securing for people the political and civil rights that are the foundation of just and peaceful societies; (2) Health Programs, which fill vacuums in global health, helping to prevent needless suffering and build hope for millions of the world's poorest people; and (3) Operations, an essential element of the Carter Center's work, which acts as a partner with the staff in the peace and health programs
Fall National Deadline: 15 June
Spring National Deadline: 15 October
Summer National Deadline: 1 March
Center for American Progress Internship
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: sophomore || junior || senior
The Center for American Progress is an independent nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans, through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action. Our aim is not just to change the conversation, but to change the country. Building on the achievements of progressive pioneers such as Teddy Roosevelt and Martin Luther King, their work addresses 21st century challenges such as energy, national security, economic growth and opportunity, immigration, education, and health care. One very important goal of American Progress is to inspire, train, and educate the next generation of progressive Americans. American Progress offers full- and part-time internships each summer and academic semester. All undergraduate students are eligible to apply. Successful applicants will be bright, highly motivated scholars with strong academic records and an interest and aptitude for public policy and/or political communication. Interns will directly engage with the organization’s policy experts and participate in a variety of activities, including trainings, research, writing, and web-based projects designed to enhance their professional skills. They will gain hands-on experience by directly participating in the many diverse activities in which progressive nonprofits engage. All summer interns work full time and for a minimum of eight weeks, although 10 weeks is preferred.
National Deadline: 4 October 2019
Center for Strategic and International Studies Internship
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: rising junior || senior
Established in Washington, D.C. over 50 years ago, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a bipartisan, nonprofit policy research organization dedicated to providing strategic insights and policy solutions to help decision-makers chart a course toward a better world. CSIS hosts undergraduate interns during the regular academic year and over the summer in many of its more than four dozen programs. Interns participate in a variety of activities that support individual programs, including research, writing, and project development. Interns will participate in programs offered by the Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy (AILA), the in-house leadership development program at CSIS. The Academy's programming supplements the substantive work of CSIS interns with practical discussions on leadership in international affairs and training in key policy skills. Unique among Washington think tanks, AILA helps CSIS to foster the next generation of foreign policy leaders. CSIS offers full and part-time internships for undergraduates who are interested in gaining practical experience in public policy although they are unpaid. There is limited financial aid available. CSIS accepts applications on a rolling basis for every position listed on their career page.
National Deadline: vary by program; see the FAQs page of the internship
Collegiate Network Journalism Fellowships
Disciplines: journalism || professional writing || public relations || digital media
Year: any undergraduate year
Each year the Intercollegiate Studies Institute's Collegiate Network (CN) journalism program offers paid summer internships at prominent media outlets to promising student journalists. For students seriously considering a journalism career, these positions offer writing opportunities at some of the nation's leading publications. The CN pays undergraduate summer interns stipends of approximately $5,000 for ten weeks of work at prominent media outlets. The CN offers all interns career-development assistance both informally and formally through various events and programs, including a weekend-long seminar featuring briefings with professional journalists, including former CN Fellows, who offer advice on advancing in a journalism career. Topics include pitching stories, fact-checking, cultivating sources, multimedia tips, journalistic ethics, and newsroom etiquette.
For more than 30 years, the Collegiate Network has supported independent college newspapers, magazines, and journals that serve to focus public awareness on the politicization of American college and university classrooms, curricula, student life, and the resulting decline of educational standards. They serve to raise the level of discourse on campus and provide an outlet for students to keep university faculty and administrations honest. Many prominent journalists have got their start by working for a CN publication.
National Deadline: rolling admission process
Columbia Summer Public Health Scholars Program
Disciplines: diverse
Year: rising juniors and seniors
The College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University offers a Summer Public Health Scholars (SPHSP) program over ten-weeks in the summer. 42 rising juniors and seniors (and college graduates who have not been accepted into a graduate program) will be selected to participate in this fully funded program, which includes two weeks of orientation: the first week will take place at the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention in Atlanta, GA, and the second week will be at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. During orientation, scholars will be introduced to their mentors, their field placement sites, and the field of public health. Scholars have the option to take a GRE preparation course provided by Kaplan, and all scholars will be paired with health professional mentors of various health disciplines in a public health setting. Students will work under the guidance and supervision of their mentors, 3 days a week for eight weeks, gaining direct exposure to the practice of public health. Scholars will also attend 3 lecture based courses one day a week for eight weeks: Introduction to Public Health, Introduction to Epidemiology, and Health Disparities & Cultural Competence. Scholars will have the opportunity to go on supervised field trips once a week to various communities throughout the New York City metropolitan area to observe public health interventions and programs in operation. Finally, each scholar will produce a final paper and deliver a final presentation to CUMC staff, faculty, and invited guests.
National Deadline: 31 January 2020
Critical Language Scholarship for Intensive Summer Institutes
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: any undergraduate year
Scholarships for U.S. citizen undergraduate and graduate students to participate in beginning, intermediate, and advanced level intensive summer language programs at American Overseas Research Centers. Sponsored by the United States Department of State, and the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC), scholarships are available for intensive overseas study in fifteen critical need languages. Azerbaijani, Bangla, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Punjabi, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu are offered at the beginning, advanced beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. Arabic, Portuguese, and Persian are offered at the advanced beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. And Chinese, Japanese, and Russian are offered at the intermediate and advanced levels.
All program costs are covered for participants. This includes travel between the student's home city and program location, pre-departure orientation costs, applicable visa fees, room, board, travel within country, and all entrance fees for program activities. University level credit may be available. Recipients of these scholarships will be expected to continue their language study beyond the scholarship period and later apply their critical language skills in their professional careers.
National Deadline: 19 November 2020
Cultural Vistas Fellowship
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: sophomore || junior
The Cultural Vistas Fellowship affords underrepresented U.S. university students the unique opportunity to advance their career goals, develop global competencies, and experience life in another culture. Cultural Vistas will select up to 12 fellows to take part in this multinational professional development program that includes eight-week summer internships in Argentina, Germany, and India. Cultural Vistas Fellows will enrich their academic learning through professional internship and immersion experiences focused on entrepreneurship and innovation. One cohort of up to four fellows will travel to each international destination. Program-related travel expenses, including round-trip airfare to and within internship country; travel to New York City for pre-departure and re-entry seminars; and accommodations throughout the program are covered by the fellowship.
National Deadline: 15 November 2019
DAAD Research Internship in Science and Engineering (RISE)
Disciplines: biology, chemistry, physics, earth sciences, engineering
Year: sophomore || junior
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) administers the RISE summer internship program for undergraduate students from the U.S., Canada, and the UK. RISE interns work with research groups at universities and top research institutions across Germany for a period of two to three months during the summer. RISE interns are matched with doctoral students whom they assist and who serve as their mentors. The working language is English. Interns receive stipends from the DAAD to help cover living expenses; partner universities and institutions provide housing assistance.
National Deadline: 15 December 2019
DAAD University Summer Course Grant
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: sophomore || junior
This program, sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), provides scholarships for undergraduate students to attend a broad range of three- to four-week summer courses at German universities which focus mainly on German language and literary, cultural, political, and economic aspects of modern and contemporary Germany. Extensive extracurricular programs complement and reinforce the core material. Scholarships are available for courses lasting a minimum of three weeks and cover tuition, room and board, in whole or in part. DAAD will also provide an international travel subsidy.
Applicants must have completed four semesters of college German (or its equivalent language proficiency) before taking up the scholarship in order to be able to participate in group projects and follow lectures in German.
National Deadline: 1 December 2019
Davis Language Fellowships for Peace
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: any undergraduate year
Kathryn Davis Fellowships cover 100% of tuition, room, and board for one summer of summer language study from beginner to graduate levels in any of the eleven languages offered at the Middlebury College Language Schools: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian. The Davis Fellowships are merit-based and intended for exceptionally qualified individuals with demonstrated interest in one or more of the following areas: international, global, or area studies; international politics and economics; peace and security studies; and/or conflict resolution.
National Deadline: 15 December 2019
Department of Energy Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship
Disciplines: STEM
Year: any undergraduate year
The Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) program encourages undergraduate students and recent graduates to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers by providing research experiences at the Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories. Selected students participate as interns appointed at one of 17 participating DOE laboratories/facilities. They perform research, under the guidance of laboratory staff scientists or engineers, on projects supporting the DOE mission. The SULI program is sponsored and managed by the DOE Office of Science's, Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) in collaboration with the DOE laboratories/facilities. Applications for the SULI program are solicited annually for three separate internship terms. Internship appointments are 10 weeks in duration for the Summer Term (May through August) or 16 weeks in duration for the Fall (August through December) and Spring (January through May) Terms.
National Deadline: 10 January 2020
Earthwatch Institute Internships
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: any undergraduate year
The Earthwatch Institute is an international environmental nonprofit organization that engages people in scientific field research and education--specifically, in the four areas of wildlife and ecosystems, ocean health, climate change, and archaeology and culture. To achieve their mission, they offer research expeditions around the globe. Participants on these expeditions assist top scientists as they investigate important questions about how we can better protect our planet. Earthwatch works from several offices, located in the United States, United Kingdom, India, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, and Brazil and with the general public, scientists, communities, educators, students, and corporate fellows. This non-profit also offers unpaid internships to undergraduate students that are listed under Jobs & Internships within the left-hand toolbar of their site, which each has its own application process and deadline.
National Deadline: vary by internship
Eben Tisdale Fellowship
Disciplines: technology || public policy
Year: any undergraduate year
The Eben Tisdale Fellowship offers outstanding opportunities for students to learn about high-tech public policy issues with hands-on experience in Washington, D.C. The Fellowship provides a full scholarship of $8,695 to attend the Business + Government Relations program as well as a $1,000 stipend. The Tisdale Fellowship brings eligible students to D.C. for internships that explore current public policy issues of critical importance to the high-technology sector of the economy. The Fellowship has several main components: (1) the summer internship with a high-tech company, firm or trade association; (2) coursework through the Business + Government Relations program with George Mason University, and (3) mentorship provided by a former Eben Tisdale Fellow. Fellows live in furnished apartments on George Washington University’s downtown campus and attend weekly issues seminar lunches hosted by Tisdale sponsors, as well as briefings at institutions such as the U.S. Capitol, Department of State, World Bank, and Federal Reserve.
National Deadline: tba
Environmental Leadership Training Program
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: vary depending upon internship
The Green Corps Alumni Internship Network has nearly 350 alumni working with groups like Food & Water Watch, Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, and National Wildlife Federation. Many of these alumni are looking for summer interns and post their open positions within the Green Corps website.
In addition, every year Green Corps invites 25 to 35 individuals to join the Field School for Environmental Organizing. Participants will learn grassroots organizing skills from some of the top practitioners in the country while working on three to five different campaigns such as retiring dirty coal-fired power plants, protecting our drinking water, improving our food system, and building the campus fossil fuel divestment movement.
National Deadline: vary by internship
Explorers Club Youth Activity Fund Grant
Disciplines: biology, physical sciences, social sciences
Year: vary depending upon internship
The Youth Activity Fund Grant supports college undergraduates as a means to achieving its goal of fostering a new generation of explorers dedicated to the advancement of the scientific knowledge of our world. Awards range from $500 to $5,000, and generally, The Explorers Club considers research proposals in a wide array of disciplines, including: climate change, marine science, marine biology, anthropology/archaeology, plants and molds, animals, and conservation science.
National Deadline: 18 November 201
FBI Internship Program
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: any undergraduate year
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recruits students at both the undergraduate and graduate level and fosters the next generation of FBI professionals through three programs:
Volunteer Internship Program: The FBI Volunteer Internship Program is an unpaid internship program for undergraduates in their junior or senior year, as well as graduate and post-graduate students. This internship opportunity allows students to gain a deeper understanding of FBI operations and the careers available through the Bureau while working alongside FBI employees.
FBI Cyber Internship Program: Students in this internship work alongside experts who collect and analyze information based on computer intrusion investigations. Interns work at either the FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. or at select FBI Field Offices for 10 weeks during the summer months. Upon completion of this summer internship program, the FBI may offer additional internship opportunities throughout the school year.
Visiting Science Program: The FBI Visiting Scientist Program is offered through the FBI Laboratory's Counterterrorism and Forensic Science Research Unit. Students of the FBI Visiting Scientist Program conduct laboratory and computer research in analytical chemistry, molecular biology, or dataset computation alongside FBI scientists. Chosen students complete their program at the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia.
National Deadline: See the website as deadlines vary.
Foreign Policy--Security Studies--International Relations Database
Disciplines: political science || government || international studies
The Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas, Austin maintains a substantial database of fellowship and internship opportunities for students invested in public service, diplomacy, policy making, and government. These positions vary wildly in their mission and core values, their application process, duration, remuneration, expectations, and location; thus, this database is ideal for starting a search in foreign affairs and policy research and professional experience.
National Deadline: vary according to opportunity
Freeman-ASIA Award for Study Abroad
Disciplines: diverse, with an emphasis on East Asian languages and culture
Year: any undergraduate year
A Freeman-ASIA Award provides need-based funding to assist undergraduate recipients with the cost of the study abroad program and related expenses, including airfare, basic living costs, local transportation, books, etc. Grant amounts are up to $3000 for a summer study program; up to $5000 for a semester award; and up to $7000 for an academic year study program. To apply for this scholarship, an undergraduate student must have applied or have been accepted to a study abroad based program in: Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, or Vietnam. Also, Freeman-ASIA seeks to fund students with little or no previous experience in the country in which they plan to study. A summer term applicant must not have spent more than 4 weeks in the proposed country of study within the last 5 years. A semester or an academic year term applicant must not have spent more than 6 weeks in the proposed country of study within the last 5 years. This award is need-based and requires students to submit their FAFSA as part of the application process.
National Deadline: All application for AY 2020-2021 will open early 2020
Gilman International Scholarship
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: any undergraduate year
The Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship awards up to $5,000 to support U.S. citizen undergraduates receiving federal Pell Grant funding at 2-year or 4-year undergraduate institutions for study abroad for a semester or academic year. Students studying a Critical Need Language may receive a $3,000 supplement for a total possible award of $8,000. This program is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State and administered by the Institute of International Education. A number of Baylor students have been successful in this competition.
The Gilman Scholarship Program broadens the student population that studies abroad by supporting U.S. citizen undergraduates who might not otherwise participate due to financial constraints. The program encourages students to choose nontraditional study abroad destinations, especially those outside of Western Europe and Australia. The Gilman scholarship intends to support students who have been traditionally underrepresented in study abroad, including but not limited to, students with high financial need, community college students, students in underrepresented fields such as the sciences and engineering, students with diverse ethnic backgrounds, students with disabilities, and students of nontraditional age.
January 2020 - October 2020, Deadline: December 2019
February 2020 - October 2020, Deadline: January 2020
March 2020 - October 2020, Deadline: February 2020
May 2020 - April 2021, Deadline April 2020
Google News Lab Fellowship
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: any undergraduate year
The Google News lab Fellowship offers students interested in journalism and technology the opportunity to spend the summer working at relevant organizations across the world to gain valuable experience and develop lifelong contacts. Fellows receive an $8,500 stipend and $1,000 travel budget during the 10-week program, which runs from June to August each summer. The Fellowship is designed for students who are passionate about reporting and the role that technology can play in the pursuit of the craft, especially data driven journalism and freedom of expression online. The Fellowship begins at Google’s World Headquarters in Mountain View, California, after which Fellows spend the next 9 weeks embedded on projects at one of the following host organizations: Reveal from The Center of Investigative Reporting in Emeryville, California; Investigative Reporters & Editors/Computer Assisted Reporting, Columbia, Missouri; Nieman Journalism Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Pew Research Center, Washington, DC; Poynter, St. Petersburg, Florida; ProPublica, New York, New York; Matter Ventures, San Francisco, California; Witness, Brooklyn, New York.
National Deadline: tbd
Health Sciences Summer Research Programs
The Health Sciences department at Swarthmore College, located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, maintains a robust listing of summer research programs in various areas including research, clinical experience, public health, dental medicine, and veterinary science.
Hearst Fellowship: Mount Vernon Historic House Internship
Disciplines: humanities and social sciences
Year: any undergraduate year
The Mount Vernon Historic House in New York City offers two summer internships for undergraduate or graduate students interested in American Studies, U.S. History, Museum Studies, Education, or Historic Preservation. Students participate in the daily work of a historic site, assisting the Museum's Education and Curatorial staff with public programs and interpretation. Fellows complete an original research project related to the Museum's interpretation of New York life (1826-1833) and present their research at the Fellows’ Symposium at summer’s end. The Museum engages with issues familiar to New Yorkers then and now: immigration, race relations, work, getting ahead, and how to enjoy life. With over 35 public programs a year, the Museum offers many ways to discover the 1830s.
The fellowship program, now in its twenty-eighth year, is funded by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. Fellows work full-time for nine weeks in June and July and receive a $2,750 stipend.
National Deadline: 30 March 2020
Hertog Foundation Fellowships
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: advanced undergraduate
The Hertog Foundation offers several highly competitive and selective educational programs for outstanding individuals who seek to influence the intellectual, civic, and political life of the United States. The Foundation offers programs in three main areas: Political Thought & Philosophy; War & Foreign Affairs; and Economics & Domestic Policy. Hertog also offers fully-funded, short-term summer seminars on topics including American political thought, American democratic capitalism, and grand strategy.
Political Studies: the flagship, full-scholarship, seven-week summer program for exceptional college students, upperclassmen and women, in the theory and practice of politics. In the heart of the nation's capital, Hertog Fellows study classic texts in political thought, seminal documents of American politics, and selected public policy issues with an outstanding faculty.
War Studies: a fully funded, two-week summer seminar in Washington, DC on warfare and military doctrine, offered in conjunction with the Institute for the Study of War. The program aims to educate advanced undergraduate students about the theory, practice, organization, and control of war and military forces.
Summer Courses: This series of one- to two-week seminars allows students to create their own individualized course of study. Topics include religion and politics, U.S.-Russia policy, partisanship, nuclear strategy, and American democratic capitalism.
Early Decision National Deadline: 14 January 2020
National Deadline: 11 February 2020
Historic Deerfield Summer Fellows Program
Disciplines: museum studies, history, oral history, related disciplines
Historic Deerfield invites college juniors and seniors to apply for its nine-week, tuition-free Summer Fellowship Program in History and Material Culture. Located in the scenic Connecticut River Valley of western Massachusetts, Historic Deerfield is the perfect place to explore New England and regional history, material culture and museum studies. Summer Fellows live in the historic village; explore history and material culture studies in hands-on classroom seminars; learn to guide and interpret in Historic Deerfield's furnished museum houses; and conduct original research on New England history and material culture using museum and library collections. In addition, they receive a full fellowship that covers all expenses associated with the program, including tuition, room and board, and field trips. The program accepts 6-8 students each year, and Historic Deerfield welcomes applications from college juniors and seniors.
National Deadline: 8 February 2019
Hudson Institute Political Studies Fellowship
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: junior || senior
Hudson Institute Political Studies offers roughly 18 undergraduates a fellowship in political theory and practice that will broaden and deepen their understanding of public policy and American political principles. The Institute is held at Georgetown University; students participate free of charge, are given complimentary accommodations, and receive a $3000 stipend to offset travel and other ancillary expenses. This six-week summer program includes 3 components: rigorous seminars led by master teachers on week-long topics in political theory and public policy; a series of policy workshops led by think tank experts and experienced government officials; and a distinguished speaker series drawn from national leaders of government, business, journalism, the military and the academy.
National Deadline: 15 February 2020
Humanity in Action Fellowship
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: sophomore || junior || senior
Humanity in Action Fellows participate in an annual month-long human rights fellowship program held each summer in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris, or Warsaw. All Fellows from the U.S. begin their programs in Washington, DC at a special orientation hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations. Humanity in Action fully covers the cost of participation in the program, including housing and most meals. The selection committee seeks candidates who have a demonstrated interest in human rights and social justice and who possess entrepreneurship and leadership potential, intellectual curiosity, and social maturity.
National Deadline: 6 January 2020
Humanity in Action-John Lewis Fellowship
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: sophomore || junior || senior
The John Lewis Fellowship is a new Humanity in Action Fellowship program in Atlanta, Georgia. In partnership with The National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Inc., Humanity in Action will bring together a group of 30 American and European university students and recent graduates for an intensive program about diversity and civil rights in America. The program honors Congressman John Lewis, an icon of the Civil Rights Movement.
National Deadline: 6 January 2020
Institute for Responsible Citizenship Summer Washington Program
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: sophomore
The Institute for Responsible Citizenship's (IRC) primary goal is to inspire and equip the nation's best and brightest African American men to use their extraordinary talents to serve others. Since 2003, the Institute has grown to serve more than 150 scholars and alumni across the country, challenging them to translate their success into greatness. Fellows participate in the IRC's Washington Program, which includes high-level internships in their fields of interest; the Lynde and Harry Bradley Seminar on Economic and Constitutional Principles; comprehensive leadership and professional development workshops; and private briefings with some of the nation's most prominent public and private sector leaders. The IRC supplements these activities with extensive support from the Institute's alumni, staff, and friends. Most importantly, the scholars become a part of a genuine network that will support them in their lives.
During the first summer of the program, which is a two summer commitment, students focus on classes, internships, meetings with inspirational leaders, and bonding with the other young men in their cohort. Professional development, character development, mentorship, and graduate school preparation are priorities for the second summer, and students still work full-time at internships. Housing is provided by the Institute, and if students are not placed in a paid internship, they will receive stipends to help cover living expenses.
National Deadline: 15 February 2020
International Leadership Foundation (ILF) Civic Fellowship
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: any undergraduate year
The ILF Civic Fellowship is a leadership development program based in Washington, DC, for Asian Pacific American undergraduate students. Each year, roughly 30 outstanding college students are inducted into the summer-long Fellowship program and participate in a supervised training curriculum. These students are subsequently placed in an 8-week public service internship in a federal agency, non-profit/non-government organization, or a congressional office as they also attend educational seminars. Fellows receive a $2000 stipend and participate in the CAPAL Washington Leadership Program, are mentored by ILF Fellow Alumni and Leadership, and attend, among other events, the Union Station Dinner, Monument Tour, and ILF Annual Conference/Gala.
National Deadline: 31 December 2020
Janelia Undergraduate Scholars Program
Disciplines: STEM || premedicine
Year: any undergraduate year
The Janelia Undergraduate Scholars program is a 10-week summer program aimed at well-prepared, independent, committed students with significant research experience. Previous scholars have worked on a range of projects in Janelia labs, including helping to identify the neurons that control feeding behavior in fruit flies, designing better labeling molecules for use with sophisticated microscopy, recording from salamander retinal ganglion cells to learn about the motion tracking system, and developing computer programs for automated image analysis.
Janelia undergraduate scholars live in two interconnected townhouses in the onsite housing village and may dine on-campus throughout their stay. The program covers all living expenses, including housing, food, and travel to and from Janelia. Students also receive a $4,500 stipend. We accept undergraduates and post-baccalaureate students who have not committed to a PhD program.
Janelia undergraduate scholars are among the very best future scientists, engineers, and mathematicians who are interested in exploring: Behavioral & Systems Neuroscience; Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience; Chemical & Molecular Tool Development; Theory and Computational Neuroscience; Evolution and Genetics; Instrumentation and Computational Tool Development; Optical Physics and Imaging; and Structural Biology and Biochemistry.
National Deadline: 8 January 2020
Koch Fellows Program
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: any undergraduate year
For more than two decades, Charles G. Koch has given professionals and students opportunities to turn their passion for liberty into careers through professional education programs. The Koch Institute offers three distinct, 10-week summer programs: the Koch Fellow Program in Policy, the Koch Fellow Program in Development, and the Koch Fellow Program in Communications.
Koch, Policy combines policy work experience with professional education. Through this 10-week summer program, fellows are connected to policy and research roles at more than 80 think tanks and non-profit organizations across the country, as well as directly with professors. Alongside this in-depth work experience on a variety of federal and state issues, fellows undertake a rigorous curriculum of market-based policy analysis, participate in professional education seminars, and engage in theoretical discourse on the ideas of a free society. Policy Fellows intern at a state, federal, or single-issue policy organization located in the Washington, DC, area and attend weekly night lectures on popular policy issues. Stipends are up to $4500.
Koch, Development combines development experience with professional education. Programming is broad-based and avocational. Through the program, fellows are placed in fundraising and development roles at liberty-advancing non-profit organizations. This ten-week summer program begins with an opening seminar in the DC metro area in preparation for an eight-week internship in a development role. Weekly evening lectures feature experts on various topics. Stipends are up to $4500.
Koch, Communications combines communications work experience with professional education. Programming includes sessions on topics such as op-ed writing, pitching, public speaking, media training, and case studies of successful communications efforts. Through the program, fellows are placed in public relations, media relations, and other communications roles at liberty-advancing non-profit organizations in DC and throughout the states. Fellows attend an opening seminar in the DC metro area and attend weekly evening lectures. In their internship, Fellows will develop their skills in writing op-eds, press releases, crisis communications, and more. Stipends are up to $4500.
National Deadline: rolling admission; see the Koch Institute website
Leadership Alliance Summer Research-Early Identification Program (SR-EIP)
Disciplines: humanities, social sciences, life sciences
Year: rising juniors and seniors
The Leadership Alliance started as a partnership of 23 institutions that came together in 1992 to develop underrepresented students into outstanding leaders and role models in academia, business, and the public sector. Today, this consortium has grown to more than 30 institutions and private industry who have provided research and networking experiences to over 4,000 young scholars. Integral to the Leadership Alliance is the Summer Research-Early Identification Program (SR-EIP), which offers fully funded summer internships for undergraduates and provides them with training and mentoring in the principles underlying the conduct of research and prepares them to pursue competitive applications to PhD or MD-PhD programs. SR-EIP offers closely mentored research experiences in the life and physical sciences, social and behavioral sciences, and the humanities at over 20 research institutions across the country, including Brown University, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt, and University of Colorado. The internship extends over 8-10 weeks in the summer. Participants receive a stipend and also funding travel and housing expenses. The research program culminates in students’ making oral or poster presentations at the Leadership Alliance National Symposium.
National Deadline: 1 February 2020
Library of Congress Junior Fellows
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: any undergraduate year
The Library of Congress Junior Fellows Summer Intern Program offers undergraduate and graduate students insights into the environment, culture, and collections of the world's largest and most comprehensive repository of human knowledge. The focus of the program is on increasing access to special, legal, and copyright collections, and promoting awareness and appreciation of the Library's services to researchers including Congressional members, scholars, students, teachers, and the general public. In the past, summer fellows have identified hundreds of historical, literary, artistic, cinematic, and musical gems representing rich cultural, creative, and intellectual resources. The internship is for 10 weeks during the summer; interns receive $3000 in compensation for their work.
National Deadline: Applications are processed through Monster Government Solutions, the federal government's electronic application system. Please go to usajobs.gov for information on applying for the LOC program.
Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
Disciplines: health sciences
Year: rising juniors and seniors
Each summer, approximately 130 undergraduate students come to Mayo Clinic's campus in Rochester, Minnesota, to work for ten weeks beside young and established scientists on a broad range of biomedical research questions. SURF fellows conduct their own small research project or work on part of an ongoing research investigation for 10 weeks; develop their technical skills; and participate in a special weekly seminar series that introduces them to rapidly progressing research areas. Candidates must be current students attending a U.S. university and seriously considering a biomedical research career as a Ph.D. or MD-Ph.D. Fellows receive a $6000 stipend.
National Deadline: 1 February 2020
Mount Vernon Leadership Fellows Program
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: sophomore
The Mount Vernon Leadership Fellows program is a fully paid, five and a half week summer residential program for rising juniors who desire to make a difference. We invite rising third-year students from diverse academic disciplines to join us near Washington, D.C. to immerse themselves in a leadership development program inspired by George Washington and today's foremost leaders. This select, small cohort will engage in dynamic leadership education curriculum, interact with nationally recognized corporate, government, and military leaders in the nation's capital; and discover how to change the world through self-reflection, exciting experiential activities, and a community service-focused capstone project.
National Deadline: 31 January 2020
MoMA Seasonal Internships
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: sophomore || junior || senior
The Museum of Modern Art in New York offers undergraduate students seasonal internships to provide them with practical experience in a specific area of museum work. In addition to departmental work, each Tuesday interns participate in professional development activities designed to increase understanding of the Museum's various collections, exhibitions, and departments. The Museum hosts approximately 30 interns per season in just about every department. Participants may arrange for academic credit through their school, but it is certainly not a requirement.
National Deadline, Spring: 19 October 2019
National Deadline, Summer: 22 February 2020
National Gallery of Art Summer Internship
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: graduating seniors
Since 1964, the National Gallery of Art has offered professional museum training to candidates from all backgrounds through a variety of internship programs. Nine-week summer internships provide opportunities to work on projects directed by a Gallery curator or department head. Biweekly museum seminars introduce interns to the broad spectrum of museum work, and to Gallery staff, departments, programs, and functions. Eligibility varies according to internship. A few are geared to undergraduates in their senior/final year of study, but most are for currently enrolled graduate students of all levels. Please check prerequisites carefully. Applicants from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. This is an international program and extends from June to August each summer.
National Deadline: 12 January 2020
National Institutes of Health Summer Internship Program (SIP)
Disciplines: STEM
Year: any undergraduate year
Summer programs at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provide an opportunity to spend a summer working at the NIH side-by-side with some of the leading scientists in the world, in an environment devoted exclusively to biomedical research (At the NIH "biomedical sciences" includes everything from behavioral and social sciences, through biology and chemistry, to physics, mathematical modeling, computational biology, and biostatistics). The NIH consists of the 240-bed Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center and more than 1150 laboratories/research groups located on the main campus in Bethesda, MD, and the surrounding area as well as in Baltimore and Frederick, MD; Research Triangle Park, NC; Hamilton, MT; Framingham, MA; Phoenix, AZ; and Detroit, MI. Internships cover a minimum of eight weeks, with students generally arriving at the NIH in May or June. The NIH Institutes/Centers and the Office of Intramural Training & Education (OITE) sponsor a wide range of summer activities including an orientation to help interns get off to a good start, lectures featuring distinguished NIH investigators, career/professional development workshops, and Summer Poster Day.
National Deadline: vary according to program
NIST/Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) in Science/Engineering
Disciplines: science || math ||engineering
Year: any undergraduate year
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program invites undergraduate researchers in science, mathematics, and engineering to apply for opportunities to work closely with researchers at NIST through one of its two programs: SURF Gaithersburg, MD and SURF Boulder, CO. Applications for participation in the SURF program are only accepted through Baylor, and not from students individually and require a single proposal from the institution. In the Maryland SURF program, students can participate in any one of the seven NIST laboratories: Material Measurement Laboratory, Physical Measurement Laboratory, Communications Technology Laboratory, Engineering Laboratory, Information Technology Laboratory, Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, NIST Center for Neutron Research.
In the Colorado SURF program, students choose from 5 areas of study for their fellowship: Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Materials Science, and Physics.
SURFing is a partnership, supported by NIST, NSF, and the participating colleges/universities. This program provides meaningful research opportunities for approximately 130 students in the Maryland program and 22 in the Colorado program. The two SURF programs are distinct and thus, please note, an application for one SURF program does not constitute an application for the other.
National Deadline: 3 February 2020
National Park Service Internships
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: any undergraduate year
The National Park Service Internship Program offers undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to gain practical experience in cultural resource management programs in the National Park Service headquarters, field offices, and parks, and in other federal agencies. Working under the direction of experienced historic preservation professionals, students undertake short-term research and administrative projects. Students learn about and contribute to the national historic preservation programs and the federal government's preservation and management of historic properties. Short-term internships are available in the summer. The internship program is operated jointly with the National Council for Preservation Education.
National Deadline: vary by program
National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF REU)
Disciplines: computer science, economics, engineering, ethics, math, the sciences, social sciences
Year: any undergraduate year
As part of their work as the only federal agency whose mission includes support for all fields of fundamental sciences and engineering (except for medical sciences), the NSF offers summer internships for undergraduates known as REUs. An REU Site consists of a group of ten or so undergraduates who work in the research programs of the host institution. Each student is associated with a specific research project, where he/she works closely with the faculty and other researchers. Students are granted stipends and, in many cases, assistance with housing and travel. Undergraduate students supported with NSF funds must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its possessions. An REU Site may be at either a US or foreign location. By using the search engine linked from this page, you may examine opportunities in the subject areas supported by various NSF units. Students must contact the individual sites for information and application materials. NSF does not have application materials and does not select student participants. A contact person and contact information is listed for each site.
National Deadline: vary according to internship
Naval Research Enterprise Intership Program (NREIP)
Disciplines: STEM disciplines
Year: any undergraduate year
The Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) provides an opportunity for college students to participate in research at a Department of Navy (DoN) laboratory during the summer. The goals of NREIP are to encourage participating college students to pursue science and engineering careers, to further education via mentoring by laboratory personnel and their participation in research, and to make them aware of DoN research and technology efforts, which can lead to employment within the DoN. NREIP provided competitive research internships to approximately 560 college students last summer. Participating students spend ten weeks during the summer conducting research at approximately 38 DoN laboratories. Stipend levels will be determined by the student's years of participation in the NREIP program: $5400 for new undergraduate participants and $8100 for returning undergraduate students.
National Deadline: 2 November 2019
ORISE Internships & Scholarships
Disciplines: science || engineering
Year: any undergraduate year
The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) sponsors more than 50 research programs for undergraduate students at national laboratories and other federal research facilities in 24 states and some outside the United States. ORISE programs include research experiences at Department of Energy national laboratories as well as other federal agencies with research facilities located across the country as well some positions outside the United States.
National Deadline: vary according to agency
Pathways Internship Program with the US State Department
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: vary according to internship
The U.S. Department of State's Pathways Internship Program offers numerous internships. Pathways is looking for students who are diverse, culturally-aware, adaptable, well-rounded, and strategic problem solvers, who are seeking a substantive internship that would give them insight into US foreign policy and diplomacy.
National Deadline: vary according to internship
Public Policy and International Affairs Summer Internship (PPIA)
Participating Universities: University of Minnesota, Carnegie Mellon, Princeton, UC Berkeley, University of Michigan
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: junior
The Public Policy and International Affairs Program (PPIA) is a national program that prepares young adults for an advanced degree and ultimately for careers and influential roles serving the public good. PPIA has an outreach focus on students from groups who are underrepresented in leadership positions in government, nonprofits, international organizations, and other institutional settings. This focus stems from a core belief that our citizens are best served by public managers, policy makers, and community leaders who represent diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
The PPIA Junior Summer Institutes (JSI) have been the hallmark of the PPIA Fellowship Program for over 30 years. JSI is an intensive seven-week summer program that focuses on preparing students for graduate programs in public and international affairs and careers as policy professionals, public administrators, and other leadership roles in public service. The JSI curriculum includes economics, statistics, domestic/international policy issues, and leadership topics, all designed to sharpen the students' quantitative, analytic, and communication skills. Extracurricular activities are also included. These skills are vital for admission into the top graduate programs in public and international affairs. The successful completion of a summer institute is a requirement for PPIA Fellows.
National Deadline: 1 November 2019
Ralph Bunche Summer Institute in Political Science
Disciplines: political science || public service
Year: sophomore || junior || senior
The Ralph Bunche Summer Institute Program (RBSI) is an annual, intensive five-week program held at Duke University. It is designed to introduce to the world of doctoral study in political science those undergraduate students from under-represented racial and ethnic groups or those interested in broadening participation in political science and pursuing scholarship on issues affecting underrepresented groups or issues of tribal sovereignty and governance. Participants in the RBSI are drawn from a competitive national applicant pool. Each summer, up to 20 students are admitted to the program, which includes two transferable credit courses--one in quantitative analysis and one in race and American politics--and a comprehensive introduction to the intellectual demands of graduate school and political science research methods. For a final project for both courses, students prepare original, empirical research papers; top students are given the opportunity to present their research at the American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting. The successful applicant to RBSI receives full tuition, health insurance, transportation, room and board in a dormitory double room, books, and instructional materials. Participants also receive a food allowance and a weekly stipend.
National Deadline: 18 January 2020
Rangel Summer Scholars
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: sophomore || junior || senior
The Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Summer Enrichment Program is a six-week summer program designed to provide undergraduates with a deeper appreciation of current issues and trends in international affairs, a greater understanding of career opportunities in international affairs and the enhanced knowledge and skills to pursue such careers. The Program usually selects 15-20 participants each year from universities throughout the United States. Students live at Howard University, attend classes, and participate in a variety of programs with foreign affairs professionals at Howard and at diverse locations around Washington, DC. The Program covers the costs for tuition, travel, housing, and two meals per day. It also provides a stipend of $3,200. Applicants must be full-time undergraduate students and U.S. citizens, with at least sophomore status on the date of the application deadline.
National Deadline: 5 February 2020
Ruesch Summer Internship, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Care Center
Disciplines: health sciences
Year: advanced undergraduate
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Care Center and the Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers offer the Ruesch Summer Internship to undergraduate and medical students, both regionally and nationally, providing interns with the opportunity to engage in medical research, patient care, and patient education provided at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. The program includes assignments shadowing physicians in the oncology clinic, working alongside oncology researchers in various projects, development of a patient education project, and exposure to molecular genomics, proteomics, oncologic surgery, radiation oncology, and many other areas. This is a full time program for the months of June and July in Washington, DC. Interns are expected to participate for the full duration of the program.
National Deadline: 15 March 2020
Shepherd Scholars Internship
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: any undergraduate year
As a member institution of the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty, Baylor University offers undergraduate students the opportunity to intern throughout the United States with agencies that work in distressed communities. Housed within the Baylor Interdisciplinary Poverty Initiative, the Shepherd Scholars Program selects up to 5 undergraduate students each year to participate in a Shepherd Internship. Scholars learn first-hand about the multiple dimensions of poverty in the United States by working for eight weeks alongside individuals seeking to improve their communities. They work with agencies that fit their academic program of study and professional goals in order to develop their experience and skills for future civic involvement and employment.
This funded internship includes Scholars' participating in an opening and closing conference, which equips them for their internship, allows them to reflect on and process their experiences, and invites them to submit their conference papers for publication. Example placements for the internship, which is a full-time summer placement, include Americans Helping Americans in Beattyville, Kentucky; Greensboro County Department of Public Health, Food Access Project in Greensboro, North Carolina; Public Defender Services for the District of Columbia in Washington D.C.; New American Pathways in Atlanta, Georgia; The Family Center, Inc. in Helena, Arkansas, and Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers in Camden, New Jersey.
Baylor Deadline: 14 January 2020, 8am
Smithsonian Internships
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: varies according to internship
Founded in 1846, the Smithsonian is the world's largest museum and research complex, consisting of 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park, and nine research facilities. The Smithsonian's mission is to shape the future by preserving our American heritage, discovering new knowledge, and sharing our resources with the world. The Office of Fellowships & Internships administers and catalogs the many (many) internship opportunities with the museum complex. Smithsonian internships are learning experiences guided by a mentor, occurring during a specific time frame, which provide benefits relating to an intern's education, coursework, or career goals. With stated learning objectives and a mentor's commitment, interns may be appointed for a term of up to six months. As interns' experiential education progresses, with revised learning objectives and a renewed commitment from a mentor, they may be reappointed. Because each unit of the Smithsonian (Natural History Museum, Smithsonian Libraries, American Art Museum, etc.) understands the learning opportunities it can offer best, each unit manages its own internship application process directly.
National Deadline: vary according to internship
Student Conservation Association Internships
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: any undergraduate year
The Student Conservation Association (SCA) offers internships in numerous disciplines--including environmental education, water quality monitoring, forestry, archaeology, and public outreach. Interns work closely with a partner agency or organization to gain firsthand experience in the field. Internships are 3-12 month, expense-paid opportunities to preserve environmental and cultural resources. The SCA maintains a database of postings for internships throughout the US, which applicants must access and search via their website.
National Deadline: vary according to internship
Taiwan-United States Sister Relations Alliance (TUSA) Global Ambassador Scholarship Program
The Taiwan-United States Sister Relations Alliance (TUSA) Summer Scholarship Program is an Ambassador program. A unique program especially designed for students who will be representing their state as well as the United States, acting as ambassadors to Taiwan. Upon returning to the United States, students will be expected to act as ambassadors of good will for both the United States and Taiwan whenever the opportunity presents itself. TUSA wants to create closer friendships and understanding between the people of the United States and the people of Taiwan. To accomplish our objective, we are offering a unique program to college/university undergraduate/graduate students who are interested in studying Mandarin (Chinese) language and learning about Taiwanese culture.
National Deadline: 15 February 2020 (early action); 31 March 2020 (general deadline)
Tax Foundation Internship
The Tax Foundation is a nonpartisan, educational organization that conducts tax policy research and designs tax policy at the federal, state, and local levels. The Foundation describes its core principles as simplicity: the belief that tax codes should be easy for taxpayers to comply with and for governments to administer and enforce; transparency: the conviction that tax policies should clearly and plainly define what taxpayers must pay and when they must pay it; neutrality: the position that the purpose of taxes is to raise needed revenue, not to favor or punish specific industries, activities, and products; and stability: the view that taxpayers deserve consistency and predictability in the tax code. As part of their work, the Tax Foundation offers internships to introduce undergraduate and graduate students to tax policy principles, which they apply in assessing and advancing public policy. While data entry and routine tasks are part of the internship, the majority of the work is substantive and focused in one of five key areas: federal tax policy, state tax policy, tax law, marketing, and development. Interns are afforded flexibility to attend events, lectures, and seminars around Washington, D.C., and each is assigned a staff mentor. Full-time interns receive a stipend of $920 per half-month. Tax Foundation internships are available each fall, spring, and summer, and applications are considered on a rolling basis.
National Deadline: rolling admission
ThinkSwiss Research Scholarship
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: junior || senior
ThinkSwiss offers 15 scholarships for research in Switzerland, which support highly motivated U.S. undergraduate students (all fields) to do research at a public Swiss university or research institute for 2-3 months. The ThinkSwiss Research Scholarship program provides a monthly scholarship of CHF 1,050 (approx. USD 1,000) for a period of 2 to 3 months (CHF 3,150 maximum). Recipients of the scholarship will participate in a blog to share experiences during the research period in Switzerland. Upon return to the U.S., recipients must carry out at least one activity as a student "ambassador," promoting Swiss research.
National Deadline: 15 January 2020
Urban Institute Internship
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: junior || senior
Founded in 1968 to understand the problems facing America’s cities and assess the programs of the War on Poverty, the Urban Institute brings decades of objective analysis and expertise to policy debates—in city halls and state houses, Congress and the White House, and emerging democracies around the world. Today, their research portfolio ranges from the social safety net to health and tax policies; the well-being of families and neighborhoods; and trends in work, earnings, and wealth building. Their scholars have a distinguished track record of turning evidence into solutions. Urban Institute scholars blend academic rigor with on-the-ground collaboration, teaming with policymakers, community leaders, practitioners, and the private sector to diagnose problems and find solutions. As an organization, the Urban Institute does not take positions on issues. Scholars are independent and empowered to share their evidence-based views and recommendations shaped by research. The Urban Institute Internship is designed to provide students interested in research, public policy issues, and organizational operations with rewarding and substantive work assignments that contribute to Urban's mission.
National Deadline: vary according to position as listed on their Careers page, linked above
White House Internship Program
Disciplines: diverse majors
Year: undergraduate and graduate students, recent college graduates
The White House Internship Program offers young leaders from across the nation an opportunity to develop their leadership skills and gain exposure to the public service sector. This unpaid internship allows interns to work, full-time, for a White House department, such as Legislative Affairs, Political Strategy & Outreach, and Cabinet Affairs. The assignments given to an intern on any given day could include conducting research, managing incoming inquiries, attending meetings, writing memos, and staffing events. While the interns' responsibilities and tasks vary by department, all interns are united through weekly events including a weekly speaker series with senior staff members and small group meetings exploring different policy aspects of the Executive Office of the President through speakers and discussion. Most importantly, the internship experience includes an emphasis on service and interns participate in regularly scheduled service projects at schools and non-profit organizations in Washington, D.C.
National Deadline for Summer: 11 January 2020
National Deadline for Fall: 3 May 2020
Wilson Center Research Assistant Internship Program
Disciplines: diverse
Year: junior ||senior
Most interns are at least seniors in the undergraduate level, though strongly qualified juniors (at the time of application) will be considered.
The Woodrow Wilson Center, chartered by Congress as the official memorial to President Woodrow Wilson, is the nation's key non-partisan policy forum for tackling global issues through independent research and open dialogue to inform actionable ideas for the policy community.
The majority of interns at The Wilson Center serve as research assistants or scholar interns for visiting scholars. Research assistants are talented college students from universities around the country who combine part-time hours at the Center with their studies and with other activities. A research assistant typically works 12-15 hours a week per scholar. A position as a research assistant is particularly appropriate for a college student planning to move on to graduate studies, or for college students wishing to develop a deeper understanding of their field of study. In addition to assisting with research, interns have the opportunity to network with experts in their chosen fields. The Center has at least 60 research interns at any one time, many of whom are replaced at the end of each academic term. Internship appointments are generally consistent with academic semesters (i.e. Fall, Spring, Summer) and last approximately nine to twelve weeks.
Most research assistants do an internship for academic credit and do not receive a stipend. Typical research assistants are students of political science; U.S. government/politics; international relations; history (including US history); foreign languages; international affairs; regional studies; economics; public policy; security studies; journalism and similar disciplines, though students of many other fields of study have sometimes been selected. New scholars are constantly arriving at the Wilson Center, and it can be difficult to predict what specific projects will be carried out in the future. For that reason, all interested students are encouraged to apply.
Priority national deadlines: 15 October for Spring term; 31 March for Summer term; and 16 July for Fall term