• A key resource for anyone seeking internships in government - this is a searchable database for all federal internships (!) - Federal Internship Finder • Go Government (opens in a new window)
• Internships/Fellowships - Careers (state.gov) (opens in a new window)
• U.S. Foreign Service Internship Program - Careers (opens in a new window)

Positions at Federal Agencies and Departments and Court Systems

• CAA Annenberg Summer Fellowship Program - Council of American Ambassadors (opens in a new window)
• US Courts Careers (opens in a new window)  (pre-law students - check this out, as well as the two below)
• Supreme Court Internship Program (opens in a new window)
• Federal Judicial Center Internships (opens in a new window) 
• Washington International Diplomatic Academy (opens in a new window)
• Scientists in Parks - Science (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov) - and, more generally (many opportunities) - Work With Us - Youth Programs (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov) (opens in a new window)
• Student & Recent Graduates Opportunities | U.S. Department of the Interior (opens in a new window)
• Student/Internship Programs | U.S. Department of the Treasury (opens in a new window) 
• Careers at DOL | U.S. Department of Labor (opens in a new window)
• Internships | U.S. Department of Commerce (opens in a new window)
• Opportunities for Students and Recent Graduates | US EPA (opens in a new window) (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Department of Defense internships (opens in a new window)
• Summer Associates | IDA (opens in a new window) (The Summer Associates Program at the Institute for Defense Analyses provides rising seniors with an opportunity to use their quantitative and analytical skills to work on challenging real-world national security issues. Each year, IDA hires and pays students at its Virginia and Washington, DC, facilities to work for ~10-12 weeks during the summer months. Students should have GPAs of 3.3+ in a variety of disciplines including computer science, information technology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, operations research, aero/astronautical engineering, mechanical or electrical engineering, as well as international relations, policy studies, social and behavioral sciences, statistics, finance, and economics.)
• Students and Interns | FBIJOBS (opens in a new window) (including internships at FBI Detroit)
• NSA | Students | Intelligence Careers (opens in a new window)
• The Government Accountability Office (GAO) does oversight, evaluations, investigations and audits of federal programs to help improve government services and save taxpayer dollars. Learn more about GAO careers here (opens in a new window). The GAO has a fantastic internship program
• Positions at both the Government Accountability Office and Library of Congress can also be found on USAJOBS - The Federal Government's official employment site (opens in a new window). 
• The Congressional Budget Office does independent budget and economic analyses of federal programs and proposed legislation. For Students | Congressional Budget Office (opens in a new window). 
• A quick link to International Organization Careers (State Department): International Organizations (IO) - Careers (state.gov) (opens in a new window)
• A quick link to Internship Opportunities for Students with the U.S. Intelligence Community: United States Intelligence Community Internship Opportunities for Students (borenawards.org) (opens in a new window)
• Congressional Internship Program - College Internships | house.gov (opens in a new window)

AmeriCorps Opportunities

• AmeriCorps (opens in a new window) and Join | AmeriCorps (opens in a new window) (for the top-level overview of the large AmeriCorps set of programs). See also LEO - AmeriCorps Programs (opens in a new window) for a helpful list of Michigan-located AmeriCorps programs. Some AmeriCorps programs are for recent college graduates, but several offer opportunities for summer engagement in service.

Think Tank Opportunities

• Internships at AEI | American Enterprise Institute - AEI (opens in a new window)
• Summer Internship Program — NCUSAR (opens in a new window) (National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations)
• Zero Hunger Internship » Congressional Hunger Center (opens in a new window) (summer internship)
• Internships - Global Ties U.S. : Global Ties U.S. (globaltiesus.org) (opens in a new window) (fantastic internships for students and grads interested in diplomacy and foreign service)
• Undergraduate Intern, Research (myworkdayjobs.com) (opens in a new window) (The Pew Research Center summer undergraduate internship is a paid opportunity for undergraduates with an interest in public opinion, survey research, data science, data journalism, digital publication, or nonprofit administration during the summer.)
• Work With IRI | International Republican Institute (opens in a new window) (many internships in Washington DC in the field of international relations)

Library and Museum Residencies and Research Internships

• The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, and Congress’s main research arm. It’s home to the Congressional Research Service, whose task is to provide authoritative, objective and nonpartisan analysis to lawmakers and their staff. Learn more about CRS careers here (opens in a new window). 
• Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum (fordlibrarymuseum.gov) (opens in a new window)(internships during summer, fall and winter)
• Internships at the Smithsonian | Office of Internship Programs (si.edu) (opens in a new window) (marvelous opportunities)
• Schomburg-Mellon Humanities Summer Institute | The New York Public Library (nypl.org) (opens in a new window)
• Summer Internships | National Gallery of Art (opens in a new window) in the National Gallery of Art (Washington DC)

Third party programs- there are some excellent third-party programs with a mission to provide pathways to Congressional internships:

• Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (opens in a new window)
• Congressional Internship Program - Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (opens in a new window)
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (opens in a new window)
• Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (opens in a new window)
• Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (opens in a new window)
• LGBTQ+ Victory Institute (opens in a new window)

United Nations

• Internships | United Nations Development Programme (undp.org) (opens in a new window) and UN Careers (opens in a new window) (the official UN internship and job website) (see also Become a volunteer (opens in a new window) and 8 ways to start a UN job — How to start a UN career (opens in a new window) and UN Careers (opens in a new window) for more information about pathways into work with and in the United Nations)
• UNA-USA Programs - UNA-USA (opens in a new window) (for students who have already secured a UN Internship - see above)
• Careers - Global Ties U.S. : Global Ties U.S. (globaltiesus.org) (opens in a new window) (many internships in DC and elsewhere - State Department affiliated NGO); see also Internships - Global Ties U.S. : Global Ties U.S. (globaltiesus.org) (opens in a new window)

INTERNATIONAL

• INTERNATIONAL
• Full Academic Year Experience - Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals - Cultural Vistas (opens in a new window) (an academic year in Germany, primarily for recent graduates - but current undergraduates are also eligible)
• U.S. Foreign Service Internship Program - Careers (opens in a new window)
• Boren Scholarships -- Regional Flagship Language Program (opens in a new window) (for undergraduates:  intensive summer language study in the U.S. plus associated immersive language study in the fall semester at a specific Boren location for students committed to careers in the intelligence and security sectors of federal service; you'll also want to work with PIC to receive approval for study abroad, but these particular Flagship language programs are not administered by GVSU)
• Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program (opens in a new window) (summer on-site or virtual immersive and intensive language study of a critical need language - i.e., Arabic, Russian, Bangla, Tewa, Mandarin, Hindi, Farsi or other)
• US-UK Fulbright Summer Institute (opens in a new window) (summer academic program at a participating British university for students who are underrepresented in study abroad / without study-abroad experience / with a GPA of 3.7 or higher)
• Cultural Vistas Scholarships and Programs (opens in a new window) (including CBYX, but with MANY MORE State-Department sponsored programs for undergraduates and alumni - Cultural Vistas internship and work-abroad programs allow students and professionals to develop the expanding set of competencies demanded in today’s global economy through sustained immersion in a foreign country – language learning, interdisciplinary problem solving, empathy, and respect for cultural attitudes and ideas, to name a few)
• Douglass-O'Connell Global Internship (opens in a new window) (a transformative eight-week summer internship program in Dublin, Ireland, for 15 exceptional students annually who are underrepresented in study abroad, during which they will expand their understanding of Irish history and culture while gaining practical work experience)
• USINDO Summer Studies Program: Study Abroad in Indonesia (opens in a new window)
• Global Sustainability Scholars (gsscholar.org) (opens in a new window)

DOMESTIC US Seminars, Selective Internships with Major Companies and Leadership Institutes (many are preparation for graduate study at top universities)

• CAA Annenberg Summer Fellowship Program - Council of American Ambassadors (opens in a new window)
• Find a Program | The Washington Center (twc.edu) (opens in a new window) (MANY internships - browse their program page!)
• Summer Research Programs | Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (harvard.edu) (opens in a new window)- many opportunities across STEM, humanities and social science fields)
• Fulbright Canada-Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Program | Fulbright Canada (opens in a new window) (for U.S. Students interested in coming to Canada to undertake advanced research projects for 10 to 12 weeks (between May and August) in their area of interest. Projects will be drawn from a broad cross-section of research topics covering all academic disciplines, and students will be placed with a university research project and undertake research projects under the supervision of a professor.)
• Federal Diversity Internship Initiative | Programs | The Washington Center (twc.edu) (opens in a new window)
• Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Undergraduate Summer Enrichment Program (opens in a new window) (brilliant preparation for graduate study, a Fulbright U.S. Student award, and, of course, for the Rangel Graduate Fellowship!)
• Mount Vernon Leadership Fellows (opens in a new window)
• Home - Hertog Foundation (opens in a new window) (variety of policy-oriented summer internships)
• Public Policy and International Affairs Program Junior Summer Institute (PPIA JSI) (opens in a new window) (excellent preparation for graduate study for underrepresented students committed to graduate school and careers in public policy/international affairs through a summer program at one of six hosting U.S. universities, including the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy)
• Schomburg-Mellon Humanities Summer Institute | The New York Public Library (nypl.org) (opens in a new window)
• Summer Internships (nga.gov) (opens in a new window) in the National Gallery of Art (Washington DC)
• Michigan Humanities Emerging Research Scholars Program (MICHHERS) | Rackham Graduate School: University of Michigan (opens in a new window)
• Internships and Early Career Opportunities | The New York Times Company (nytco.com) (opens in a new window)
• Internships - National Geographic Society (opens in a new window)
• Zero Hunger Internship » Congressional Hunger Center (opens in a new window)
• Home | Library of Congress (opens in a new window) (Many internships - explore the pages! See also the Washington Center link above for an internship at the LOC through the Washington Center, as well as many more opportunities)
• Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City (opens in a new window)
• Good Hart Artist Residency – Art + Place + Community (opens in a new window) (Michigan)
• Ox-Bow (opens in a new window) (Michigan)
• Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen Center for the Arts (opens in a new window) (Michigan)
• The Grünewald Guild (opens in a new window) (Washington State)

• For STEM majors in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Cell and Molecular Biology, and Engineering:
• Summer Research Early Identification Program | The Leadership Alliance (opens in a new window)
• DAAD-RISE (research internship in Germany in summer or during the academic year)
• Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) | NIST (opens in a new window)
• Department of Energy -- Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) program (opens in a new window)
• DOE Scholars Program (opens in a new window) (via ORISE - Current Opportunities | DOE Scholars Program (opens in a new window)) 
• Student and Recent Graduate Programs | NRCS (usda.gov) (opens in a new window)
• Internships and Career Opportunities | USDA (opens in a new window)
• Student opportunities | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (noaa.gov) (opens in a new window)
• NOAA student opportunities database | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (opens in a new window) (a fantastic database of scholarships, fellowships and internships)
• UM-SMART Undergrad Summer Program | University of Michigan Medical School (opens in a new window) (University of Michigan)
• Brooke Owens Fellowship (opens in a new window) (for young women - internships in aerospace)
• Department of Defense research internships (opens in a new window)
• Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) | Stanford University School of Engineering (opens in a new window)
• Summer Engineering Fellowship Program (WUSEF) | WashU McKelvey School of Engineering (opens in a new window)
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF-REU) | Blugold Center for High-Performance Computing (opens in a new window) (Wisconsin-Eau-Claire)
• For Pre-Med and Biological Sciences folks:
• For Pre-Med Students - check out this compendium of summer research opportunities: Summer Undergraduate Research Programs | AAMC (opens in a new window)
• UM-SMART Undergrad Summer Program | University of Michigan Medical School (opens in a new window) (University of Michigan)
• Developing Future Biologists (opens in a new window) (University of Michigan summer program)
• Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) | Molecular & Integrative Physiology | Michigan Medicine | University of Michigan (umich.edu) (opens in a new window)
• Perrigo Undergraduate Summer Fellowship (opens in a new window)
• Summer Research Programs | Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (harvard.edu) (opens in a new window) (including bio, cell and molecular, bioinformatics, pre-med, epidemiology and more)
• Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program (harvard.edu) (opens in a new window) Medical sciences summer research program at Harvard for students from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds
• NSURP.org – National Summer Undergraduate Research Project (opens in a new window) (virtual summer research in microbiology and more)
• Duke's STAR Program | Duke Clinical Research Institute (dcri.org) (opens in a new window)
• NIH Summer Internship Program (opens in a new window) (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
• Summer Internship Program (SIP) | Office of Intramural Training & Education at the National Institutes of Health (opens in a new window)
• Mayo Clinic Careers | Internships (opens in a new window)
• Undergraduate Scholarship Program - Training Programs in the Biomedical Sciences - Office of Intramural Training & Education at the National Institutes of Health (nih.gov) (opens in a new window)
• Research Internships - VAI (opens in a new window) (Van Andel Institute Summer Research Internships)
• Summer Public Health Scholars Program (SPHSP) | Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (columbia.edu) (opens in a new window)
• Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth :: The MD-PhD Undergraduate Summer Fellowship :: Welcome! (opens in a new window)
• Duke Summer Research Opportunity Program | The Graduate School (opens in a new window)
• Summer Undergraduate Mentored Research Program - Penn LDI (opens in a new window) (health sciences research)
• Summer Internship Program | Johns Hopkins Medicine (opens in a new window)
• Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children (opens in a new window) (summer international health fellowship program for undergraduates)
• let the world CHANGE you | Child Family Health International (cfhi.org) (opens in a new window)
• The Frankel Cardiovascular Center Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program at the University of Michigan - FCVC SURF (google.com) (opens in a new window)
• Fellowship Opportunities | Bioethics (nih.gov) (opens in a new window) (post-bacc and post-doc two-year fellowships)
• Amgen Scholars Summer Research Program in Science and Technology (opens in a new window) (summer research fellowships at top research universities - each university has its own summer dates and application process for specific human therapeutic, biotech and/or biomed research projects - much like the NSF-REU program)
• Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award (Postbac IRTA/CRTA) - Training Programs in the Biomedical Sciences - Office of Intramural Training & Education at the National Institutes of Health (nih.gov) (opens in a new window) (for recent college graduates preparing for graduate school)
• For Natural Resource and Environmental Sciences folks:
• Internships and Student Assistants (State of Michigan - Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy) (opens in a new window)
• Summer Research Program in Ecology | Harvard Forest (opens in a new window)
• Volunteer | John Ball Zoo (jbzoo.org) (opens in a new window) (paid summer internship for college students)
• Undergraduate Funding & Opportunities - Robert B. Annis Water Resources Institute (AWRI) - Grand Valley State University (opens in a new window)
• DNR - Michigan Civilian Conservation Corps / AmeriCorps positions (opens in a new window)
• Careers - WMEAC (opens in a new window) (including many summer internships - for example, the Crane Foundation Endowed Water Fellowship)
• Internship at Cedar Creek Institute (Michigan) (cedarcreekinstitute.org) (opens in a new window)
• Blandford Nature Center Volunteers (Grand Rapids) (opens in a new window)
• ODC Network - Outdoor Discovery Center (opens in a new window) (in Holland, multiple locations in west Michigan)
• Scientists in Parks - Science (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov) (opens in a new window) - and, more generally (many opportunities) - Work With Us - Youth Programs (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov) (opens in a new window)
• And some general resources for all: 
• Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) (opens in a new window) (a comprehensive database of US federal department and laboratory internships, fellowships and more)
• Pathways To Science | Increasing Diversity in STEM (opens in a new window)
• REUs (opens in a new window) (Research Experiences for Undergraduates)- The best way to begin is to read through all of the good information on the NSF REU page - REU - For Students | NSF - National Science Foundation (opens in a new window). And then, more particularly, Search for an REU Site | NSF - National Science Foundation (opens in a new window). You’ll need to contact the individual sites for the REUs of interest to you to get information and application materials for that particular REU at that particular university.  Most university REU websites are super clear and informative! You’ll find good advice about applying for REUs at GVSU_REU_Application_Tips.pdf - Google Drive (opens in a new window).
• Fulbright Canada-Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Program | Fulbright Canada (opens in a new window) (for U.S. Students interested in coming to Canada to undertake advanced research projects for 10 to 12 weeks (between May and August) in their area of interest. Projects will be drawn from a broad cross-section of research topics covering all academic disciplines, and students will be placed with a university research project and undertake research projects under the supervision of a professor.)
• See also Non-GVSU Funding and Research Opportunities - Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship - Grand Valley State University (opens in a new window)

• Barry Goldwater Scholarship (the most prestigious award in the United States for undergraduate STEM majors who are planning on pursuing a STEM PhD and a research career)
• NOAA Hollings Scholarship (applicants must apply in the fall of their sophomore year)
• Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship (Department of Defense program)
• Home - FAIT Fellowship (Foreign Affairs IT Fellowship)
• Undergraduate Scholarship Program - Training Programs in the Biomedical Sciences - Office of Intramural Training & Education at the National Institutes of Health (nih.gov) (scholarship support for students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are committed to careers in biomedical, behavioral, and social science health-related research)
• Udall Scholarship (two tracks: native health care and tribal policy; conservation and environmental issues)
• Harry S. Truman Scholarship (apply as a junior for support in your senior year and beyond - the Harry S. Truman Scholarship award is the nation's most prestigious domestic award for undergraduate students. The Truman Foundation recognizes college juniors with leadership potential who are committed to careers in government, the nonprofit advocacy sectors, education, or elsewhere in public service by providing them with financial support for graduate study, leadership training and fellowship with other students.)
• Pat Tillman Scholarship Application - Pat Tillman Foundation (educational scholarships and leadership development for active-duty service members, veterans, and spouses, covering tuition, books, and living expenses for full-time students)
• Generation Google Scholarship (established to help aspiring students pursuing computer science degrees excel in technology and become leaders in the field.)
• Scholarship — Women in Chemicals (for undergraduate women in chemistry - tuition assistance)

For more possibilities for service experiences (for alumni, graduate students and undergraduates, see Roadmap to Fellowships on the GVSU Fellowships website.

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