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Federal Agency and Department Internships*
Are you looking for an internship at a particular department and/or government agency? On this page, you will find a listing of federal agencies and departments as well as what student opportunities they offer. Feel free to browse the below opportunities. By clicking on the internship you will be taken directly to the original internship listing. Remember to look carefully at deadline dates, and to follow the procedure with regard to applying set forth by the federal department or agency website.
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A
Agency for International Development
- Fall/Spring/Summer Internships—Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs, Washington, D.C.
- Internships in the Office of Transition Initiatives, Washington, D.C.
- Volunteer Student Interns, Washington, D.C.
Air Force
- Student Educational Employment Program, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Army
- Civilian Career Intern Program, various locations
- Student Career and Student Temporary Employment Program, various locations
Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies
Attorney's Offices
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, Central District of California
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Colorado
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Connecticut
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Hampshire
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Mexico
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Rhode Island
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Alabama (Future Opportunity)
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Georgia
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas
- U.S. Attorney's Office—Pathways Program, Western District of Louisiana
- U.S. Attorney’s Office—Student Internship, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. Attorney’s Office—Student Temporary Employment, District of Columbia
- U.S. Attorney’s Office—Student Temporary Employment and Volunteer Programs, Western District of Washington
- U.S. Attorney’s Office—Student Temporary Employment Program and Volunteer Service, Eastern District of California
- U.S. Attorney’s Office—Student Volunteer Internships, District of Columbia
- U.S. Attorney’s Office—Student Volunteer Internships, Western District of Louisiana
C
Centers for Disease Control
- Collegiate Leaders in Environmental Health, Atlanta, GA (Future Opportunity)
- General Internships, various locations
- Public Health Law Program, Atlanta, GA
- Student Internships, various locations
Central Intelligence Agency
- Graduate Studies Program—Analysis, Washington, D.C.
- Graduate Studies Program—Computer Systems, Washington, D.C.
- Graduate Studies Program—Computer Systems/Computer Science/Computer Engineer, Washington, D.C.
- Graduate Studies Program—Electronic Systems, Washington, D.C.
- Graduate Studies Program—Engineering Officer, Washington, D.C.
- Graduate Studies Program—Mechanical Engineer, Washington, D.C.
- Graduate Studies Program—Operations Engineer, Washington, D.C.
- Pat Roberts Intelligence Scholars Program, Washington, D.C. (Future Opportunity)
- Undergraduate Co-Op Program, Washington, D.C.
- Undergraduate Internship Program—Analysis, Washington, D.C.
Chamber of Commerce
- Internships, Washington, D.C. (Future Opportunity)
Citizenship and Immigration Services
- Student Career, Temporary, and Volunteer Programs, various locations
Comptroller of the Currency
- Comptroller of the Currency Internships, Washington D.C.
- Various Internships, Washington D.C.
Congressional Budget Office
- Summer Internship, Washington, D.C. (Future Opportunity)
Congressional Research Service
- CRS Volunteer Internship Program, Washington, D.C.
Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Student Temporary Employment Program, Bethesda/Gaithersburg, MD and various locations in the United States
Customs and Border Protection
- Student Career, Temporary, and Volunteer Programs, various locations
D
Defense Commissary Agency
- Student Career and Temporary Employment Program, various locations
Defense Contract Audit Agency
- Student Career and Temporary Employment Program, various locations
Defense Finance and Accounting Service
- Internships, various locations (Future Opportunity)
Defense Intelligence Agency
- Academic Semester Internships, various locations
- Cooperative Education Program, various locations
- National Intelligence Scholars Program, Washington, D.C.
- Summer Intern Program, Various Locations
- Undergraduate Training Assistance Program, Washington, D.C.
Department of Agriculture
- Recent Graduate Program, various locations (Future Opportunity)
- Student Internship Program, Washington, D.C.
Department of Commerce
- Department of Commerce Internships, various locations
- Postsecondary Grants Internship Program, Washington, D.C.
Department of Commerce: Office of the Secretary
- Student Career Employment Program (SCEP), Washington, D.C.
- Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP), Washington, D.C.
Department of Commerce: U.S. Commercial Service
- Internship, New York City, NY (Future Opportunity) PDF
Department of Defense
- Centralized Intern Program, Washington, D.C.
Department of Defense: Defense Information Systems Agency
- DISA Pathways Internship Program, Washington, D.C.
Department of Defense: Missile Defense Agency
- Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP), various locations
Department of Education
- Student Volunteer Program, Washington, D.C. (PDF)
Department of Energy
- Department of Energy Student Programs, various locations
- DOE Scholars Program, various locations (Future Opportunity)
- Energy Information Administration Internship, Washington, D.C. (Future Opportunity)
- General Counsel Undergraduate Intern Program, Washington, D.C.
- Office of Science—Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships, various locations
Department of Energy: Office of Biological and Environmental Research
- Global Change Education Program, various locations (Future Opportunity)
Department of Homeland Security
- Acquisition Professional Career Program (APCP), various locations (Future Opportunity)
- DHS HS-STEM Summer Internship Program, various locations (Future Opportunity)
- Student Employment Program, Washington, D.C. (Future Opportunity)
Department of Homeland Security: Office of Policy
- Office of Policy Internship, Washington, D.C.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Student Career, Temporary, and Volunteer Employment Program, various locations
Department of the Interior
- Government-Wide Acquisition Management Intern Program, Washington, D.C. (Future Opportunity)
- Office of Secretary Management Intern Program, Washington, D.C.
Department of the Interior-Bureau of Land Management
- Student Career Experience Program, Lakewood, CO
- Student Temporary Employment Program, Lakewood, CO
Department of Justice
- Director's Internship Program, various locations (Future Opportunity)
- Federal Cyber Corps Program, Washington, D.C.
- Internships—Office of Public Affairs, Washington, D.C.
- OCOM Internships—Office of Communications, Washington D.C.
- Student Temporary Employment Program—Office of Consumer Litigation, Washington, D.C.
- Summer Internships—Office of Justice Programs, Washington, D.C. (Future Opportunity)
- Unpaid Internships—Office of Consumer Litigation, Washington, D.C.
Department of Labor
- Student Internship Program, Washington, D.C.
Department of State
- Student Programs, Washington, D.C. and various locations
Department of Transportation
- Summer Transportation Internship for Diverse Groups, Washington, D.C. (Future Opportunity)
Department of Treasury
- The Federal Career Intern Program, Washington, D.C.
- The Hispanic Serving Institutions National Internship Program, Washington, D.C.
- Student Career Experience Program, Washington, D.C.
- Student Employment Programs-Headquarters, Washington D.C.
- Student Educational Employment Program, Washington, D.C.
- Student Internships—Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, D.C.
- Student Volunteer Service, Washington, D.C.
- The Washington Internships for Native Students, Washington, D.C.
E
Environmental Protection Agency
- Student Opportunities—Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances, various locations
- Student Services Contracting Authority—Office of Research and Development, various locations
Executive Office of the President
F
Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Honors Internship Program, Washington, D.C. and Quantico, VA (Future Opportunity)
- Middle Eastern Language Honors Internship Program, Washington, D.C. (Future Opportunity)
- National Security Internship, Washington, D.C. (Future Opportunity) (PDF)
- Visiting Scientist Program, Quantico, VA
- Volunteer Internship Program, various locations (Future Opportunity)
Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Public Health Service, Washington, D.C. and possibly various locations
- Student Temporary Educational Program, Washington, D.C.
- Summer Employment, Washington, D.C. and possibly various locations
Federal Communications Commission
- Student Internships, various locations
Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Student Opportunities, various locations
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Internships, Washington, D.C.
- Student Temporary Assistant Resources Program, Washington, D.C.
Federal Reserve Board
- Dissertation, Project, and Unpaid Internships, Washington, D.C.
Federal Trade Commission
- Student Clerical Positions, Washington, D.C.
- Volunteers/Unpaid Internships, Washington, D.C.
Fish and Wildlife Service
- Student Career Experience and Temporary Employment Program, various locations
G
General Services Administration
- Student Career Employment Program, Washington, D.C.
Government Accounting Office
- Student Career Employment Program, Washington, D.C.
- Student Intern Program, Washington, D.C. (Future Opportunity)
H
Health and Human Services
- Student Career, Temporary, Training, and Volunteer Programs, various locations
I
International Finance Corporation
- Summer Internships, various locations (Future Opportunity)
L
Library of Congress
- Junior Fellows Summer Internship Program, Washington, D.C. (Future Opportunity)
- Mary Wolfskill Trust Fund Internship—Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C. (Future Opportunity)
- Paul Peck Humanities Institute Internship Program, Washington, D.C.
M
Millennium Challenge Corporation
- Student Internships, Washington, D.C. (Future Opportunity)
N
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Additional Higher Education Opportunities at NASA, various locations
- Ames Student Program, Mountain View, CA
- Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (Future Opportunity)
- Kennedy Space Center Intern Project, Kennedy Space Center, FL
- Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars, Hampton, VA
- Lewis’ Educational and Research Collaborative Internship Project: NASA Scholar Program, Cleveland, OH (Future Opportunity)
- NASA History Division Internship, Washington, D.C.
National Archives
- Archival Internships, College Park, MD and Washington, D.C.
- Editorial Internships, Washington, D.C.
- Exhibitions and Educational Outreach Internships, Washington, D.C.
- Grants Management and Research Internships, Washington, D.C.
- Legislative Internships, Washington, D.C.
- Presidential Libraries Internships, College Park, MD and Washington, D.C.
National Cancer Institute
- Health Communications Internship Program, Bethesda, MD
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
National Institutes of Health
- Pathways for Students and Recent Graduates, various locations
National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Student Career Employment Program (SCEP), Washington, D.C.
- Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP), Washington, D.C.
- Student Volunteer Program (SVP), Washington, D.C.
National Park Service
- Historic Preservation Internship Training Program, various locations
- Internships—Lake Roosevelt, Lake Roosevelt, WA
- Seney National Wildlife Refuge Internship, Seney, MI (Future Opportunity)
- Student Career and Student Temporary Employment Program, various locations (PDF)
National Science Foundation
- Outstanding Scholars and Student Educational Employment Programs, Washington, D.C.
National Security Agency
- Computer Science Intern Program—Graduate, Fort Meade, MD (Future Opportunity)
- Computer Science Intern Program—Undergraduate, Fort Meade, MD (Future Opportunity)
- Cooperative Education Program, Fort Meade, MD
- Cryptanalysis and Exploitations Services Summer Program—Undergraduate, Fort Meade, MD (Future Opportunity)
- Cryptologic Access Summer Intern Program—Undergraduate, Fort Meade, MD (Future Opportunity)
- Director’s Summer Program—Undergraduate, Fort Meade, MD (Future Opportunity)
- Installation and Logistics Intern Program—Undergraduate, Fort Meade, MD (Future Opportunity)
- Intelligence Analysis Summer Program—Undergraduate, Fort Meade, MD (Future Opportunity)
- Semester Intern Program for Science and Technology—Undergraduate, Fort Meade, MD
- Summer Intern Program for Information Assurance—Undergraduate, Fort Meade, MD (Future Opportunity)
- Summer Language Program—Undergraduate, Fort Meade, MD (Future Opportunity)
- Summer Program for Operations Research Technology—Graduate, Fort Meade, MD (Future Opportunity)
Naval Research Laboratory
- Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program, Washington, D.C. (Future Opportunity)
- Student Volunteer Program, Washington, D.C.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Cooperative and Summer Education Program, various locations
O
Office of Management and Budget
- Graduate Internship, Washington, D.C.
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
- General Internships, Washington, D.C.
P
Pan American Health Organization
- Internship, Washington, D.C.
R
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
- John A. Volpe Transportation Internship, Washington, D.C. (Future Opportunity)
S
Sandia National Laboratories
- Summer Internships, Albuquerque, NM
Securities and Exchange Commission
- Summer Honors Business, College, and Temporary Employment Programs, Washington, D.C. and various locations (Honors Business and College Programs - Future Opportunities)
Smithsonian: Anacostia Community Museum
- Internship, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian: Archives of American Art
- Internship, Washington, D.C. (Future Opportunity)
Smithsonian: Center for Education and Museum Studies
- Internship, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian: Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
- Internship, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
- Internship, New York City, NY
Smithsonian: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Undergraduate and Graduate Internships, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian Institution
- Minority, Native American, and James E. Webb Internships, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian: International Center
- Internship, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian: Museum Conservation Institute
Smithsonian: National Air and Space Museum
- Internship, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian: National Museum of African Art
- Internship, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian: National Museum of American History
- Internship Program, Washington, D.C.
- Lemelson Center Internships—Archival Internship (Summer), Washington, D.C. (Future Opportunity)
Smithsonian: National Museum of the American Indian
- Internship Program, Various Locations
Smithsonian: National Museum of Natural History
- Natural History Internship Program, Washington, D.C.
- Alternative Spring Break Program, Washington, D.C.
- Winter Break Internship Program, Washington, D.C. (Future Opportunity)
- Arctic Studies Center Internship, Anchorage, AK
- Smithsonian Marine Station Internship Program, Fort Pierce, FL
Smithsonian: National Portrait Gallery
- Internship, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian: National Postal Museum
- Museum-Wide Internship Program, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian: National Zoological Park
- Friends of the National Zoo Internships, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian: Office of Chief Information Officer
- Internships, Herndon, VA
Smithsonian: Office of Equal Employment and Minority Affairs
- Internship, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian: Office of Exhibits Central
- Internship, Landover, MD
Smithsonian: Office of Facilities Management and Reliability
- Internship, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian: Office of Policy and Analysis
- Internship, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian: Office of Public Affairs
- Internship, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian: Office of Sponsored Projects
- Internship, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian: The Smithsonian Associates
- Volunteer Opportunities, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Astronomy Summer Intern Program, Cambridge, MA
Smithsonian: Smithsonian Enterprises
- Internship, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
- SERC Internship in Environmental Studies, Edgewater, MD
Smithsonian: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Internship, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
- Internship, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
- Internship, various locations
Smithsonian: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
- Internships, Panama
Social Security Administration
T
Tennessee Valley Authority
- Cooperative Education Program, various locations
U
United Nations Children’s Fund
- Internship Program, New York City, NY and various locations
United Nations Development Program
- Internship, New York City, NY and various locations
United Nations Headquarters
- Internship Program, New York City, NY
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
- Internship Programme, Geneva, Switzerland
United States House of Representatives
- Committee on the Budget Internships, Washington, D.C.
- Committee on Education and Labor Internships (Democratic Site), Washington, D.C.
- Committee on the Judiciary Internships, Washington, D.C.
- Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Internships (Democratic Site), Washington, D.C.
- Committee on Rules Internships (Democratic Site), Washington, D.C.
- Committee on Veterans' Affairs Internships, Washington, D.C.
*See individual Representatives’ website for information about internship/volunteer opportunities in that Representative’s Washington, D.C. or local office.
United States Senate
- Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. (PDF)
- Committee on Environment and Public Works (Minority Party), Washington, D.C. (PDF)
- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Washington, D.C. (Future Opportunity)
*Many Congressional Committee internship/volunteer opportunities can be learned about through individual Senators’ offices. For internship/volunteer opportunities at a particular Senator’s Washington or local office, please see that individual Senator’s Web site.
W
World Bank
- Student Programs and Internships, Washington, D.C.
*Please note: APUS is not affiliated with any of the above federal agencies, departments, or federally funded organizations.
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