National Internships

For Internships in Washington D.C. visit the Washington D.C. Page

National Laboratories

  • Sandia National Laboratories  PAID
    Our research internships can be experienced through technical institutes that encompass a range of disciplines, including cyber security, energy surety, engineering design, and software development. 

Non-Governmental Organizations

  • American Civil Liberties Union - Washington D.C. & New York
    For almost 100 years, the ACLU has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. 

     

  • Amnesty International - New York
    We are a global movement of millions of people demanding human rights for all people.           
                              
  • The Borgen Project - Remote Internship 
    The Borgen Project believes that leaders of the most powerful nation on earth should be doing more to address global poverty. We’re the innovative, national campaign that is working to make poverty a focus of U.S. foreign policy.     
                                                                                                 
  • Brennan Center for Justice - Washington D.C. & New York PAID
    The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is a nonpartisan law and policy institute that works to reform, revitalize - and when necessary, defend - our country's systems of democracy and justice. 
     
  • Ceres - California
    Ceres is transforming the economy to build a sustainable future for people and the planet. 
     
  • City Internships- Various Locations
    CI is an accelerated learning provider. We partner with traditional educators and leading companies to close the skills gap that is leaving graduate jobs unfilled and more than 55% of graduates under-employed. 
     
  • Council of Foreign Relations - New York & Washington D.C.
    The council of Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries. 
     
  • Doctors Without Borders - New York
    Medical aid where it's needed most - independent, neutral, impartial. 
     
  • Human Rights Watch - Washington D.C., New York, Florida & Los Angeles
    Human Rights Watch is an independent, international organization that works as part of a vibrant movement to uphold human dignity and advance the cause of human rights for all. 
     
  • Landesa - Seattle & Washington D.C.
    Landesa champions and works to secure land rights for millions of the world's poorest, mostly rural women and men, to provide opportunity and promote social justice. 
     
  • Mercy Corps - Portland, OR, Washington D.C. & Cambridge, MA
    We mobilize communities, collaborate with companies and activate across agencies to deliver breakthrough ideas that make a better world possible.  
     
  • NPR - Washington D.C., California, New York, Chicago & Boston, PAID
    The mission of NPR is to work in partnership with Member Stations to create a more informed public - one challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of events, ideas and cultures.  
     
  • One Acre Fund - New York
    One Acre Fund supplies smallholder farmers with the financing and training they need to grow their way out of hunger and poverty. 
     
  • Partners in Health - Gallup, NM, Rosebud, SD & Boston
    Partners in Health strives to achieve two overarching goals: to bring the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need of them and to serve as an antidote to despair. 
     
  • PATH - Seattle
    At PATH, we are a global team of innovators working to accelerate health equity so all people and communities can thrive. 
     
  • PLAN International - Warwick, RI
    PLAN International is an independent development and humanitarian organization that advances children's rights and equality for girls. 
     
  • Sierra Club - Oakland, CA
    The Earth is our only home. And the Sierra Club is dedicated to exploring, enjoying, and protecting it for everyone. 
     
  • TED - NYC
    TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short powerful talks. 
     
  • The Nature Conservancy - Tucson & various other locations
    The Nature Conservancy began when the leading scientists, committed citizens and dedicated leaders, came together with a shared vision to protect and care for nature. 
     
  • United Nations Foundation- Washington, D.C. & New York
    The UN has the mission and reach to solve global problems at a time when collective action is needed more than ever.