Internship Search Process
- Apply and be selected as a Bauer in D.C. Fellow.
- Meet with Bauer in D.C. Program Director Colleen Davies to identify potential internships.
- Begin applying to Washington, D.C. internships.
See below for a list of potential internship sites:
Federal Agencies | Environment | Microfinance | Business | Think Tanks | Law | Smithsonian | Congress/Senate | Job Websites
| FEDERAL GOVERNMENT/AGENCIES | |||||
| Organization | Spring Semester Application Due Date |
Paid or Unpaid |
U.S. Citizenship Required |
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| The White House | Aug. 25 | Unpaid | Yes | ||
| US Trade Representative | Nov. 15 | Unpaid | Yes | ||
| Council of Economic Advisors | Nov. 1 | Unpaid | Yes | ||
| Supreme Court - Judicial Internship Program - Office of the Counselor to the Chief Justice | Oct. 15 | Unpaid | Yes | ||
| Supreme Court - Office of the Curator | Oct. 15 | Unpaid | Yes | ||
| Supreme Court - Public Information Office | Oct. 15 | Unpaid | Yes | ||
| Export-Import Bank of the US - Office of Inspector General | Unpaid | Yes | |||
| Federal Trade Commission | Unpaid | Yes | |||
| USAID | Sept. 1 | Paid/Unpaid | Yes | ||
| FDA, Office of Policy Internship | Aug. 31 | Unpaid | Eligible to work in the U.S. |
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| Most Federal Agency Internships | Unpaid | ||||
| ENVIRONMENT | |||||
| Council on Environmental Quality | Oct. 1 | Unpaid | Yes | ||
| The Sierra Club | No | ||||
| MICROFINANCE ORGANIZATIONS | |||||
| Millennium Challenge Corporation | |||||
| Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) | Oct. 15 | ||||
| BUSINESS RELATED ORGANIZATIONS | |||||
| U.S. Chamber of Commerce | Applications accepted on a rolling basis |
Paid | No - must be eligible to work in U.S. | ||
| Center on Budget & Policy Priorities | Oct. 1 | Paid | No - must be eligible to work in U.S. | ||
| Points of Light | No - must be eligible to work in U.S. | ||||
| INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | |||||
| Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) | -Applications accepted on a rolling basis |
No - must be eligible to work in U.S. | |||
| International Justice Mission | Aug. 1 | No | |||
| Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | Paid/Unpaid | No - must be eligible to work in U.S. | |||
| U.S. Global Leadership Coalition | Oct. 20 | Small stipends are available | |||
| THINK TANKS | |||||
| Center for American Progress | Oct. 3 | No - must be eligible to work in U.S. | |||
| The Heritage Foundation | Oct. 1 | No - must be eligible to work in U.S. | |||
| American Enterprise Institute | Dec. 1 | Unpaid | No - must be eligible to work in U.S. | ||
| LAW RELATED INTERNSHIPS | |||||
| Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia | Applications accepted on a rolling basis | No | |||
| American Bar Association | Can apply now | Unpaid | |||
| SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE | |||||
| Smithsonian Institute - Various departments | Varying dates | ||||
| Smithsonian National Zoo - Internships | Nov. 1 | Unpaid | No | ||
| CONGRESS/SENATE | |||||
| U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) - Majority-R; Minority-D | Oct. 1 | Unpaid | Yes | ||