PIIRS Undergraduate Fellowship Program
Application Deadline: May 30, 2025
The Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) Undergraduate Fellowship Program provide recipients with a grant of up to $7,500 to pursue a project or initiative that promotes collective understanding of other countries and/or that addresses global challenges. Fellows will be part of a cohort that will meet several times throughout the academic year. Rory Truex, associate professor of politics and international affairs and Ralph O. Glendinning University Preceptor, directs the program and advises fellows on their projects and convene group meetings.
The goal of the PIIRS Undergraduate Program is to provide students with the opportunity to build leadership skills and advance regional understanding by creating their own project or initiative. We are open to a range of proposals, including (but not limited to) the following: organizing talks or a conference, creating a documentary film, supporting an international service project, creating a podcast or Youtube channel, or anything else that improves regional knowledge and understanding at Princeton and beyond. Be creative and think big!

Research Assistant Position
Professor Deborah Pearlstein is seeking a research assistant to help with a current book project. The topic of the book is the erosion of norms distinguishing law from politics in the United States, and it touches on subjects from jurisprudence and judicial decision making to the role of government lawyers and the history of American legal movements. Projects include everything from active research to fact checking and citation formatting. The ideal candidate would have experience with legal scholarship and citation form. Comfort with political science literature and basic statistical methods a plus. Compensation is $18/hour for undergraduates and $25/hour for graduate students. Start date is June 1 through the summer with a possibility to extend into the fall semester. Interested candidates should send their cover letter, resume and a writing sample to Prof. Pearlstein (dpearlst@princeton.edu). Deadline: June 1, 2025

International Rescue Committee Internships (multiple opportunities)
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Deadline: Rolling

WWF Policy and Government Affairs Intern
Given the wide array of issues that the Policy and Government Affairs (PGA) staff covers, research and analysis may entail working with legislation, regulations, and potentially court cases. By contrast, research, analysis, and support may include assessment of government agencies' roles, policies, and positions on issues relating to WWF's mission, or writing of brief materials about U.S. government agencies. Deadline: Rolling

Counter Disinformation Intern 
The NEA Internship Program provides interns with training, learning opportunities, educational activities and exposure to a variety of rich and substantive programmatic experiences that support quality public education. Deadline: Rolling

Public Affairs Intern
Consider a career with an organization focused on promoting a healthy regional and national economy. As an intern, you will directly contribute to the trust and confidence in the nation’s financial system through challenging work assignments and rewarding professional experiences. Deadline: Rolling

Executive Functions is Hiring - Summer and Fall Interns
We are seeking part-time summer and fall interns to assist with editorial, research, and production tasks. Ideal candidates will have strong research, writing, and editing skills, and a capacity for close attention to detail. Demonstrated interest in executive power issues is preferred but not required. These positions are remote and unpaid, and they are only open to current law students (including 3Ls). We are posting for positions this summer (May to mid-August) and fall (mid-August to December), with flexibility on precise start and end dates. Interns will be expected to work a minimum of 10 hours per week. To apply, please submit a resume, a brief statement of interest (<300 words), and your availability to ex.functions@gmail.com. Please indicate whether you are applying for a summer or fall position, or both, in the subject of the email in which you send your application and on the top of your statement of interest. We are accepting applications on a rolling basis beginning today. Deadline: Rolling

Policy and Advocacy Internship
Mercy Corps works in fragile and conflict-affected countries, often where communities are recovering from disaster, conflict, or economic collapse. Deadline: Rolling

CSIS Interns (Multiple Opportunities)
Many new opportunities for internships. Example fields include: Southeast Asia Program, Africa Program, Project on Prosperity and Development, Project on Nuclear Issues, etc. Most programs are open for college juniors up through recent graduates! Deadline: Rolling

Princeton in Washington
Will you be living or working near Washington, D.C. this summer? If so, don't miss out on the networking and career development opportunities, exclusive site visits, social events, free catered dinners & more that are available to you through the Princeton in Washington (PIW) program! PIW was launched 60 years ago and introduces students to careers and life in Washington, D.C. through alumni interactions, social events, and community service. You'll meet high-profile professionals and learn about different career paths in public service, politics, law, nonprofit, and more! You’ll also get plugged in with the community of Princeton students living and working in D.C. and make new friends as you explore all that the nation's capital has to offer. Many PIW programs are run out of the SPIA office in D.C., while others are around the city. Want to know about the speakers, tours, and events we have lined up for Summer 2025? (hint: visiting the Fed, private tour of the FBI museum, kayaking on the Wharf, an MLB game & more!) Sign up here for updates!

SPIA in NJ - Undergraduate Internship Opportunities
SPIA in New Jersey has several internship opportunities with local and state organizations. Please use the link above to explore all the different organizations and internships available. Deadline: Rolling

Work For America - Summer Associate Position
Work for America (WFA) is a new non profit initiative dedicated to addressing the critical staffing shortages within state and local governments across the US. As a summer associate reporting to the Chief Program Officer at WFA, you will be instrumental in supporting our efforts to tackle staffing shortages within state and local governments across the US. If you are interested please apply through the following link. Deadline: Rolling

Heu Learning - Volunteer Opportunities
Heu is a nonprofit organization devoted to dramatically increasing the supply of effective in-person English instruction for adults. We help community organizations like libraries, after-school programs, and church basements adopt standard operating models of English as a second language (ESL) instruction to launch effective and sustainable programs. These standard operating procedures center around software platforms that centralize and streamline all of the tasks necessary to lead one of these programs, and deliver a blended learning curriculum used inside the classroom.

Volunteer Opportunities:
Heu Learning is seeking volunteers (15+ hours/week) to perform one of three tasks:

1. Assist distribution efforts (communicating with and supporting the launch of 7 new ESL programs this spring)
2. Software Development (assisting in the development of the administrator, instructor, or learner platforms; proficiency in React required)
3. Launching a program (helping to launch at one of the 7 new sites: Princeton, Columbia, NYU, Fordham, Tulane, UMiami, Duke)

City of Chicago Department of Law - Internship Opportunity
Law students, law graduates, and lawyers have many opportunities for meaningful involvement in the important work of the Department of Law as legal externs, law clerks, summer program participants, post-graduate fellows, and lawyers.  Participants gain invaluable hands-on legal experience by working on complex and diverse projects with Law Department attorneys.  They participate in negotiations and Client advising meetings, conduct research and analysis to draft dispositive motions on constitutional or procedural issues of law, and - utilizing an Illinois Supreme Court Rule 711 license - appear on behalf of the City in Court or before Administrative Tribunals. More information and how to apply, linked here. Deadline: Rolling

Research Assistant Position  - Prof. Titiunik's Project "Measuring Charisma of Politicians"
Professor Rocio Titiunik is seeking applications for paid research assistant (RA) positions for a project on politician charisma. The project's goal is to produce a quantitative measure of politicians’ charisma using text from newspapers and other sources. The RA’s primary task will be (i) careful reading and labeling of texts according to whether the texts are charismatic or non-charismatic based on our definition of charisma, and (ii) subsequent recording of that information on spreadsheets. The RA’s will be working under the supervision of Professor Titiunik and Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dr. Francesca Tang. RA’s must be detail-oriented, careful, and thorough. Politics or SPIA majors are preferred but others are welcome as well. Applicants should be available to work at least 5 hours/week, starting soon. Hourly rate: $18/hour for undergraduate students. Interested candidates should send an email with their transcript and CV to Dr. Francesca Tang (frtang@princeton.edu). For any questions, please also contact Francesca. Deadline: Open Until Filled

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Internships and Post BA Opportunities
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory recruits for a variety of roles as interns and post-bachelors research assistants. Positions range from energy and climate to national security to data analytics to computing and information systems. Positions in both Washington State and the Washington DC area. 

Summer 2025 Paid Research Internships with the St. Louis Federal Reserve
The St. Louis Fed Research Division provides high-quality, timely advice to the Bank’s president about monetary policy and banking issues. Working with the Division’s economists, research associates (RAs) help to produce and communicate important economic research in areas such as macroeconomics, international economics, and regional economics. RAs should be adept at collecting and organizing data from a variety of sources. They also know how to use key software packages to perform statistical, econometric, and computational research. Deadline: Varies 

Unified Site for All State Department Fellowships and Internships
If your students are seeking a substantive internship or fellowship supporting US foreign policy, the State Department has an aggregated website for opportunities. Opportunities are for a wide range of majors (from STEM to social sciences to the arts). They are in person and online. Deadline: Varies

World Food Program Internships with Stipend
The World Food Programme offers internships to currently enrolled university students or those who graduated in the last six months. Candidates must have completed at least 2 years of undergraduate studies and have a working knowledge of English (other UN languages a plus). Open to citizens of WFP member countries. Internships normally last between two and eight months. WFP contributes a stipend that is connected to the specific duty station (maximum amount is US$1,000 per month). Interns must pay for and organize travel and accommodation arrangements; however, WFP will reimburse travel tickets for candidates who are nationals of developing countries and are pursuing their studies in their home country. Locations vary. Deadline: Varies

Young Diplomats Forum
July 14th-18th 2025 
Location: Johns Hopkins University
Student Info & Application
Deadline to apply: 15th June 2025
This July, the Young Diplomats Forum (YDF) Washington will take place at Johns Hopkins University, bringing together ambitious young people from across the globe for a week of professional development and hands-on exposure to international diplomacy.
The theme behind this outreach – “Where the Global Classroom Meets Real-World Diplomacy” –
highlights how YDF helps students bridge their academic learning with real-world global engagement.
Why it’s a strong fit for your careers service:

• Provides high-impact experiential learning in an international setting
• Builds transferable skills in negotiation, leadership, and global communication
• Offers rare networking access to diplomats, policy experts, and international institutions
• Strengthens graduate CVs and postgraduate applications

Deadline to apply: 15th June 2025

NJAI Hub - Research Survey
As we work to build a robust AI ecosystem, we’d love to hear from Princeton students about their interests, skills, and the types of opportunities they’d find most valuable. To help us shape future programming, we’ve put together a brief student interest survey.

FedSupport Hub
The FedSupport Hub is a resource for former and current federal employees—a centralized and reliable place where they can find answers to their questions, share critical information and build community. This may be a helpful resource for the alumni you serve working in the federal government. 

Stokes Library - Viz Hub Spring 2025 Workshop Schedule
The Stokes Visualization Hub is a space and service, that responds to the evolving digital research, data visualization, and qualitative analysis needs of the Princeton Students and Faculty, with a focus on SPIA and the related social sciences. Workshops will cover a variety of topics including Zotero, R, Excel, Data Visualization and more. Please visit the website for workshop details and dates.

GoinGlobal
This resource supports international students who are interested in working in the U.S., their home country or elsewhere, as well as U.S. students who want to work abroad. It includes job and internship listings, global resume and cover letter guidance, global key employer directory, country and city guides, global job market trends, work permit regulations and cultural advice. Its Country/City Guides and cultural information might be helpful for those of you who are sending students abroad this summer or post-graduation. GoinGlobal requires students, faculty, and staff to be logged into CAS to access.

Partnership for Public Service
The Partnership for Public Service and Amazon Web Services have collaborated to create this Agency Dashboard, which provides an overview of the workforce, employee experience, budgetary resources and information-technology maturity of 33 major federal agencies, each with more than 1,000 employees. The dashboards offer a snapshot of critical data points that illustrate the organizational health of specific agencies and the executive branch as a whole, helping agency leaders, congressional offices, the media and other stakeholders identify areas for further focus.

Virtual Volunteer Opportunities with the United Nations
For students and alumni who still want to gain experience while they cannot leave home, the UN Online Volunteer Corps may be helpful. Online volunteering allows organizations and volunteers to team up to address sustainable development challenges – anywhere in the world, from any device. 
More information and how to apply, linked here.

Virtual Student Federal Service
The Virtual Student Federal Service connects the talents of U.S. citizen college students with the needs of federal agencies. Since 2009, more than 10,000 remote interns have advanced the work of the federal government. The time commitment is about 10 hours per week during the school year. There are opportunities for all, from data visualization to political analysis. Internships are paid but may be eligible for course credit. 
More information and how to apply are linked here.

Princeton Experimental Laboratory (PExL) for Social Sciences
PExL is open for registration at pexl.lab.run. Why register? Because your participation will earn you cash (about $25 an hour), because you’ll take part in frontier science, and because you might have fun—most experiments will allow you to strategize in computer-based interactions. If you have any questions, please contact us at pexl@princeton.edu.

USAJOBS Career Explorer
The USAJOBS Career Explorer helps job seekers find occupations in the federal government that align with their career interests. Job seekers answer a series of questions that result in a matched list of federal occupational series. The list offers explanations of jobs in plain language and links to relevant open job announcements. The Career Explorer covers over 300 occupations in the General Schedule and Wage Grade pay scale.  

Early Career Page
The Early Career Page is a central hub of information and resources for students, recent graduates and non-college degree seeking individuals who are early in their career. Information on the page includes the benefits of working for the federal government, tips to navigate the federal application process and best practices for federal resumes. The page also links to the Federal Internship Portal and the Recent Graduate Portal to easily connect page visitors to these early career jobs. 

Federal Internship Finder
This resource—part of GoGovernment.org—houses nearly 1,000 federal opportunities and had nearly 90,000 visits in its first year. We recently added two new search filters to the finder to make this tool even more effective for you and your students.

Practice Foreign Service Officer Test
The State Department offers a practice Foreign Service Officer Test (FSOT). The purpose of the practice FSOT is to provide a realistic preview of the computer-based FSOT and an estimate of the likelihood of passing.

Google Interview WarmUp
DYK Google has a tool that lets students practice interview responses, get AI-generated insights into their answers, and get more comfortable interviewing for select fields.

Advice on Quality Letters of Recommendation
Letters of Recommendation provide valuable insights into a candidate. If students are struggling to figure out how to secure the "right" letters, here is a piece I wrote with 5 Tips for a Quality Letter of Recommendation. Printable copy linked here

Unified Site for All State Department Fellowships and Internships
If your students are seeking a substantive internship or fellowship supporting US foreign policy,the State Department has an aggregated website or opportunities. Opportunities are for a wide range of majors (from STEM to social sciences to the arts). They are in person and online.

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Postgraduate Fellowship
Are you interested in working to impact policy on Capitol Hill after completing your graduate studies? The CHCI Postgraduate Fellowship Program offers Latino leaders the opportunity to draw connections between their graduate field of study and public policy. This paid nine-month fellowship will allow you to spend four days a week working on Capitol Hill, obtain unparalleled work experience, and gain exposure to the legislative process. Learn more about our application process on our website, or attend one of our upcoming info sessions to discover how to make your application stand out. Apply here! Register for the information session here.

Nuclear Security Junior Fellow - MIT
The Center for Nuclear Security Policy (CNSP) at MIT is seeking Nuclear Security Junior Fellows to serve as research assistants for faculty, researchers, and fellows on topics related to nuclear security. Fellows will report to the director of the Center for Nuclear Security Policy. Recent college graduates who are interested in nuclear security are encouraged to apply to this 1-yr program, which would begin fall 2025, includes MIT benefits and can be renewed for a second year. This is an ideal position for someone interested in gaining research experience in political science with an interest in nuclear security before pursuing graduate education. A full job description is available here. Deadline: Open until filled

P*Law Undergraduate Scholars (PLUS)
The P*LAW Undergraduate Scholars (PLUS) program offers Princeton undergraduates opportunities to engage with P*LAW faculty and staff via special programming for law-interested undergraduates. You will also be eligible to receive funding to support participation in legal research.  Students who join the PLUS cohort commit to the following :

• Attending two of P*LAW’s events each academic year
• Participating in a set of pre-law advising panels and lunches
• Enrolling in a PLUS Program Canvas page

To join PLUS, please fill out this form(Link is external). For further information, contact the faculty advisor, Prof. Lynda Dodd (lyndadodd@princeton.edu). To view our PLUS Scholars for 2024-2025, please click here. P*LAW Resources. PLUS October Updates.

CFPB - Director's Financial Analyst Program
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a 21st century government agency that implements and enforces Federal consumer financial law and ensures that markets for consumer financial products are fair, transparent, and competitive is recruiting this fall for the Director’s Financial Analyst (DFA) position to start in June 2025, and we want to encourage graduating seniors/recent graduates to apply. A highly selective, two-year rotational fellowship designed to engage young professionals in meaningful public service work. Each year, the CFPB hires a new cohort of Director’s Financial Analysts to gain a unique experience working alongside senior policymakers and researchers to help make financial markets work better for all. Visit the CFPB DFA Program webpage to learn more about program eligibility requirements and how to apply during the live application window. If you have questions or want to be added to our mailing list, please send an email to CFPB_DFA_Program@cfpb.gov. You can also reach out to me at milo.chang@cfpb.gov to hear more about my experiences as a DFA. Deadline: TBC

Ryan Martel Fellowship on Climate and Energy
The Ryan Martel Fellowship is a year-long fellowship designed for a highly motivated self-starter who has some prior policy campaign experience, but who is in the early stages of their career. This fellowship will be based in DC engaging and educating policymakers on climate and energy legislation culminating in the annual Lawmaker Education & Advocacy Day event mobilizing hundreds of businesses to deliver the business case for ambitious federal clean energy policy. Applicants must have a Bachelor's degree and three years of full-time related work experience required; experience with policy in government, nonprofit, business, or trade association sectors preferred. Deadline: Rolling

AEI Jeane Kirkpatrick Fellowship and Scholars Program
The American Enterprise Institute Jeane Kirkpatrick Fellows and Visiting Scholars Program is designed to mentor talented foreign and defense policy scholars by offering postdoctoral students and junior faculty the opportunity to work alongside senior AEI resident scholars and develop and disseminate their own research over a two-year term. Deadline: Rolling

State Department Consular Fellows Program
The Consular Fellows Program enables US citizens to use their language proficiency in Mandarin, Spanish, Arabic, or Portuguese at US embassies and consulates abroad. It is a limited time, non-career appointment of up to five years which directly supports the US State Department Bureau of Consular Affairs’ mission to provide overseas consular services that protect US citizens, ensure US national security, facilitate the entry of legitimate travelers, and foster economic growth at home. US Citizens. Deadline: Rolling

This will be updated as scholarship opportunities are presented.