Federal Internship Programs & Scholarships

An Introduction

Many federal departments and agencies have internship programs. We have attempted to list some of them below. There are some scholarships too -- these we list first. But all the rest are links to federal internship and student program websites. If you are interested in a career in federal service, check out our Federal Jobs page.

Scholarships & Fellowships

• Fellowship For Advanced Social Science Research on Japan 
• Fulbright Student Program 
• James Madison Graduate Fellowships 
• Truman Scholarship 

Informational Sites on Federal Government Internships

• General Information on Student Opportunities 
• Internship Opportunities within the Federal Government 

Agriculture, Interior and the Environment

• Council on Environmental Quality 
• Department of the Interior 
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
• Tennessee Valley Authority 
• USDA 
• USDA Foreign Agricultural Service 
• USDA Forest Service 

Business, Commerce & Finance

• Council of Economic Advisors 
• FDIC 
• Securities and Exchange Commission 

Defense & Intelligence

• CIA 
• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 
• National Security Agency 

Justice, Law Enforcement & the Courts

• Court of International Trade 
• Department of Justice 
• FBI 
• Secret Service 

State Department & International Relations

• Department of State 

Other Federal Internship Sites

• Congressional Research Service 
• Department of Labor 
• Department of Transportation 
• Kennedy Center 
• NASA Education Associates Program 
• National Gallery of Art 
• National Institutes of Health 
• NCI--Health Communications Internship Program 
• NCI--Nutritional Sciences Research Group 
• Presidential Management Fellows 
• Smithsonian Institution 
• U.S. Postal Service 
• The White House