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Partnership Internship Program — Spring/Summer 2027

Partnership for Public Service

Paid public-service internship with policy, communications, workforce and program teams.

Type
Internship · Professional Development
Field
Public Policy · Social Sciences · Communications
Location
Washington, DC metro area (hybrid) · Hybrid
Deadline
October 19, 2026 — priority deadline
PAID
MATCH READYOPEN

NABJ + Wall Street Journal Internship — Summer 2027

National Association of Black Journalists / Wall Street Journal

Paid newsroom internship with reporting experience, mentorship, and training for eligible student journalists.

Type
Internship
Field
Journalism · Communications
Location
WSJ newsrooms across the United States · In Person
Deadline
October 30, 2026, 11:59 PM PT
PAID
MATCH READYOPEN

PPIA Junior Summer Institute — 2027

Public Policy and International Affairs Program (PPIA)

College juniors complete funded graduate-level coursework in public policy, economics, statistics, and leadership at Harvard, Princeton, or Michigan to prepare for policy research and public-service careers.

Type
Research Training Program
Field
Political Science · Economics · Social Sciences
Location
Cambridge, MA; Princeton, NJ; Ann Arbor, MI (host campus varies) · In Person
Deadline
November 6, 2026
PAIDHOUSING PROVIDED
MATCH READYOPEN

Chappell Lougee Scholarship — Summer 2027

Stanford University Undergraduate Research and Independent Projects

Stanford sophomores design and carry out full-time independent projects in the humanities, creative arts, or qualitative social sciences with faculty mentorship and graduate-student mentoring.

Type
Research Scholarship
Field
Humanities · Arts · Social Sciences
Location
Varies — Stanford-sponsored independent project · Not Specified
Deadline
12/01/2026
PAIDTRANSFER FRIENDLY
MATCH READYOPEN

National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) 2027

Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR)

Interdisciplinary presentations of undergraduate research, scholarship and creative work.

Type
Conference
Field
All Disciplines · Research · Scholarship
Location
DeVos Place, Grand Rapids, Michigan · In Person
Deadline
December 4, 2026 — abstract submissions
COMMUNITY COLLEGE ELIGIBLETRANSFER FRIENDLYFIRST-YEAR ELIGIBLEINTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ELIGIBLE
MATCH READYOPEN

DOE Community College Internships (CCI) — Summer 2027

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science

DOE laboratory-based, mentored research and technical projects designed for community college students.

Type
Summer Research Program
Field
Engineering · Computer Science · Physics
Location
Participating U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories · In Person
Deadline
January 6, 2027 at 5 PM ET
PAIDCOMMUNITY COLLEGE ELIGIBLE
MATCH READYOPEN

Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) — Summer 2027

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science

Students conduct mentored STEM research at participating DOE national laboratories and facilities.

Type
Research Internship
Field
Physics · Chemistry · Biology
Location
Participating U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories and facilities · In Person
Deadline
01/06/2027 at 5:00 PM ET
PAIDNO PRIOR RESEARCH REQUIREDCOMMUNITY COLLEGE ELIGIBLETRANSFER FRIENDLY
MATCH READYOPEN

Stanford Sapp Family CS Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program — 2027

Stanford University Bio-X

Stanford-only full-time summer research with Bio-X faculty on interdisciplinary biomedical projects; first-time researchers encouraged.

Type
Summer Research Program
Field
Biomedical Sciences · Biology · Engineering
Location
Stanford, CA, USA · In Person
Deadline
01/12/2027
PAIDNO PRIOR RESEARCH REQUIRED
MATCH READYOPEN

Aspirnaut / Vanderbilt Renal Biology Undergraduate Research Internship — Summer 2027

Aspirnaut / Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Interns conduct mentored renal biology and disease research, meet with scientific mentors and guest speakers, and present abstracts, posters, and oral presentations.

Type
Summer Research Program
Field
Biomedical Sciences · Medicine · Biology
Location
Nashville, TN, USA · In Person
Deadline
01/13/2027
PAIDFIRST-YEAR ELIGIBLE
MATCH READYOPEN

Undergraduate Research Program (URP)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Intensive mentored research across molecular biology, genetics, genomics, cancer, neuroscience, quantitative biology and related disciplines.

Type
Summer Research Program
Field
Biomedical Sciences · Neuroscience · Biology
Location
Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA · In Person
Deadline
01/15/2027
PAIDNO PRIOR RESEARCH REQUIREDINTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ELIGIBLEHOUSING PROVIDED
MATCH READYOPEN

Computing Undergraduate Early Internship Program — Summer 2027

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Entry-level interns provide technical and research support in computing, cyber defense, data science, mathematics, and related STEM areas while learning tools such as Git, Bash, and Python and presenting a summer poster.

Type
Research Internship
Field
Computer Science · Data Science · Mathematics
Location
Hybrid — Livermore, CA, USA · Hybrid
Deadline
01/15/2027
PAIDNO PRIOR RESEARCH REQUIREDCOMMUNITY COLLEGE ELIGIBLETRANSFER FRIENDLY
MATCH READYOPEN

Lawrence Livermore Computing Undergraduate Student Intern — Summer 2027

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Interns provide technical and research support in computational science, cyber defense, computer science, numerical methods, mathematics, data analysis, and related STEM projects.

Type
Research Internship
Field
Computer Science · Data Science · Mathematics
Location
Livermore, CA, USA; assignment may be hybrid · Hybrid
Deadline
01/15/2027
PAIDINTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ELIGIBLE

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