Internship Resources

The Department of Public Administration and International Affairs sees the internship search as an opportunity to develop the skills and knowledge needed to successfully search for jobs in international relations and public policy.  As such, we provide support, guidance and mentoring to students during the process, but encourage students to engage in the search directly.

Please use the following resources to help identify opportunities in the international affairs space.

Job Boards

• UNjobs.org

• Daybook - Political, Policy, and Non-Profit Job Board

• GlobalJobs.org - Policy, NGOs, and Academia

• Devex Job Board - Relief and Development, primarily with USAID support contractors

• ReliefWeb Job Board - Relief and Development

• USAjobs.gov - U.S. Federal Government Jobs

• AvueDigitalServices - U.S. Federal Government Jobs

• SAM.gov - U.S. Federal Contracting Jobs

• Businesses for Social Responsibility  - Corporate Social Responsibility jobs

• Traverse Jobs - Advocacy Jobs in Politics, Policy & PR

• EuroBrussels - Jobs in European Affairs

Identifying Organizations

In the international development space, bilateral aid is carried out through partnerships with locally-based organizations, known as implementing partners or grantees.  By identifying who works where, it can be helpful to focus on particular sub-fields or employment locations

• ForeignAssistance.gov - U.S. government bilateral aid

• UNDP Transparency Portal - UN funding disbursed through UNDP

• Think Tank and Civil Society Program - University of Pennsylvania listing of internationally renowned Think Tanks

Washington, D.C., & Global Organizations

• Asia Society - internships / careers

• American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

• Arab American Institute

• Arms Control Association

• BAE Systems

• Brookings Institution

• The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• Center for American Progress

• Center for a New American Security (CNAS) - internship / careers

• Center for European Analysis

• Center for a Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) - internship / careers

• Council on Foreign Relations

• Department of Defense

• Department of State - internship / careers

• Heritage Foundation

• History and Public Policy Program (HAPP) at the Wilson Center

• House of Representatives

• Human Rights First

• Institute for Defense Analyses - summer associates / careers

• Institute for Policy Studies - Next Leaders Program

• International Republican Institute

• McLarty Associates

• Mercy Corps

• National Security Archive

• National Democratic Institute

• National Endowment for Democracy

• New America Foundation

• Project on Middle Eastern Democracy (POMED)

• Search for Common Ground

• Stimson Center

• Union of Concerned Scientists: Science for a Healthy Planet and Safer World

• United States Intelligence Community

• Women in International Security

New York, N.Y., & Global Opportunities

• Asia Society - internships / careers

• Carnegie Council on Ethics in International Affairs

• Center for Constitutional Rights

• Center for International Policy

• Center for Migration Studies

• Clinton Foundation

• Council on Foreign Relations

• Doctors Without Borders

• East-West Institute

• Eurasia Group

• Risk Strategies 

• Human Rights First

• Human Rights Watch

• International Action Network on Small Arms

• Japan Society

• National Committee on US-China Relations

• North American Congress on Latin America

• New York City Mayor's Office for International Affairs

• Open Society Foundations

• Outward Bound Peacebuilding

• Oxford Analytica

• United Nations Foundation

• US Fund for UNICEF

• WNYC - New York Public Radio

• World Federalist Movement- Institute for Global Policy

• World Policy Institute

Other International Organizations

• The International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS)

• POLITICO Europe

National Security & Foreign Policy

Private Sector National Security Contractors

• Boeing

• Booz Allen Hamilton

• CACI

• Centra Technology

• General Dynamics

• L3 Communications

• Leidos

• Lockheed Martin

• Northrop Grumman

• Raytheon

• SAIC

Federally Funded Research & Development Centers

• Aerospace Corporation (VA)

• ANSER (VA)

• Brookhaven National Laboratory (NY)

• Center for Naval Analyses (VA)

• Institute for Defense Analyses (VA)

• MITRE (MA, DC, VA)

• RAND (DC & CA)

Advisory & Risk Management

• Argo

• Albright Stonebridge Group (NY & DC)

• Chertoff group (NY & DC)

• Deloitte (various US)

• Economist Intelligence Unit

• Exxon Mobil

• Kissinger Associates (NY)

• Risk Strategies

• Shell

Policy Research and Think Tanks

Global Issues

• Aspen Institute (NY, DC, CO)

• Atlantic Council (DC)

• The Brookings Institution (DC)

• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (DC)

• Center for Strategic and International Studies (DC)

• Center for the Study of Democracy - Rolling internship

• Chicago Council on Global Affairs (Chicago) – Internship Program

• Council on Foreign Relations (NY & DC)

• Center on International Cooperation (NY)

• International Institute for Strategic Studies (London & DC)

• James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CA)

• U.S. Institute of Peace (DC)

• Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars (DC)

Policy Research & Advocacy

• American Enterprise Institute (DC)

• Cato Institute (DC)

• Center for American Progress (DC)

• Center for New American Security

• Center for the National Interest

• Heritage Foundation (DC)

• Hoover Institution (CA & DC)

• Hudson Institute (DC)

• Nixon Center (DC)

Regional Think Tanks & Policy Advocacy

• Americas Society (NY, Miami)

• Asia Foundation (SF, DC, others)

• Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (Hawaii)

• Asia Society (NY, DC, LA, SF)

• Center for European Policy Analysis (DC)

• Eurasia Foundation (DC)

• Middle East Institute (DC)

• Washington Institute for Near East Policy (DC)

• World Policy Institute (NY)

Other NGOs

• Amnesty International

• Carter Center (Atlanta)

• Human Rights First

• Human Rights Watch

• International Committee of the Red Cross

• International Crisis Group (Brussels, DC)

• International Rescue Committee (NY)

Fellowships

• Scoville Peace Fellowship