Additional Info

Please click on the following links for additional internship listings and funding for unpaid internships:

 

 

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Fellowships for Students:

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Center for International Security and Cooperation (Stanford)
East-West Center Graduate Degree Fellowship
Eisenhower Institute Fellowship Program
Fulbright Programs
Fulbright Program for U.S. Students
Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program
IAEA: Fellowship in USA
Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program
Leonard Reiser Research Fellowship
Lloyd R. (Joe) and Lilian Vasey Fellowship Program
NSEP David L. Boren Graduate Fellowships
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Alston S. Househoder Fellowship
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Clifford G. Shull Fellowship
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Wigner Fellowship Program
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Nonproliferation Graduate Program
Sandia National Laboratories: Masters Fellowship Program
Sandia National Laboratories: Truman Fellowship
Scoville Peace Fellowship
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship For New Americans
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation
U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Honors Fellowship Program
White House Fellowship

Internships and Fellowships
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Many government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and academic institutions offer internships to students who have an interest in getting hands-on experience in the fields of arms control, international security, and nonproliferation.

Organization (and Internship Link)

Compensation

Location

International Organizations

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization Unpaid Vienna, Austria
European Union Institute for Security Studies Symbolic payment Paris, France
IAEA: International Safeguards Internship Paid Vienna, Austria
IAEA Internships Paid Vienna, Austria
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Unpaid Paris, France
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Unspecified Vienna, Warsaw, The Hague, Prague
UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UN/ODA) Unpaid New York (Grad students only)
UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) Unpaid Geneva

U.S. Government Organizations

American Association for the Advancement of Science: Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy Internship Unpaid Washington, D.C.
Argonne National Laboratory: International Student Exchange Program Competitive stipends, travel expenses, US citizens or permanent resident aliens only France, Germany, Japan
Argonne National Laboratory: Science Writing Internship $400/week, ANL housing, travel, US citizens or permanent resident aliens only, undergraduates Argonne, IL
Brookhaven National Laboratory Education Program Stipend, US citizens or permanent resident aliens only Varies
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Varies Varies
Central Intelligence Agency Varies Varies
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Stipend or salary depending on position Idaho Falls, ID
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
Grad Students
Undergrad Students
Paid Los Alamos, NM
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories (LLNL) Paid, possible travel reimbursement Livermore, CA
National Security Agency Salary commensurate with education or experience level, US citizens only Ft. George G. Meade, MD
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Stipend Oak Ridge, TN
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: a List of Graduate Programs Varies Varies
Sandia National Laboratories Paid, US citizens only Albuquerque, NM or Livermore, CA
U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) Varies Varies
DOE Graduate and Undergraduate Student Nuclear Engineering Internship Paid Various US labs: ANL, INEEL, ORNL
DOE Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) and Student Research Participation Programs (SRP) Stipend of $400/week, travel and lodging Argonne, IL
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Varies Varies
U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security Varies Varies
U.S. Dept. of State Varies Varies
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Paid at the GG-07 or 09 Rockville, Maryland
White House Internship Program Unpaid Washington, DC

Other National Government Organizations

Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Unspecified Canberra, Australia
Canada Dept. of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Varies Varies
(for Canadian students only)
DND Policy Group, The Security and Defense Forum Varies; must be Canadian citizen Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Nongovernmental Organizations

American Council for the United Nations University Unpaid Washington, DC or abroad
American Defense Institute (ADI) Unpaid Washington, DC
American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Unpaid Washington, DC
American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) Unpaid Washington, DC
American Nuclear Society (ANS) Varies Varies
American Society of International Law (ASIL) Varies Varies
Arms Control Association (ACA) Daily Stipend Washington, DC
Atlantic Council of the US Unpaid Washington, DC
Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC) Unpaid Bonn, Germany (must have Bachelor's degree)
British American Security Information Council (BASIC) Unpaid Washington, DC; London
Brookings Institution Unpaid Washington, DC
Business Executives for National Security (BENS) Unspecified Washington, DC
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) Unpaid London, UK
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Varies Washington, DC
Carter Center - Internship Program/Graduate Assistantship Program $3,500 for ten weeks full-time Atlanta, GA
CATO Institute Monthly Stipend Washington, DC
Center for Applied Studies in International Negotiations (CASIN) Small monthly stipend for those committing to 4 to 6 months (except junior interns) Geneva, Switzerland
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation $500/month, 32 hrs/week, 3-4 months in fall, spring or summer Washington, DC
Center for Defense Information (CDI) Paid Washington, DC
Center for International Policy (CIP) Unpaid Washington, DC
Center for International Trade and Security (CITS) Unspecified Athens, GA
Center for National Policy (CNP) Unpaid Washington, DC
Center for Security Policy (CSP) Unpaid Washington, DC
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) — undergraduate students Weekly stipend Washington, DC
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Varies Washington, DC
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Stipend Varies New York; Washington, DC
Eisenhower Institute Unpaid Washington, DC
Everett Public Service Internship Program
(temporarily suspended)
$280/week for ten weeks Varies
Fund for Peace Unspecified Unspecified
Global Green USA: Security & Sustainability Program Internship Unpaid, academic credit available Washington, D.C.;
LA
Global Security Institute (GSI) Unspecified Philadelphia,
New York,
Washington D.C.,
New Zealand
GlobalSecurity.org Unpaid Alexandria, VA, USA
Henry L. Stimson Center Stipend Washington, DC
Heritage Foundation Unspecified Washington, DC
Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies (IDDS) Unpaid Cambridge, MA
Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis (IFPA) Paid if full-time Washington, DC
Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) Unspecified Washington, DC
Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) Unpaid Washington, DC
Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) Stipend Washington, DC
Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) Stipend Washington, DC (Grad students only)
International Peace Bureau (IPB) Unpaid Geneva
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Small Stipend London (Grad students only)
Washington, D.C.
Singapore
James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) at the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS)
IONP Internships for MIIS Students
Summer Undergraduate Internship
Washington, DC Nonproliferation Internship
Varies Geneva, Vienna, Hague, Mexico City, New York, Washington, DC, Monterey
Jamestown Foundation Unpaid Washington, DC
Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) Unspecified Tokyo, Japan
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, University of San Diego Unpaid San Diego
NYU Center on Law and Security Varies Varies
National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) Varies Seattle, WA
National Council on US-Arab Relations (NCUSAR) Unpaid Washington, DC
National Defense Council Foundation (NDCF) $7.50/day Arlington, VA
National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP) Unspecified Fairfax, VA
Washington, D.C.
National Security Archive Unpaid Washington, DC
NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace, and Security Unpaid New York
Nixon Center Unpaid Washington, DC
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation;
Lena Chang Internship
Both paid and unpaid Santa-Barbara, CA, USA
Oxford Research Group (ORG) 10 pounds/day Oxford, UK
PIR (Center for Policy Studies in Russia) Unpaid Moscow, Russia
Peace Action Varies Varies
Peace Research Institute, Frankfurt (PRIF) Unpaid Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany
Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) Various opportunities Oslo, Norway
Project Ploughshares, Canada $1,400/month Waterloo, Oslo, Norway
Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) Paid New York, US,
Brussels, Belgium,
Geneva, Switzerland
RAND Corporation Stipend Varies
Russian-American Nuclear Security Advisory Council (RANSAC) Unspecified Washington, DC
Safeworld.org.uk Average 9,000 pounds/year London, UK
Search for Common Ground (SFCG) Varies Varies
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)   Unpaid Stockholm
Student Pugwash USA (SPUSA)   Small travel and lunch stipend Washington, DC
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Stipends Vary Washington, DC
VERIFIN (Finnish Institute for Verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention) Unspecified Helsinki, Finland
Verification Research, Training & Education Centre (VERTIC) Unpaid London
Washington Institute for Near East Policy Varies Washington, DC
Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Paid Washington, DC
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Round-trip ticket, small stipend, accommodation Geneva, Switzerland
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Both paid and unpaid Washington, DC
World Policy Institute (WPI) Unpaid New York, US
World Security Institute (WSI) Paid Washington, D.C.

(Table last updated February 02, 2009 by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.)

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CNSThis material is produced independently for NTI by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, agents. Copyright © 2009 by MIIS.

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