Internship, Graduate School & Career Links
The Political Science Department has information available on the following opportunities. For information, please check the Web sites listed and/or stop by the Department to look at the files in Willis 405. For assistance, please contact Tricia Peterson, Administrative Assistant. The Carleton College Career Center has information on these and other opportunities.
Internships | Fellowships/Graduate School | Career OpportunitiesContests & Scholarships | Undergraduate Study Abroad | Summer Programs
- ACM Urban Studies Program
- ACORN
- ACLU
- AFL-CIO Organizing Institute
- Alliance for Excellent Education
- America Votes
- American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), e-mail joel_barkin@aipac.org
- Aspira Association, Inc., leadership development for Latino youth
- Atlantic Council of the United States, Student Associate
- Augsburg Center for Global Education
- Bundestag Internship Program, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin
- California Governor's Office Internships
- Capital Semester, Georgetown University
- University of California Washington D.C. Center
- Campaign Internships
- The Capital Experience - Institute for Experiential Learning
- Campaign Corps
- Yes We Can, a Hopefund Training Program
- Capital Semester - Georgetown University
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Junior Fellows Program (Contact Ann Ness in Carleton Career Center, x-4298)
- Center for Defense Information internships
- Center for Public Integrity, investigative journalism in the public interest
- Center for Voting and Democracy internship opportunities
- Common Cause(MN)
- Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Summer Internship Program
- Everett Public Service Internship Program
- Families USA Health Policy Internship
- Financial Markets Center (undergraduate and graduate internships)
- Floridians for All
- Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSD)
- Georgetown University Public Affairs Seminar: Internship Program
- Georgetown University Law Center - Criminal Justice Clinic - Investigator Intern Program mailto:xalzillk@law.georgetown.edu
- German Marshall Fund of the the United States, info@gmfus.org
- Graduate Public Service Internship, Univ. of Illinois at Springfield
- Growth & Justice
- Housing in Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America
- German Bundestag Internship Program - Humboldt-Universitat Zu Berlin
- ICADS--Institute for Central American Development Studies
- INCORE--International Conflict Research
- Industrial Areas Foundation (organizing)
- INFACT--Campaigning for corporate accountability
- Inter-American Dialogue
- International Republican Institute Internships
- The Institute for Humane Studies (IHS)
- Jewish Organizing Initiative
- Justice Corps
- Legislative Internships
- Magazine Internships
- Midwest Academy Summer Internship Program
- Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
- Minnesota Department of Trade & Economic Development
- Minnesota Governor's Office Internships
- Mississippi Center for Justice
- NARAL (National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League)
- NATO
- National Academy of Social Insurance, nasi@nasi.org
- National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials - NALEO (DC)
- National Labor Committee
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society Internship
- National Security Agency
- New America Foundation
- New Democrat Network Internship Program
- New Party (Scotland)
- New York Media Experience Program
- Office of the Public Defender Internships, Montgomery County, Maryland
- Organization of the NorthEast (ONE) Minority Internship - Community Organizing
- Project Vote Smart Internships Program
- Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN) Women & Public Policy Internship Semester
- Resources for the Future (RFF) Summer Internship Program
- School for International Training College Semester Abroad
- School for Field Studies
- Small Business Survival Committee
- Social Policy Action Network, E-mail info@span-online.org
- Student Conservation Association
- Taxpayers League of Minnesota
- United Nations Association of Minnesota
- Urban Ventures Learning Lab volunteer positions
- US Department of State Internships (DC)
- US Dept. of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES
- Washington Intern Student Housing (WISH)
- The White House
- Working Families Party
- AmCham Education Report of English Language Schools in Beijing
- APSA Minority Student Fellows Program, E-mail apsa@apsanet.org
- APSA Ralph Bunche Summer Institute for Minority Undergraduate Students
- University of California, San Diego, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies
- California Senate Fellows
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Junior Fellows Program
- Center for California Studies Fellowships, Calif. State-Sacramento
- CHCI--Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Fellowship Program
- Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
- Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs
- Eagleton Institute of Politics Fellowship Program, Rutgers
- El Pomar Fellowship
- Executive Fellowship Program, State of California
- University of Edinburgh, MSc in European and International Politics
- Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
- Ford Foundation
- Frederick Hartwig Memorial Internship Award, E-mail: kwhite@hartresearch.com, Hart Research Center
- George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management
- Georgetown University Master of Science in Foreign Service Program
- Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva
- Green Corps
- Harvard Univ. Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality & Social Policy
- Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship
- H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University, Presidential Fellowships
- Government Leadership
- Criminal Justice
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Environmental Policy
- University of Iowa Political Science Fellowships
- James Madison Memorial Fellowship
- Jane Addams - Andrew Carnegie Fellowship Program
- Jesse Marvin Unruh Assembly Fellowship Program (California State Assembly), e-mail: calstudies@csus.edu
- Joint Program in Survey Methodology
- Judicial Administration Fellowship Program, California State Univ.-Sacramento
- Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies paid Research Assistantships
- Koch Summer Fellow Program
- University of Hawai'i at Manoa Asian Studies Programs
- University of Liverpool MA in European Union Politics
- Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
- University of Maryland School of Law, admissions@law.umaryland.edu
- University of Michigan Summer Program in Public Policy and International Affairs, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
- National Security Education Program Graduate Fellowships
- Peace Action Education Fund
- Pepperdine University School of Public Policy
- Public Policy, Guide to Graduate Programs in
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, MSc in Environmental Mgmt. & Policy
- Rotary World Peace Scholars
- Harry S. Truman Scholarship Program
- US News & World Report Best Graduate Schools
- Waseda University Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies
- Thomas J. Watson Fellowship
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
- Association of American Medical Colleges
- Bain and Company, international strategy and mgmt. firm
- California Senate Associates Program, Email: calstudies@csus.edu
- Campaign Corps
- Center for Studying Health System Change
- Democratic Campaign Management School
- ECO-Action
- Fund for Public Interest Research, email ffpirg@mtn.org or ENVIROJOB@aol.com
- Green Corps
- Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program
- Minnesota COACT (Citizens Organized Acting Together)
- Minnesota State Senate
- National Training and Information Center (NTIC) - Community Organizing and Leadership
- The New Party
- Non-Profit Career Fairs
- Partnership for Immigration Leadership & Action
- Peace Corps
- PIRGs
- Resource Center of the Americas
- Service Employees International Union
- Teach for America
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- The Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) Essay Contest
- The Institute for Policy Studies at Johns Hopkins University essay contest
- The Center for Voting and Democracy (Washington, D.C.) and Midwest Democracy Center (Chicago) essay contest: "WHY DON'T WE VOTE?"
- Morris K. Udall Scholarships
- National Security Education Program scholarships
- Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarships Program
- Samuel Huntington Public Service Award
- Augsburg Center for Global Education
- Denmark's International Study Program (DIS), University of Copenhagen
- Caux Scholars Program, Caux, Switzerland
- Center for Global Education, Augsburg College
- CET Academic Programs (study in China or Japan)
- German Bundestag Internship Program
- International Honors Program
- National Security Education Program scholarships
- Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarships Program
- Rotary World Peace Scholars
- University of Rochester Study Abroad Program
- Tulane University Summer Abroad in Havana, Cuba
- Washington International Studies Council - (Study in Oxford)
- Campaign Institute
- Campaign Finance Institute research assistants
- Catholic University - Summer Housing for students in Washington DC for internships, study, or research
- The Century Institute Summer Program
- University of California Public Policy and International Affairs Summer Institute
- Galbraith Summer Scholars Program (Harvard Univ. Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality & Social Policy)
- Georgetown University Public Affairs Seminar: Internship Program
- The Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) Summer Seminars
- Institute for International Mediation and Conflict Resolution Student Symposium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
- Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth
- Koch Summer Fellow Program, Institute for Humane Studies
- Latino Issues Forum Summer Fellowship
- North American European Summer Academy - Centre International de Formation Europeenne
- Ralph Bunche Summer Institute for minority students
- Resources for the Future (RFF) Summer Internship Program
- United Leaders Institute for Political Science
- University of Michigan Summer Program in Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA)







