Brookings Research and Events Internship 2025 [U.S. Only] – YOA

Deadline: June 22, 2025

Applications are open for the Brookings Research and Events Internship 2025. This internship is an OPPORTUNITY for undergraduate college students of their junior or senior yr and graduate college students pursuing a masters diploma with an curiosity in European affairs and transatlantic relations to assist scholar analysis and exercise on issues of U.S. coverage in direction of Europe and the international insurance policies of European states, to apply rules and concept realized within the classroom in knowledgeable setting.

Interns spend roughly 12 weeks working alongside main consultants in authorities and academia from all around the world. Brookings additionally gives college students the chance to intern in departments reminiscent of communications, human assets and central operations administration. The mission of the Internship Program is to offer college students with a pre-skilled studying expertise that provides significant, sensible work expertise associated to their area of study or profession curiosity. Students interact in profession exploration and growth in addition to be taught new expertise.

Learning Objectives

• The internship will deal with a broad vary of points, together with the international insurance policies of the Trump administration and ramifications for European safety and U.S.-European relations; the Russia-Ukraine battle and U.S. and European insurance policies in direction of the battle; the politics and international insurance policies of the European Union and international locations together with France, Germany, and Turkey; and alternatives and challenges for trans-Atlantic relations.
• Interns will purchase substantive skilled expertise whereas working with the workers and students within the Center on the United States and Europe (CUSE) at Brookings to help with programmatic and administrative work, occasion coordination, and analysis assist. Interns will hone organizational, analytical, and skilled interpersonal expertise helping CUSE in its mission to foster excessive-degree U.S.-European dialogue on the challenges and insurance policies in Europe, the United States, and the world that affect trans-Atlantic relations.
• Interns will acquire first-hand expertise in public coverage and worldwide affairs by helping within the logistical planning and implementation of workshops, roundtables, briefings, and different conferences; researching points related to CUSE’s work; monitoring present developments in related analysis areas; accumulating, reviewing, summarizing, and assembling related literature supplies from all kinds of sources; compiling and updating mailing, media, and invitation lists; attending international coverage occasions; briefing CUSE workers members; and offering basic administrative assist.

Remuneration

• This internship pays an hourly price of $18.00, and candidates should be keen to decide to a minimal variety of hours per week (at least 16 hours per week, throughout common enterprise hours), with some flexibility round an educational course schedule.

Eligibility

• Undergraduate college students of their junior or senior yr and graduate college students pursuing a masters diploma with an curiosity in European affairs and transatlantic relations are inspired to apply.
• This internship requires you to be positioned within the U.S. all through the internship.
• Successful completion of a background investigation is required for interning at Brookings.

Application

Brookings requires that each one candidates submit a canopy letter and resume. Submit your resume as instructed and add your cowl letter as an attachment if you apply. You are required to submit/connect a separate cowl letter for every internship application. Your cowl letter ought to spotlight your academic expertise and expertise, together with an evidence of how this internship will contribute to your skilled objectives. Address your cowl letter to Hiring Manager.

If chosen as a finalist for the internship, you can be required to submit two letters of advice or present two skilled references. 

Applications can be accepted till June 22, 2025. Applications not accomplished and submitted by the application deadline date is not going to be thought-about. Your application is taken into account full if you obtain an e mail confirming that your application was efficiently submitted.

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