Note: All out of State Internships Listed Are Paid

Public Policy Internships

**Note: all out of state internships listed are paid.

Ronald Reagan Fellows Program

Administered through the Goldwater Institute, this fellowship seeks to integrate classical liberal principles with practical public policy research skills. Details: minimum 24 hours per week during regular semesters with option for 40 hour weeks in summer. This fellowship carries a modest stipend (in keeping with classical liberal economic principles). Read More

Arizona Public Interest Research Group

AZPIRG is the state branch of a national consumer advocacy firm. Current campaigns focus on high speed rail between PHX and TUC, overturning the Citizens United ruling, ending junk food subsidies, and ensuring financial transparency in Arizona State Government. Past campaigns have been focused on textbook affordability, home energy audits, and halting uranium mining near the Grand Canyon watershed. Details for internships are unclear, though there is an inquiry form online. PIRG also has a student branch focused on campus advocacy. Details can be found here.

Victory Congressional Internship/Fellowship

For students who wish to spend a semester—or year, in the case of the fellowship—in Washington, DC working with an LGBTQ-friendly member of Congress, while gaining valuable leadership skills and working on a service project, the Gay and Lesbian Victory Institute’s Victory Congressional Internship would be a golden opportunity. There are spring, summer, and fall semester opportunities available. Details: unlike many—if not all—congressional internships, the Victory internship is all expense paid, including housing and a living allowance, making it accessible to students typically marginalized from such opportunities due to a lack of resources. The program also carries full academic credit and includes registration and accommodations for the International LGBT Leadership Conference. Read more on the internship.

The Victory Congressional Fellowship places students in a yearlong post in the office of a co-chair of the LGBT Equality Caucus, supporting the Executive Director. The provided stipend is $28k for the year plus a monthly healthcare reimbursement of $400/month. Participants must hold a 3.0 GPA and be over 21 before day of arrival. Information can be found here.

Udall Native American Congressional Internship

This is a ten week summer internship race-restricted to Native American/Alaskan Native students interested in the intersections of Federal and Tribal Government. This is a fully-funded (housing, stipend, airfare) internship which includes placement in congressional and agency offices with a heavy focus on research related to tribal communities. Read more.

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Internship

This internship is to provide an opportunity to Latino students seeking to build professional and leadership skills while working within a Federal agency, or office of a member of Congress over the course of a semester. This internship carries a stipend, housing, airfare, and academic credit. It also carries a service project requirement. Read more.

Congressional Black Caucus Internship

This nine week summer program places interns in the offices of members of the Congressional Black Caucus to develop leadership and policy-making skills. The internship carries housing at a local university, a stipend, and academic credit. More information is available here.

Collegiate Leaders in Environmental Health

This is a ten week, paid summer internship located at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta. Interns will work in research and tracking, learning about public health issues at the federal level, and gain an understanding of the science behind the policy. Read more.

International Alliance for the Prevention of AIDS

This internship runs for 8 weeks in Chennai, India as a study abroad option from Arizona State’s School of Human Evolution and Social Change. [insert]

Think Tanks:

Many DC-based think tanks offer policy-oriented internships:

·  Center for American Progress (various fields)

·  Cato Institute (various opportunities)

·  The Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program at The Institute for Humane Studies

·  The Brookings Institution

Congressional District Office Internships:

Representative Raul Grijalva (D-AZ3)

Interns at the Tucson, Somerton, and Avondale offices help staff provide constituent services to the people of the Third Congressional District. Interns also perform administrative tasks and may be asked to work on special projects for public outreach, events and other needs of the office. Internships for the Tucson, Somerton, and Avondale offices are available at the beginning of each semester. There is no hard deadline, but earlier applications may be given priority.

·  Tucson District Office – Submit an application form, cover letter, resume, and a short writing sample to Sayanna Molina at .

·  Somerton District Office – Submit an application form, cover letter, resume, and a short writing sample to Martha Garcia .

·  Avondale District Office – Submit an application form, cover letter, resume and a short writing sample to Jose Miranda at .

Representative David Schweikert (R-AZ6)

Applicants should submit the following:

·  Cover letter

·  A resume with a title indicating the office and session of interest (i.e. John Smith—AZ Spring Intern Application)

·  Three letters of recommendation

·  A short writing sample for review.

Arizona applicants may submit their application Ernestina Borquez-Smith at .

For the remaining Congressional Representatives and Senators, please contact the corresponding district office.

Representative Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ1)

http://kirkpatrick.house.gov

Representative Ron Barber (D-AZ2)

http://barber.house.gov

Representative Paul Gosar (R-AZ4)

http://gosar.house.gov

Representative Matt Salmon (R-AZ5)

http://salmon.house.gov

Representative Ed Pastor (D-AZ7)

http://www.pastor.house.gov

Representative Trent Franks (R-AZ8)

http://franks.house.gov

Representative Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ9)

http://sinema.house.gov

Senator John McCain (R)

http://www.mccain.senate.gov/public/

Senator Jeff Flake (R)

http://www.flake.senate.gov/public/

**Most internships for District Offices are unpaid.

Arizona State Senate/House of Representatives Page Program

This is a paid opportunity working within the respective chamber directly under the Sergeant of Arms for said chamber running documents for the members and maintaining decorum within the house or senate. More information can be found here.

Arizona State Senate Research Staff Internship

*Note: this internship is only available to students who have completed 12 credit hours at a state University. It is worth 12 credits (encompassing a spring semester during regular legislative session) and pays a stipend. More information can be found here.