A variety of internships and summer programs are available to Princeton students through multiple University offices and affiliated programs. There are post-graduate fellowship programs for seniors.
You can find a list of service and social impact internship opportunities funded by Princeton on the Learning and Education Through Service (LENS) website.
Please note that because many organizations are still working out details with their recruiting timelines the deadlines for some of these programs are changing. Please check back often or with the program organizers.
Princeton Internship Deadlines
Princeton Internship Programs
For: First years, Sophomores, Juniors
Length: 8-10 weeks
Applications open: November 25, 2024
Application deadline: January 13, 2025
Contact: Moira Selinka
The Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment (ACEE) invites Princeton undergraduates (first-years, sophomores, juniors) to apply for paid summer internships related to the center’s mission of finding solutions to secure our energy and environmental future. Funding will be provided for: 1) energy-related research projects performed under the direction of faculty, or 2) work at nonprofit organizations outside Princeton. If selected, students receive a stipend for eight to twelve weeks of summer research.
For: First years, Sophomores and Juniors
Length: 8-10 weeks
Applications open: October 23, 2024 at 9 am .
Application deadline: January 10, 2025 at 4 p.m.
Contact: Minda Alena
The Arthur J. Liman Public Interest Program honors a lawyer who personified the ideal of commitment to the public interest. Throughout his long and distinguished career, he demonstrated how dedicated lawyers in both public and private life can serve the needs of people and causes that might otherwise go unrepresented.
For: First years, Sophomores, Juniors
Application Deadline: February 7, 2025
Contact: Tania Boster
Derian interns support Princeton faculty pursuing scholarly projects, including research and teaching, in collaboration with community partners. The program facilitates the growth of Princeton undergraduate students as community-engaged scholars. In addition to working directly with Princeton faculty and community-based mentors and experts, interns participate in regular ProCES programming designed to scaffold the experience through community-engaged scholarship methods workshops and reflective practice.
For: First Years, Sophomores, Juniors, Graduate Students
Length: 10 weeks (June-August)
Applications open: November 2, 2022
Application deadline: Feb. 1, 2023
Contact: Manda Ryan and Stephanie Landers
The eLab Summer Accelerator Program is a launch pad for student startups based in the Princeton Entrepreneurial Hub. Over a period of ten weeks, student teams work intensively on their startup ideas, following a specialized entrepreneurship curriculum presented to them during a 3-day boot camp. Teams attend meetings and workshops, and receive valuable mentorship and advising through a network of Keller Center faculty, staff, seasoned entrepreneurs and technology experts, all with the goal of developing their startup ideas into viable, scalable ventures. At the end of the summer program, students participate in two demo day showcases, where they share their plans with investors, inventors, experts and others from the entrepreneurial community. You will receive stipend and have access to business account funding, mentorship, entrepreneurial resources. If in-person, housing and co-working space in Princeton Entrepreneurship Hub is provided.
For: First years, Sophomores, Juniors
Application deadline: January/February 2025
Contact: Julia Wiacek
The Faith-Based Internship Program reflects the Office of Religious Life’s understanding that the religious, moral, professional and academic lives of students are intricately intertwined. Each student is placed in an organization that approaches religion differently: students can work for a secular agency that partners with religious groups and learn about religion, or students can work with a religious non-profit that is faith driven which provides an opportunity to deepen one’s faith or learn about another.
The Faith-Based Internship Program provides a wide range of opportunities in Southeast Asia, India, and various domestic locations including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., Virginia, Georgia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky.
Applications will be due late January/early February 2025. Exact dates will be announced shortly.
For: First years, Sophomores, Juniors
Length: 8-12 consecutive weeks
Applications open: November 25, 2024
Application deadline: Thursday, January 9, 2025 , 11:59 p.m.
Contact: Emily Ahmetaj
Mentored assignments with Princeton faculty and other qualified hosts. Focus is on global environmental issues including climate science, energy alternatives, water, health, biodiversity, conservation, ocean biogeochemistry and sustainability. Many involve field research, including international destinations. Selected students will receive a weekly stipend to defray their cost of living for the duration of their internship, and an award to cover the cost of international travel (if applicable). Support is for full-time work (35 hours/week, 8 week minimum). Students must be matriculated at the time of application through the following fall. For more information, please visit our website.
For: First years, Sophomores, Juniors
Length: 8 weeks
Applications open: October 4, 2024
Application deadlines:
- Application I: December 9, 2024 at 3 p.m.
Contact: IIP team
Generously-funded, summer internships in various industries and occupations in over 50 countries. Internships are funded by the University and will be no more than eight weeks. IIP offers students the opportunity to fulfill academic and pre-professional goals while living and working abroad. Interns have held positions in government, media, education, public health and nongovernmental organizations, as well as financial and research institutions. Remote opportunities are also available.
For: First years, Sophomores, Juniors, Graduate Students
Length: 8+ weeks
Application deadline: December 2, 2024 (first round) | March 18, 2025 (second round)
Contact: Meghan Tohill
Fully-funded summer internships in the U.S. and abroad that explore multidisciplinary aspects of global health for students in the social sciences, natural sciences, humanities and engineering, both pre-med and not.