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The Department of Homeland Security offers a variety of prestigious scholarships, fellowships, internships and training opportunities to expose talented students to the broad national security mission.
Cybersecurity
- Cybersecurity Internship Program is designed for current students during the summer between their junior and senior years in college. The10-week summer internship provides students with the opportunity to work side by side with experts in cybersecurity focusing on mission areas such as identification and analysis of malicious code, forensics analysis, incident handling, intrusion detection and prevention, and software assurance. At the end of the internship, and provided strong performance, students will have the opportunity to qualify for the Secretary’s Honors Program for Cybersecurity Professionals.
Health and Science
- Office of Health Affairs Volunteer Scholars Program offers unique unpaid work opportunities to students interested in medical and health matters. Applications are reviewed quarterly.
- DHS Scholars Program provides individual scholarships to support undergraduate students pursuing degrees in homeland security-focused courses of study.
- National HS-STEM Summer Internship Program provides undergraduate juniors and seniors the opportunity to work with homeland security professionals and researchers for up to ten weeks during the summer. Participants are provided a stipend and conduct research in DHS mission-relevant research areas at federal research facilities and DHS Centers of Excellence.
- Summer Research Team conducts research at one of the twelve U.S. Department of Homeland Security Centers of Excellence and their partners for ten weeks during the summer.
- Nuclear Forensics Graduate Fellowship Program (NFGF) provides undergraduate students with comprehensive, experimental, hands-on training in topics essential to nuclear forensics.
- Nuclear Forensics Undergraduate Scholarship Program (NFUSP) introduces undergraduate physics, chemistry, and nuclear engineering students to nuclear forensics programs at Department of Homeland Security sponsored facilities.
- Seaborg Institute Nuclear Science Summer Internship Program seeks graduate and outstanding undergraduate students from research universities across the nation to work in critical skills areas related to nuclear forensics. Students are given an opportunity to join scientists in independent research projects at a national laboratory and are teamed with mentors who can help hone their skills and guide research projects for advanced degrees.
- Nuclear Forensics Undergraduate Summer School provides undergraduate students with comprehensive, experimental, hands-on training in topics essential to nuclear forensics. Through laboratory experiments and complementary lectures, students are introduced to the practice and technical aspects of nuclear forensic science.
Law Enforcement
- Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) College Intern Program provides a unique opportunity for college students, majoring in Criminal Justice or a related field, to participate in a federal law enforcement training environment.
- CBP Explorer Program offers opportunities in character building, good citizenship, and fitness for young men and women ages 14 through 21. CBP has Law Enforcement Explorer Posts both at ports of entry and at Border Patrol sectors, which provide Explorers with practical training and hands-on experience in Federal law enforcement-related activities.
Legal
- Summer Law Intern Program offers compensated positions at the Office of General Counsel at Department of Homeland Security headquarters in Washington, D.C.
- Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Internship Development Program The Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties has internship opportunities to support a range of issues related to civil rights and civil liberties.
Public Affairs
- The Office of Public Affairs Internship Program offers interns the opportunity to work on various projects related to the mission of OPA in the following functional areas: Internal Communications, Incident Communications, Press Office, Speechwriting, Strategic Communications, New Media and Web Communications, and Still Photography.
Other Majors / General Interest
- Student Volunteer Employment Program offers students the opportunity to earn academic credit while gaining on-the-job training.
- Student Career Experience Program (SCEP) is a paid internship program providing federal employment opportunities to current students. The program provides work experience which is directly related to the student's academic program and career goals.
- Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP) is a paid internship program providing federal employment opportunities. These opportunities can range from single-summer positions, to those that recur each year for as long as the individual remains a student.
- Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Summer Enrichment Program offers paid, full-time student intern opportunities at USCIS. Students will gain valuable professional, administrative, and technical on-the-job training and experience with the opportunity to explore future career possibilities.