Internships for high schoolers

The Raleigh Summer Youth Employment Program is a summer work program for teenagers aged 15 to 18 in Raleigh, North Carolina. The program is designed to help young people develop workforce skills, gain experience, and prepare for future employment. Participants work for the City of Raleigh for six weeks, from late June to early August, attending mandatory training and orientation sessions beforehand. In addition to working, participants benefit from skill-building and training sessions, as well as networking opportunities. Requirements for participation include living within Raleigh city limits, being available to work during the program's duration, attending orientation and training sessions, and having an NC State Issued ID or other documentation showing residency. The program is committed to the health and safety of participants and staff, and asks for full Covid-19 vaccination for in-person work or hybrid work. Virtual work is an option for those who only wish to work remotely.

The Next Generation STEM Internship Program (NGSI) is an education and internship opportunity for rising juniors and seniors from high schools or accredited home school programs in Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, and Roane counties to participate in STEM or STEM-related projects with researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The program provides participants with the opportunity to learn from world-renowned scientists and engineers while working on STEM projects. It also offers optional professional development activities, including workshops, lab tours, lectures, poster sessions, seminars, and networking opportunities. Eligible applicants must be a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident, a rising junior/senior or a recently graduated senior, have a minimum GPA of 3.0/4.0, and be at least 16 years of age by the time of appointment. Program benefits include weekly stipends of up to $500 based on 40 hours of participation each week.

Red Cross youth volunteers learn valuable lessons in how to work effectively with people from diverse backgrounds, mobilize communities and create positive change. They hone their leadership skills, make new friends, and explore new interests, all in a friendly, encouraging and age-appropriate environment with visible results. Volunteering today can be the start of a lifetime of generous service to good causes.

The Legacy Youth Leadership Program (LYLP) is a training and internship initiative offered by the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) to high school students. The program aims to promote confidence, character, community involvement, and leadership by engaging students in a series of workshops, public programs, and college visits. LYLP participants attend 12 weekly workshops that focus on BCRI's permanent galleries, archival holdings, and public programs in African American history, culture, and leadership development. After completing the program, students serve as Docents at BCRI and continue to volunteer throughout their high school tenure. The LYLP program is designed to prepare students to become lifelong learners, productive citizens, and community leaders.

The Columbia Climate School in the Green Mountains, a 2-week campus-based program for high school students in Castleton, Vermont to mobilize action, drive impact, and effect change in response to our warming planet. Engage with experts from Columbia Climate School and learn about cutting-edge innovations in action. Meet, collaborate, and build partnerships with like-minded students and tap into collective strengths for action.

Vermont Adaptive seeks energetic, dedicated individuals who have a passion for sports, working with athletes with disabilities, and non-profit management and who want to learn while sharing their passions with others. Vermont Adaptive’s Apprenticeship Program is for students ages 14-17 looking to volunteer some their time in exchange for training, experience, opportunities to ski, ride, mountain bike, and paddle, and potentially school credit and application or resume building.

The Pre-College Summer School Program for High School Students, offered by Harvard Summer School, is a two-week on-campus program designed for academically motivated high school students who are interested in exploring their potential majors, discovering their passions, and experiencing college life on the Harvard campus. The program features an immersive and supportive academic environment with around 100 non-credit courses, where students can test their intellect, take rigorous college-level courses for learning’s sake, and receive a written evaluation from their instructors. Additionally, students can participate in creative and social activities, engage in healthy debates, make new friends around the world, and attend informative workshops on college readiness.

The RISE program offered by Boston University Summer Term is a 6-week internship/practicum for domestic high school juniors passionate about STEM subjects. The program consists of two tracks: Internship and Practicum. In the Internship track, students will work on research projects under the mentorship of postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and distinguished faculty for 40 hours every week. On the other hand, the Practicum track provides a set syllabus on computational neurobiology within a structured research environment led by a BU instructor. Students will have four hours of group research in the afternoon and attend two-hour lectures in the morning. Both tracks include workshops intended to hone academic and professional skills, poster symposium presentations, and weekly off-site or on-site interactions with biotech or pharmaceutical firms. All students will learn how to read a research paper, network in the engineering and science fields, and gain a better understanding of research ethics and the scientific process. Bu has been offering these opportunities for over 40 years and has helped many students start their careers in science, engineering, or research.

Designed for high school students who are curious about starting a career in architecture, interior design, landscape design, and more, the Boston Architectural College’s (BAC) Pre-College Program helps you launch your future in studying design with leading professionals and peers from around the globe. On-campus students will experience live lectures, exercises, site and professional firm visits around Boston, and hands-on design and building in teams. Virtual students will explore case study buildings, attend site and professional firm visits through video streaming and chat, and will also receive kits of materials and supplies to allow them to participate in hands-on design and building wherever they may be. All students will have access to the latest in design software and computing through either our on-site computer labs or the BAC’s CloudLab.

In this program you will describe the characteristics of a public health-based problem, reference public health data sources and identify gaps in information, make community-based inferences using qualitative and quantitative data, collect, store, retrieve, and analyze qualitative and quantitative data, and use public health theory to inform program implementation. Create a programmatic logic model for use in implementation and evaluation; Present qualitative and quantitative data to address public health issues in writing.

The Tallgrass Film Association Class of 2023 Emerging Filmmaker Program (EFP) is seeking candidates for the program range from 8th grade through seniors in high school. Age range runs from 13 – 18. Our 2023 EFPs will have the opportunity to learn from and interact with professionals in the film industry, covering a wide range of topics including: film criticism, directing, producing, screenwriting, audio production, lighting, camera technique, video editing and more. Our EFPs will be provided hands-on learning opportunities, including: 1. Screening and reviewing more than 125 movies submitted by their peers to the 21st Annual Tallgrass Film Festival (Oct 5-8). These reviews will help shape the Joel Fein Emerging Filmmakers Shorts Program at the festival 2. Producing promotional videos for the Tallgrass Film Festival 3. Producing a short film to be submitted to the festival.

The City of New Haven values education and believes that students bring new ideas, new energy and new skills to the workforce. The City’s employment of students takes place through the Student Intern Program. Internships provide valuable work experience directly related to the student's academic field of study. Participants will be given high-level work experience that may prepare them for permanent positions in the workforce.

Artslife is a paid summer internship program for rising sophomores and juniors enrolled in New York City public and charter high schools that combines art and design with leadership training, museum studies, and community engagement. Participants are introduced to careers in all sectors of the museum: Curatorial, Education, Development, Communications and Marketing, Visitor Services, Security, and Registrar.

Museum of the Rockies (MOR) is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit institution, a college-level division of Montana State University, a Smithsonian Affiliate, and a repository for state and federal fossils. MOR is recognized as one of the world's finest research and history museums. It is renowned for displaying an extensive collection of dinosaur fossils, including the fully-mounted Montana's T. rex skeleton! MOR delights members and visitors with changing exhibits from around the world, regional and natural history exhibits, planetarium shows, educational programs & camps, insightful lectures, benefit events, and a museum store. MOR staff and volunteers work to ensure that every visitor and member's experience is full of exploration, discovery, excitement, and awe. If you are interested in working for the museum, please follow the application process as described in linked PDFs or via the Montana State University job posting.

CSBI provides a six-week paid internship program to Chicago high school students each summer. These internships take place at various banks, law firms, accounting and engineering firms throughout the Loop and business districts. In conjunction with a 24-hour workweek, students attend half-day classroom seminars and workshops each week where they learn about the financial markets, attend seminars given by successful business executives, and participate in team-building programs.

The Summer Bridge Programs at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) offer a wide variety of opportunities for both high school students and admitted first-year students. The programs focus on a range of fields, such as health care, computer science, architecture, mathematics, engineering, and more. The programs are designed to prepare students for college and career success by providing hands-on experience, workshops, field trips, and mentorship support. High school students can participate in programs such as the Global Youth Ambassadors Leadership Program, Engineering Experience Camp, and Medicina Academy Apprentice Program, among others. Admitted first-year students can take part in seminars, workshops, and enrichment programs such as Flames Leadership Network, Introduction to Blackboard 101, and LaHSEP 3. Overall, UIC's Summer Bridge Programs aim to provide students with engaging, challenging, and empowering experiences to help them succeed academically and professionally.

The University of Chicago offers a range of exciting Pre-College Programs for high school students during summers. These programs aim to expose the students to diverse ideas and a supportive community. The students are provided with a chance to take intellectual risks, dive more deeply into subject matter, and discuss questions that go beyond the realm of their high school curriculum. Some of the popular programs include the Immersion program, Research in the Biological Sciences (RIBS), Stones and Bones, Summer College, Summer Language Institute, and UChicago Summer Online program. With world-class faculty and instructors, these programs offer a unique opportunity for students to learn and explore diverse areas of study in person or online, depending on the program chosen.

The Young Scholars Program (YSP) at Northeastern University offers Massachusetts residents entering their senior year of high school the opportunity to gain hands-on research experience in science and engineering. YSP participants will conduct laboratory research with faculty from Northeastern's Colleges of Engineering, Science, and Health Sciences, with topics ranging from exploring active particles in flow to evaluating new cancer therapies. In addition to research, participants will attend seminars and workshops on engineering, education/career counseling, and college life, and have the opportunity to visit corporate and government sites to observe engineers in action. Eligible students from all types of schools are encouraged to apply, with priority given to those with low access to similar programs and who live within commuting distance to Northeastern. Applications for the free program open in January for the following summer, with results posted in April.

QCaMP is a week-long virtual and in-person camp designed for high school teachers and students to jumpstart their pathway to quantum information science and technology. This program is aimed at introducing students to a new field they may not have known about, teaching them about computing fundamentals, and helping them apply quantum physics to solve computing problems in new ways. The camp is free and offers a learning stipend, with no advanced math or physics requirements. The program includes modules accessible and engaging for both teachers and students, with career talks, Q&A sessions, and hands-on experimental experience with quantum circuits. The only prerequisites are basic algebra and a strong interest in learning more. The next start date is in Summer 2023, with stipends available for both teacher and student participants.

The PrepareRI High School Internship Program is a 7-week work-based learning experience designed for Rhode Island public high school juniors, including public charter schools and home school students. The program is open to students regardless of their ability, learning style, or career interest. Selected students will receive job readiness coaching, paid internships with one of SkillsRI's 180 employer partners, and the opportunity to earn up to $4,200 during the summer.

The Work-Based Learning Program offers an internship program that assists with placement for all Aztec Municipal Schools High School students. Availability of internships may be limited. Our internship program extends formal classroom learning into the community. Internships are linked to a related internship class or advisory, paid or unpaid, time limited, connected to career goals and the student’s Next Step Plan (NSP), and offer opportunities to explore career options in a particular field of work.

The Summer Research Internship is a fully virtual, project-based program for students interested in exploring how AI is developed, evaluated, and applied in healthcare. Students work in small teams on a project using clinical data to build an AI model, supported by instruction and mentorship from Stanford researchers and students. The program emphasizes research thinking, collaboration, and responsible innovation. Internship students will: - Learn core concepts in AI and machine learning - Explore real-world applications of AI in health and medicine - Work collaboratively on a guided research project - Receive mentorship and feedback throughout the program - Present their work at the conclusion of the internship The internship program is ideal for students who: - Have prior coding experience - Want a deeper, project-based learning experience - Are interested in how AI is developed and evaluated in healthcare

The STEAM Team is a workforce development program and paid fellowship opportunity for Boston teens provided by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. It explores STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) careers in the world-renowned encyclopedic cultural institution through hands-on learning activities with MFA staff mentors in each of the corresponding STEAM disciplines, local visits of businesses, organizations, and artists doing innovative work in the STEAM fields, and field trips and activities at various institutions around New England. Fellows build strong connections with professionals in their field of interest, cultivate team building and leadership skills with their co-fellows, and foster their workforce development, academic, and professional aspirations through social engagement activities and professional development presentations given by the leading minds in STEAM disciplines. The program is open to rising sophomores who attend a Boston public school and/or live in Boston.

The Youth Action Institute is a public policy research fellowship that supports young New Yorkers in investigating and identifying solutions to the issues and policies that affect their lives. Fellows with the Institute explore topics that affect young people’s safety and agency, particularly as those issues intersect with public safety and the legal system. They offer their research findings and thoughtful, actionable policy recommendations to support better outcomes and experiences for impacted young people.