Internship programs

Explore internships for students, teachers and professionals.

Fermilab offers a variety of internship programs for high school, undergraduate and graduate students, secondary school teachers, and professionals. Working alongside our scientific, engineering, computing, and operations professionals, our interns support and advance particle physics and accelerator research.

Application deadlines, length of assignments, selection process, eligibility and requirements vary by program. Explore the site to find the program that is right for you.

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Internship Programs

PRISM – Program for Research Innovation and STEM Mentorship

This program provides the opportunity for students to explore cutting-edge STEM fields while connecting with Fermilab STEM professionals.

VALOR JROTC

The VALOR JROTC program invites high school cadets to experience technical hands-on training during the summer months.

ASPIRE – Advancing Scholars in Physics and Innovative Research in Engineering

ASPIRE provides immersive learning experiences in accelerator engineering fields at Fermilab.

CCI – Community College Internships

Sponsored by the Department of Energy Office of Science, community college students are immersed in STEM technical training during the summer months.

Cooperative Education Program

Undergraduate students work alongside world-class scientists and engineers. Students apply what they learn at their home institutions to cutting-edge experiments and projects vital to Fermilab’s scientific mission.

LBNF/DUNE, SD

Undergraduate engineering internship for students majoring in mining and related fields who are interested in working at a major underground construction project, and undergraduate business students interested in learning more about construction procurement and management.

QCIPU – Quantum Computing Internship for Physics Undergraduates

Physics undergraduate three-week program for students interested in quantum computing for the simulation of physics to gain hands-on Python and Qiskit programming experience.

SULI – Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship

Sponsored by the Department of Energy Office of Science, undergraduate physics or engineering majors work with scientists or engineers on projects at the frontier of particle physics research.

US CMS Undergraduate Internship

The US CMS Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Program seeks to address the under-representation of women and minoritized students in STEM fields, in particular Physics. It is a 10-week paid internship program, which offers female and minority undergraduate students an opportunity to perform a project under the mentorship of scientists working at the frontier of Physics at one of the 50+ institutions in the United States.

ASPIRE – Advancing Scholars in Physics and Innovative Research in Engineering

ASPIRE provides immersive learning experiences in accelerator engineering fields at Fermilab.

FCSI – Fermilab Computational Science Internship

Graduate student cybersecurity, cloud-based distributed computing, big data, high-performance computing, machine learning, and quantum computing opportunity to use cutting-edge tools and technology.

SCGSR – Science Graduate Research Program

Graduate awardees receive funds to conduct part of their thesis research at a host DOE laboratory/facility.

VFP – Visiting Faculty Program

Sponsored by the Department of Energy Office of Science, faculty and student teams conduct hands-on research to support and advance innovation and workforce development.

VALOR JROTC

The VALOR JROTC program invites high school cadets to experience technical hands-on training during the summer months.

VALOR VetTech Internship

Military veterans provide routine technical support for an assigned experiment or support group. The program assumes apprentice-level expertise, general military experience, and/or knowledge based on academic study.

VALOR Apprenticeship

The VALOR Apprenticeship provides hands-on training experiences and full-time technical career placement at Fermilab to military veterans at the start of their civilian career. Apprenticeships begin during Fall & Spring.