The education policy team’s data intern will support the team’s cutting-edge research at the intersection of data, education policy, and technology. The data intern will research a variety of topics, including by: - Examining the causes and consequences of post-pandemic chronic absenteeism, - Constructing demographic community profiles, - Synthesizing school board minutes, -

The American Enterprise Institute’s Housing Center seeks an intern to support the research of Senior Fellows Edward J. Pinto and Tobias Peter on domestic housing, historical and current mortgage lending policies, and financial policy reform.   Primary assignments will include helping maintain the center’s various indexes and large databases; supporting research through data management, retrieval, and analysis; editing and contributing to scholarly papers, articles, and op-eds; creating and...

The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) seeks an in-person intern for its technology policy studies program, which focuses on advancing policies to encourage innovation, competition, and growth in technology and seeks to minimize unintended consequences amid the rise of disruptive technology, such as artificial intelligence. The intern will assist AEI’s technology policy team with the program’s daily research and administrative activities and the tech policy newsletter.   The...

The American Enterprise Institute’s science policy team seeks a driven, research-oriented intern. The intern will work closely with Senior Fellow M. Anthony Mills and science, energy, and environment staff to research the relationship between the federal government and the scientific research establishment, the role of expertise in governance, and the history and impact of federal research and development policy. Intern duties will include conducting literature reviews, retrieving and analyzing data, editing and drafting materials, discussing research ideas, organizing conferences and seminars, and providing background research for reports and scholarly publications.

The American Enterprise Institute’s Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility (COSM) seeks a driven, research-oriented data intern for spring 2025. The intern will work closely with COSM scholars Kevin Corinth and Scott Winship and COSM staff on quantitative, empirically driven, and policy-informing research that aims to improve opportunity and mobility for low-income Americans. The data intern will assist with studying the determinants of economic mobility and human flourishing in America.  

The American Enterprise Institute’s Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility (COSM) seeks a driven, research-oriented intern for Spring 2025. The intern will work closely with COSM scholars and staff to research, identify, and promote policies that improve opportunity and mobility for low-income Americans. COSM scholars study the determinants of economic mobility and human flourishing in America through empirically driven and policy-informing research.   The COSM intern will interact with a...

American Enterprise Institute (AEI) education scholars Beth Akers, Max Eden, Frederick M. Hess, Nat Malkus, and Robert Pondiscio research and write on the politics of education, higher education financing, school reform, and related education policy issues.   The intern for AEI’s education team will assist with various long- and short-term projects by conducting primary-source research for reports and op-eds, editing, working with datasets, and providing administrative assistance as...

The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) coalitions team helps AEI scholars connect their research with audiences inside and outside Washington, DC. We focus on getting scholarly work from the website to the community. Interns must have a startup mentality and an ability to identify new ways to add value across the organization. The most successful interns will be interested in and familiar with AEI scholars’ work, exhibit strong writing and organizational skills, and be curious about nonprofit management and public relations.  

The FREE Initiative is a national collaborative outreach and educational resourcing effort led by AEI scholar Ian Rowe. The FREE Initiative disseminates insights about the crucial roles of family, religion, education, and entrepreneurship in developing the rising generation of young Americans. FREE is also building and catalyzing a growing network of exemplary leaders from across the nation who use their spheres of influence to revitalize community life and instill a sense of agency in the next...

The Asian economics interns at the American Enterprise Institute will conduct research in support of Senior Fellow Derek Scissors. The Asian economics portfolio includes researching and media monitoring of Chinese outward investment and corporate activity. Intern duties will include fact-checking and supporting ongoing projects.   The ideal candidate will possess: - A demonstrated interest in Asian studies, -

The American Enterprise Institute seeks an intern who will assist Distinguished Senior Fellow Danielle Pletka and Senior Fellow Marc A. Thiessen in research tasks for regular opinion columns, long-term projects, and events. Typical research will relate to the Middle East, China, America’s role in the international community, and occasionally domestic politics. The intern will assist with research for the What the Hell Is Going On? podcast. The intern will also provide research and communications support for Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies Kori Schake on various foreign...

The Coalition Defense of Taiwan intern will conduct research in support of American Enterprise Institute scholar Dan Blumenthal and others. The portfolio focuses on US defense policy and security issues in the Indo-Pacific, including China’s military modernization, interests and objectives of US allies, and cross-Strait relations.   Key responsibilities may include: - Monitoring political and...

The American Enterprise Institute seeks an intern to assist with research and writing on a wide range of national security and defense issues. Interns will support the work of Senior Fellows Elaine McCusker and Todd Harrison, Nonresident Senior Fellow John G. Ferrari, Nonresident Fellow Dustin Walker, and the Defense Futures Simulator.   Key responsibilities may include: - Conducting quantitative research and modeling of the US Defense...

The American Enterprise Institute seeks interns to work with two scholars covering topics in international security and South Asian studies. The interns will support Senior Fellow Sadanand Dhume’s regular column and book research on South Asian politics, economics, and security. Projects will focus on India but may also include Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and other regional topics. Tasks will include gathering news clips from Indian and international news sources; researching Indian politics, economic issues, and demographics; fact-checking and editing articles; and producing literature reviews. The interns may also be asked to help with individual research tasks pertaining to...

American Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Mackenzie Eaglen specializes in defense strategy, defense budgets, military readiness, and the defense industrial base. Interns on the military strategy and US defense budget team will assist with compiling and preparing background on issues of congressional oversight, examining defense-budget investments across the services, drafting memos and report text, and collecting data. Assignments may also include attending congressional hearings on the defense budget and responding to current events relating to military-strategy...

The American Enterprise Institute seeks an intern who will assist Nicholas Eberstadt, the Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy. Dr. Eberstadt focuses on global demographic trends, human capital, and economic development, with a current emphasis on China, Russia, and developing nations. He also researches North Korea, poverty in the United States, foreign aid, global health, and mortality. The intern will do quantitative analysis, background research, fact-checking, and editing for articles and ongoing projects. Experience with Python, R, or Stata and familiarity with Microsoft Excel are required. Professional working capacity in Mandarin is preferred.  

The Critical Threats Project (CTP), led by Senior Fellow Frederick W. Kagan, tracks and analyzes current and emerging challenges to American national security in concert with its partner organization the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Interns will support analysis of the ongoing Israel-Hamas War, Iran’s Axis of Resistance, and Iranian regional activities and domestic politics. Interns will be responsible for monitoring regional media, translating, assisting with and conducting research, orally briefing analysis, and contributing to CTP's daily Iran Update. The internship includes educational modules for developing intelligence analysis tradecraft.

The Critical Threats Project (CTP), led by Senior Fellow Frederick W. Kagan, tracks and analyzes current and emerging challenges to American national security. The internship will work with Africa Team Lead Liam Karr to focus on supporting the project’s research efforts on US national security interests in Africa, including state powers state powers such as China, Iran, and Russia, as well as non-state groups like the Islamic State and al Qaeda. Research will include open-source tracking and analysis of key state and non-state actors and related political and security dynamics across the continent, with a special focus on the Horn of Africa, West Africa, and the Great Lakes region. Interns will...

The Asian securities intern at the American Enterprise Institute will conduct research in support of Senior Fellow Dan Blumenthal. The Asian securities portfolio focuses on US defense policy and security issues in the Indo-Pacific, including China’s military modernization, Chinese coercion and influence in Asia, and cross-Strait relations. Key responsibilities may include: - Monitoring military developments in the region, -

The mission of the Government Relations department at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) is to promote AEI’s scholarship among top government officials on Capitol Hill, in the White House, in state legislatures, and in federal agencies. The Government Relations intern will conduct policy research on a wide array of issues for staff, draft correspondence on policy issues to distribute to federal and state audiences, assist in tracking legislation, and observe and participate in outreach strategy. Successful candidates will be self-starters; have strong oral, written, and research skills; be detail oriented and organized; and be interested in public policy, politics,...