Fall 2024 Internship Program
About the Internship
The Carter Center’s internship program offers diverse opportunities for students and recent graduates to enhance their skills and explore career options in their fields. Although the day-to-day responsibilities of interns across different programs may vary, all share the following networking and career development opportunities:
- Substantive work experience: less than 30% of interns' responsibilities include administrative duties.
- Work directly in your field of study, gaining valuable knowledge to enhance your professional development.
- Make professional connections and form networks in an international non-government environment.
- Speaker series featuring Carter Center staff and other guests.
- Scheduled career development opportunities with senior Carter Center staff.
- A day trip to the Carter's hometown of Plains, Georgia, to visit historic sites devoted to President and Mrs. Carter's life and work.
- Social and team-building opportunities with the interns and staff.
- All internships are based in Atlanta.
- Opportunities for interns to travel with staff on Center-related trips (e.g., election-monitoring missions, domestic and international conferences, training, and workshops) may arise. If invited, all travel expenses will be covered by the Center.
- Membership in the intern and graduate assistant alumni group keeps you connected with the Carter Center's work and hundreds of former interns and graduate assistants.
Responsibilities vary by program. See our website for details about the individual programs: https://www.cartercenter.org/internships
Frequently Asked Questions: https://www.cartercenter.org/involved/educational-programs/internships-offered/faqs.html
Additionally, if an applicant's college or university offers academic credit for internships, The Carter Center will work with the school to match academic requirements with the requirements of the intern's host program.
Interns are required to work 20 hours per week. An intern's schedule is arranged with the supervisor and includes regularly scheduled blocks during regular business hours (e.g., four days of five hours each, five days of four hours each).
The Carter Center internships are offered three times a year. Interns are required to make a commitment of 15 weeks for the fall and spring. During the summer session, interns must make a 10-week commitment. The internship roughly follows an academic calendar. Please review the requirements below before applying. At the start of the internship, qualified applicants must be one of the following:
- An undergraduate student with at least two years of study (or 60 credit hours) completed by the start of the internship.
- A recent college/university graduate (having graduated within 24 months of the internship start date).
- An enrolled graduate or professional student. Candidates who have completed their graduate degrees more than 24 months ago are not eligible for internships.
Strong internship candidates have demonstrated superior academic, professional, or personal experience and interests related to Carter Center programs. Programs vary with interest in careers ranging from nonprofit management, international relations, research, political science, international studies/development, public administration, law, and gender studies, to psychology, public health, infectious diseases, public policy, hospitality, digital content production, and related areas.
Intern's stipends are paid accordingly:
Spring: $4,500.00 (15 weeks)
Summer: $3,000.00 (10 weeks)
Fall: $4,500.00 (15 weeks)
Key Dates for Fall 2024 Session:
- Application must be submitted by June 17th, 2024
- Transcript, Letters of Recommendation must be received by June 24th, 2024
- Session begins August 27th, 2024
- Session ends December 6th, 2024
TO APPLY: Applicants MUST apply for the internship session through The Carter Center application portal. Please DO NOT apply via Handshake. Applicants will be notified of decisions approximately six weeks from the application deadline.
Application link: https://www.cartercenter.org/involved/educational-programs/internships-offered/apply-today.html
Application Instructions
Before you begin this application, please read the following instructions carefully.
To access the Carter Center Internship application, you will need to establish a user account. You will be prompted to create a username and password and provide a valid email address.
Your user account will give you the option to save and continue your application at a later date, as well as check the status of your applicant file after your application has been submitted. Please be aware that you cannot make any changes once you submit your application.
To complete the online application, please be prepared to provide the following:
- A 100-word autobiography.
- A short 250-word essay stating your objectives and expectations of a Carter Center internship and how they relate to your goals.
- A resume to be uploaded as a PDF.
- A short, pertinent writing sample, preferably an academic paper of five pages or less, to be uploaded as a PDF.
- The names, titles, email addresses, and phone numbers of two people prepared to write letters of recommendation on your behalf. Your recommenders will be sent a system-generated email allowing them to upload their recommendation letter into a web form and submit it electronically.
Transcripts:
Official transcripts should be emailed to: EducationalPrograms@cartercenter.org
Please do not hesitate to email us if you have any questions about your application.