Local, National, & International Internships/Field Experiences

If you are looking for local, national, or international internship/field experience opportunities, these links might offer helpful information and current openings.

While this may not be an exhaustive list, we hope it will give you a good start as you explore possibilities in public health.

Local, National, and International Internship Resources:

American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Explore internships, grants, and annual awards through one of the largest funding sources for graduate women.

American Refugee Committee
Internship opportunities by country.

Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH)
The ASPH manages several regular internship programs throughout the year. 

CARE International
Search internships with this leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty.

Centre for Development and Population Activities
Internships with a focus on mobilizing women to achieve equality.

Doctors Without Borders
Internships with a focus on international medical humanitarian aid and advocacy.

Family Health International
Search for internships in this international public health organization.

Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children
Internships with a focus on providing health services to millions of underprivileged children around the world.

InterExchange Foundation
Established to provide grants to young Americans who wish to help further cultural awareness through meaningful work abroad experiences. Also provides resources for finding internships, work abroad programs, and seasonal job placements.

Intern Bridge
Intern Bride conducts the largest internship-focused research projects in the country, develops resources for employers and universities, delivers seminars, workshops and presentations, and staffs organizations with highly qualified students.

KaiserEDU.org
This database summarizes, and provides links, to internships in health policy and related fields.

LandIt.org
The job and internship listing site of the MN College & University Career Services Association. Students must register before beginning their search.

Learning Abroad Center
Look up programs, internships, and scholarship information for international experiences. Opportunities for graduate students.

Minnesota Studies in International Development
Learn about development theories and gain hands-on, grassroots development experience through MSID, available in five countries: Ecuador, Ghana, Kenya, India, and Senegal.

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Explore internships, scholarships, and research opportunities for students and faculty.

PeerCorps
An NGO that advocates for favorable policies and programs for youth, women and children, offering internships in Tanzania.

U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Internship opportunities with congressional hearings, drug importation investigations, and novel disease outbreak issues are just some of the past opportunities focused on. 

Fellowship Resources:

The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
These fellowship programs, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), prepare laboratory scientists for careers in public health and environmental health laboratory practice.

The Association for Prevention Teaching & Research (APTR)
APTR fellowships give recent graduates and early career professionals an opportunity to work in public health and preventative medicine interest areas.

Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH)
The ASPH manages several regular fellowship programs throughout the year. 

The Commonwealth Fund
These fellowship programs are designed to give promising young researchers the opportunity for in-depth study of various health care policy topics, working with investigators, policy analysts, government officials, and others in a number of U.S. and international settings.

Emerging Leaders in Public Health
The Emerging Leaders in Public Health (ELPH) Fellowship is designed to prepare minority public health professionals in the field by identifying and training those individuals with the talent to serve in significant leadership capacities in the next decade.

IWMF Public Health Fellowship
This fellowship program offers female newspaper editors and radio producers who cover public health issues in eligible countries the opportunity to receive on-the-job training with top media companies in the United States. The fellowship also requires that a fellow conduct a public health journalism project in her home country.

KaiserEDU.org
This database summarizes, and provides links, to fellowships in health policy and related fields.

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Explore fellowships, scholarships, and research opportunities for students and faculty.

Pfizer
A guide to fellowships, grants, and professorships.

The Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program
This fellowship program develops leaders skilled in the integration of public health information systems and development of data standards, policy and quality control measures to advance the practice of public health informatics.

University of Minnesota: Simulations & Exercises for Educational Effectiveness (U-SEEE)
The Fellows Program of University of Minnesota: Simulations and Exercises for Educational Effectiveness (U-SEEE) is an opportunity for University of Minnesota graduate students in public health, other health-related fields, or education to gain specialized training in the intersection of public health preparedness systems research and education. This opportunity is supported in part through a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/COTPER.