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Energy Program, Spring Internship
Intern Intern Washington, DC, US
BPC's Spring Internship Program
The Bipartisan Policy Center’s internship program is built around each intern’s goals. Interns conduct research, support project analysts and staff, and see firsthand how people from both parties work together on policy. The program also offers exposure to the policymaking process and the functions of a think tank, plus professional development and networking with BPC staff and interns across DC.
Spring interns work 18 to 20 hours per week and receive a $3,000 stipend, paid in two equal installments during the internship. Interns set a weekly schedule with their intern manager at the start of the semester and can adjust it around class commitments.
BPC’s internships are based in our Washington, DC office. BPC staff are in the office Tuesday through Thursday, with the option to work from home on Monday and Friday. Relocation assistance is not provided.
The Spring 2027 internship program runs Tuesday, January 26, 2027, through Thursday, April 1, 2027.
Project Description:
The BPC Energy Team is focused on pursuing federal policies that modernize America’s energy system, strengthen the economy, reduce emissions, and ensure that energy is reliable, affordable, and clean. We are working to forge coherent, evidence-based, and effective federal policies to responsibly drive a transition toward a cleaner low‑carbon energy mix while maintaining economic growth.
Responsibilities:
The intern will work directly with BPC’s Energy Project team on analysis and research, event planning, monitoring news and congressional activity, communications activities, writing support, and administrative support. The intern will help support the Energy Project’s major initiatives in several areas, including:
Permitting reform and modernization
Electric power: Independent System Operators (ISOs) and Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs), load growth, and affordability
AI + energy: load growth and energy demand
Carbon accounting and markets: support for accounting principles and practices and market structures that incentivize decarbonization investment
Critical minerals: strengthening U.S. critical mineral supply chains, offtake/pricing challenges for U.S. critical mineral projects
Carbon management: policies to help advance carbon capture and storage technologies including direct air capture and nature-based solutions
Climate and trade: policies that illuminate or leverage the U.S. competitive advantage in low-emissions manufacturing
Innovation: energy innovation, technology development, and commercialization programs
Undergraduate students at the rising junior level or above, currently enrolled graduate students, or graduates within the past 12 months
Non-U.S. citizens are eligible to apply but must have a valid work permit or visa verifying eligibility to work in the United States. BPC does not offer visa sponsorship.
Qualifications: Must be enrolled in an undergraduate, or graduate school or be a recent grad
Strong research and writing skills
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks
To celebrate diversity and ensure equity and inclusivity, BPC is committed to:
Recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce with insights and solutions for our increasingly divided society
Creating a workplace culture where all employees feel valued and their perspectives are heard
Developing policy solutions and undertaking research that reflect a diversity of thought and experience
These commitments help us fulfill our mission and foster bipartisanship more effectively.
