Find Research Internships

Identifying Research Internships

Internships that are also research experience don’t tend call themselves research experiences. Instead, students must piece this together from the provide job description. When reviewing a job description, check for the following characteristics:

• Intern will be using a systematic approach to collect information.
• Intern will be analyzing the collected data in some way and using higher level critical thinking.
• At the end of the internship, there be something new resulting from the work—a new understanding/knowledge or a new product.

Sometimes figuring out if an internship qualifies as a research experience can be difficult, especially for students with little to no experience in research, or if the internship in question is close but needs some amending to become a true research experience. The Office of Undergraduate Research is available to assist in the process by reviewing the job description in question and discussing options with the student. You can e-mail undergraduate-research@ncsu.edu to schedule a meeting.

Finding Research Internships

• Search through the Career Development Center’s ePACK.
• Explore the Career Development Center’s Rural Works! Program.
  • Search through the Featured Internships and SECU Public Fellows Internship Program,
• Search through NC Museum of Natural Sciences Internships. Note that there are internships in non-STEM fields too and that summer internships are paid!
• Search through the opportunities provided in the North Carolina Zoo Internship Program.
• Search through internships posted by NC State’s Centennial Partners.

While we make every effort to keep this information up to date, if you find a broken link or have other resources/links to share please email us at undergraduate-research@ncsu.edu