Summer Internship Program

YOU MUST APPLY ON OUR WEBSITE.  https://www.griffissinstitute.org/internship-opportunities/ri-intern/ . 

The 2025 application cycle will begin in October 2024 for the Summer Internship Program at the Information Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory. This is a paid summer internship opportunity for students currently enrolled in an accredited college or university at the freshman level through PhD level (U.S. CITIZENS ONLY) to work on-site with AFRL researchers on a wide variety of research projects.

Applicants may now choose from a listing of research project topics that they would like to be considered for. Examples of research topics available are Data Efficient Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Small Unmanned Aircraft System, Neuromorphic Computing, Trusted Software, Quantum Information Sciences and much more. See 2024 RI Summer Intern Program Research Topics  as well as our application on our webpage found at https: //www.griffissinstitute.org/internship-opportunities/ri-intern/ . YOU MUST APPLY ON OUR WEBSITE. Applications submitted on Handshake will NOT be considered

For basic information on the areas of research that the selected interns will be working in, please view the AFRL/RI Core Competencies.

The 2025 Summer Internship Program will start on Monday, June 2, 2025, and end on Friday, August 8, 2025.

Travel and housing assistance is available for those who live more than 50 miles from Rome, New York.

All correspondence regarding applications, including offers, will be made via email. Please direct all questions to intern@griffissinstitute.org . Do not apply through this website.

Priority deadline is January 31, 2025. The final deadline is March 15, 2025. Selections began the first week of February 2025.