Opportunities

We designed this page for you, Binghamton University students, to explore various internship opportunities.

First, you should make sure you've checked out all of the wonderful career tools and resources offered by the University's central career office, the Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development.
Next, take a look at the various opportunities we have collated in the lists below to get an idea of the many different kinds of organizations with which you canintern.

Binghamton University Internship Resources

All students should familiarize themselves with the many resources for the internship and job search offered by the Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development.

Visit the Fleishman Center Career Tools website for access to their extensive lists and guides.

Possible Internship Sites for Students Interested in GMAP

Take a look at the variety of potential opportunities that may be available with our partner organizations as well as other institutions where you may find the opportunity to work within the broader, inter-professional realm of atrocity prevention. The following list is not exhaustive and you can propose to do an internship in many different types of organizations, sectors, and countries.

United States-based Organizations:

Beyond Conflict
Brennan Center for Justice
Burma Task Force
Center for Civilians in Conflict
The Fund for Peace
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
International Center on Nonviolent Conflict
International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect
International Peace Institute
International Rivers
Invisible Children
Middle East Institute
Not in Our Town
Peace Action Fund of New York
PeaceTech Labs
Project Over Zero
Refugees International
Stimson Center
U.S. Department of State Student Internship Program
Washington, D.C.

The U.S. Department of State Student Internship Program is an unpaid internship with the opportunity to work in U.S. embassies and consulates throughout the world, as well as in various bureaus located in Washington, D.C. and at Department offices around the United States. This program is designed to provide substantive learning experiences in a foreign affairs environment.

While the duties of U.S. Department of State Student Internship Program participants vary from bureau to bureau, office to office, and embassy to embassy, it is not uncommon for these students to:
- Participate in meetings with senior-level U.S. Government or foreign government officials
- Draft, edit, or contribute to cables, reports, communications, talking points, or other materials used by policymakers in furthering U.S. foreign policy objectives
- Support events, including international and/or multilateral meetings and conferences or
- Engage directly with U.S. audiences in helping to explain the work of the Department of State or foreign audiences in helping to promote U.S. foreign policy and improve understanding of U.S. culture and society
Learn more on their website
U.S. Foreign Service Internship Program (USFSIP)
As of November 2020: "Experience Hands-On Diplomacy as a U.S. Foreign Service Intern.

Spend two summers in an experiential-learning program designed to expose undergraduate students to U.S. diplomacy and the work of the Department of State. Established in 2014, this merit and needs-based opportunity is available to undergraduate sophomore and junior students with a 3.2 GPA or higher, who are available to participate in two consecutive summer internships as rising juniors and seniors.

The program includes two paid summer internships:
- Three weeks of academic and professional training in Washington, D.C. followed by seven weeks working in a policy office at the U.S. Department of State
- A ten-week assignment in a U.S. Embassy or Consulate abroad
Typically, you can apply on USAJOBS the third week in August, but we recommend reaching out to one of our regional Diplomats in Residence (DIR) for additional details on the program and the application process. You can find the DIR for your region here. You can also sign up for email notifications under Keep Me Informed to be notified when the application period is open.

This is a unique opportunity to experience diplomacy first-hand and decide if a diplomatic career is right for you."
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Vital Voices
West Point Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Wilson Center
Win Without War
Women's Refugee Commission

Organizations with International Sites:

Internship/Job Posting Boards:

idealist.org

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SUNY Washington, D.C. Internship Program

The SUNY Washington Internship Program allows students to experience the excitement of our nation's capital, an ideal location to experience direct involvement in politics and all other professional fields. Spend the Summer in Washington, DC, studying, working and earning up to 6 academic credits. Since 1967, more than 3,700 students have participated in this elite internship program. It is open to sophomore, junior, senior, and graduate students from colleges and universities around the world.

Visit their website for more information.
Washington Internship Institute

The Washington Internship Institute is an educational nonprofit organization that helps place students in an internship of interest to them in Washington, D.C. There is an application process and a tuition fee for this program, but need based scholarships are available.

To learn more and see the many possible internship placements go to their website.

Contact:

If you are interested in learning more about these opportunities, please contact the I-GMAP Assistant Director at igmap@binghamton.edu.

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