Opportunites and Internships

The Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism J-term Internship in DC

CTEC at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) in Washington, DC is seeking qualified students for an internship for Winter Term 2023. This will be an in-person experience in DC. Students will assist CTEC’s Senior Research Scholar and Research Leads with a wide array of extremism- and terrorism-related projects, with a particular focus on accelerationism and online extremism.  Specifically, CTEC is looking for students to work on short- and long-form reports, literature reviews, and open-source research.

This opportunity is funded with a $2,000 CCI internship award to support expenses associated with the internship, including travel and accommodations. Housing is not provided, but housing search support will be made available. Please note this is a competitive application process, with funding available for five students. There will be excellent professional development opportunities including strong mentorship, relevant guest speakers, and networking.

Apply here. November 9, 2022 application deadline.

The Center for Nonproliferation Studies J-term Internship in DC

Middlebury’s office in DC is seeking winter term interns to work with the Center for Nonproliferation Studies. This will be an in-person experience in DC. Students will focus on CNS’s North Korea analysts or biotechnology team in undertaking research. CNS is looking for students to work on short- and long-form reports, literature reviews, and open-source research. Possible example projects include, but are not limited to:

• Conducting an open source based review on North Korean WMD related facility production by conducting archival research and imagery interpretation.
• Tracking the creation of biolabs in the COVID-19 / post COVID-19 context that could result in genomic information proliferation.
• Assemble and analyze a dataset related to Chinese military or Russian trade data to identify sanctions or export control violations.

This opportunity is funded with a $2000 CCI internship award to support expenses associated with the internship, including travel and accommodations. Housing is not provided, but housing search support will be made available. Please note this is a competitive application process, with funding available for two students. There will be excellent professional development opportunities including strong mentorship, relevant guest speakers, and networking.

Apply here.  Deadline is Sunday, November 13, 2022.

Winter Term Internship in Nonproliferation Studies

January 5 - February 2, 2023

The Winter Term Internship at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS) provides precious learning experience exclusively for Middlebury College Students.

CNS is a pioneer in the use of “new tools” such as open source information and computer modeling to revolutionize non-proliferation and disarmament research and education. The creative use of satellite imagery, geospatial data, 3-dimensional (3D) modeling, virtual reality environments, and social media platforms provides exciting new opportunities for NGOs working on nonproliferation issues. Check here for more information.

Application deadline is October 28, 2022.