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Are you a student or a recent alumni interested in a career with EPA?
EPA internships, fellowships, and recent graduate positions provide a great introduction to our work and may lead to permanent employment. These opportunities are available at our Washington D.C. headquarters, in our ten regional offices, and at our labs and research centers throughout the nation.
EPA utilizes the Pathways Program, which allows students or recent graduates like you to gain paid experience in the Federal government.
Pathways has three components:
EPA hires student interns for administrative/clerical positions as well as technical positions in areas such as life sciences, program or policy analysis, and engineering.
Most positions have salaries ranging from the GS-2 to GS-07 level.
You can start your search on the USAJobs.gov Pathways for Students page.
**Generally, EPA internships, whether paid or unpaid, are limited to U.S. citizens only. Pathways Programs participant must be a U.S. citizen or national, or be lawfully permitted to the U.S. as a permanent resident or otherwise authorized to be employed.**
EPA hires Recent Graduates for entry level positions in almost any field, including human resources, life sciences, physical science, IT, engineer, program or policy analysis, administration, and more.
Most positions have salaries ranging from the GS-05 to the GS-11 level.
You can start your search on the USAJobs.gov Pathways for Recent Graduates page.
Certain academic institutions and non-profits sponsor and pay for internships, where each intern is assigned to an office in federal government and/or industry. In some instances, the cost is covered by the tuition you have already paid to your college or university. EPA has agreements with the organizations listed below. Note that not all of these organizations place interns with EPA every year:
Some unpaid (volunteer) internships are offered by individual EPA offices in Washington and around the nation. A few offices sponsor well-developed volunteer programs. More commonly, offices do not have centralized volunteer internship coordination; particular managers looking for volunteer help may advertise only through job fairs, college guidance or career planning offices, and/or EPA information sessions at colleges. If you are interested in an unpaid internship, contact your college guidance or career planning office, since they may have a partnership with a specific EPA office to provide interns. View Open Unpaid (volunteer) internships at the EPA.