$18.40/Hour Brookings Internship (Spring 2027)
- Organization: The Brookings Institution
- Type: Internship
- Location: United States
- Deadline: November 7, 2026
- Funding: Partially Funded
The Brookings Institution, the Washington, DC think tank, is recruiting its Spring 2027 intern cohort. Brookings pays every intern, and the Spring 2027 postings pay $18.40 an hour for about 12 weeks of part-time or full-time work with its research programs and business units. Placements are hybrid from the DC office or remote, but you must be in the United States for the whole internship. **What you get:** - $18.40 an hour on every Spring 2027 posting, for a minimum of 20 to 32 hours a week depending on the role - About 12 weeks working alongside Brookings researchers and staff, embedded in a research program or business unit - A curated learning programme for the intern cohort, plus professional development workshops, think tank events and public Brookings events - Networking with the rest of the intern cohort, and the option to join employee-led professional networks and affinity groups - Hybrid work from the Washington, DC office, or fully remote on postings that allow it **What you'll do:** - Pick one or more of the posted Spring 2027 internships, each with its own team and focus - Research roles cover economics, health policy, education, technology policy, Congress, democracy, foreign policy, gender equality and rural development, among others - Typical work includes literature reviews, data gathering and cleaning, statistical analysis, writing support and helping with events - A Government Affairs internship sits in the Communications team, outside the research programs **Key dates:** - Internship openings posted from the week of October 5, 2026 - Applications close November 7, 2026 (one Government Affairs posting stays open until November 14, 2026) - Selections made by December 18, 2026 - Cohort starts January 19, 2027 or February 1, 2027 - Cohort ends April 9, 2027 or April 23, 2027 **More information:** - Each internship is a separate posting with its own eligibility and requirements; read the one you apply to - A complete application is a cover letter (a separate one for each posting, addressed to Hiring Manager), a resume and a transcript, plus a writing sample where the posting asks for one - Finalists provide two references or two letters of recommendation - Questions about the programme go to internships@brookings.edu
