Employers, the Energy Internship Program makes it easy for you to find a whip-smart, motivated Duke student intern for the summer, a self-starter who’s eager to learn and contribute to your organization.
Our talent pool includes 1.7K undergraduate and graduate students in many degree programs, including business, engineering, environmental management, law, policy, the sciences, and more. All benefit from Duke’s interdisciplinary approach to energy, which encourages systemic thinking and hones students’ problem-solving skills.
"I am so grateful to our summer 2021 interns for being ready and willing to roll up their sleeves and tackle any project I put in front of them. Every Duke intern I have had has been a pleasure to work with: smart, eager, engaged, and thorough. They meaningfully contributed to my firm's deliverables and our projects overall." - Kate Ringness JD'94 LLM'94, Co-Founder and Managing Director, SmartBlock Communities
Pictured: After working together remotely in summer 2021, Ringness (left) was excited to meet her Duke student interns Kate Neal T'23 (center) and Erin Yu T'24 (right) for an outdoor lunch on campus this fall.
How it works:
- Tell us what you seek in a summer 2024 intern and how students can apply.
- We relay this information to our talent pool of 1.7K+ Duke students interested in energy.
- Students apply to your opening(s).
- You screen candidates and make offers.
- You let us know when the position has been filled.
General guidelines:
DURATION: 8-12 weeks (40 hours/week) is typical for summer internships.
TIMELINE: Starting in January, our students will begin to make contact and apply for your position(s). We encourage you to list your position(s) and begin the screening process ASAP, since many students are already exploring and beginning to commit to summer options. That said, students will continue making plans throughout the spring. We will remove the position listing when you let us know it has been filled.
LOCATION: We encourage you to consider both in-person and remote internship opportunities depending on your organization’s policies.
Can't afford to pay an intern?
If a student is offered a position with an employer who lacks the capacity to pay a full-time intern, that student can apply to the Energy Internship Program for summer 2024 funding, as long as they will not be graduating in May 2024. Student funding applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until funds are exhausted. Thanks to a partnership with the James E. Rogers Energy Access Project at Duke, a portion of the funding is reserved for internships related to energy access or energy transitions in low- and middle-income countries.
If financial support is granted by the Energy Internship Program, the amount will be negotiated with both student and employer based on numerous factors, including the extent of compensation (if any) indicated in the internship offer letter. Typically, we will only provide funding for one student internship per employer.