Fall 2025 State Fiscal Policy Research Intern
Fall 2025 State Fiscal Policy Research Intern
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The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is a highcaliber strategic policy institute that informs and shapes public policies to reduce poverty promote equity and build opportunity. It has a national reputation for conducting rigorous research and analysis developing evidencebased policy ideas and strategies shaping a broad array of policy debates at the federal and state levels and influencing policy outcomes on a range of critical issues. It focuses on improving the lives of people with low or moderate incomes and examines how policies affect particular groups including Black Indigenous and other people of color; immigrants; people with disabilities; and LGBTQ people. CBPP is known for its unique capacity to blend rigorous timely analysis with effective communications that enable policymakers and the media to make use of its work.
The State Fiscal Policy (SFP) team conducts research and analysis of tax and budget developments in the states with a focus on how they affect lowincome people and build antiracist equitable and inclusive communities and economies. SFPs areas of research include state budget and tax reform taxes and state economies antipoverty programs criminal justice higher education K12 education and immigration. The teams recent work can be foundhere. SFP also coordinates and provides indepth assistance to the State Priorities Partnership a nationwide network of statelevel policy organizations.
Interns are an integral part of the SFP team and work closely with CBPPs state policy analysts. Tasks may include tracking budget and tax developments in states summarizing research on tax and budget issues performing data analysis in Excel using government and other datasets drafting policy memos and other research materials and attending briefings and events on topics of interest. Interns routinely contribute to publicfacing materials such as papers blogs and presentations. Interns will also have a chance to assume a significant role in a research project that aligns with team goals and the interns policy interests. Lastly while interns share core responsibilities yearround particular focus areas of the role are often tailored to the shifting needs of the SFP team.
Qualifications:
- Experience in policy analysis data analysis issue advocacy or public finance. Previous work focusing on public policies that reduce poverty and build antiracist equitable and inclusive communities and economies is a plus.
- Strong interest in CBPPs mission particularly state tax and budget issues.
- Prior personal professional or community experience that demonstrates a commitment to diversity equity and inclusion.
- Quantitative skills and experience working with Excel. Experience with Stata or R is a plus but not required.
- Strong writing skills.
- Experience coordinating events is a plus.
- Education: preference for recent graduates or graduate students with a major/coursework in public policy public administration public health political science or a related field.
Successful interns will have a commitment to CBPPs missionto improve the wellbeing of low and moderateincome people and advance racial equity.
To expand the diversity of voices that speak with authority in federal and state policy debates CBPPs internship program identifies highly motivated candidates particularly those with experience with communities that are underrepresented in policy debates with a demonstrated interest in working on public policies that affect lowincome and diverse communities and have implications for racial equity.
International students are welcome to apply. The Center does not provide financial sponsorship for visas or work permits. You must have documentation of work authorization for the U.S. AND a U.S. Social Security number as of the start date of the internship to be employed by the Center.
ApplicationDeadline:June:
Internship Start Date:September 2 2025
Internship End Date: December 12 2025
CBPPs fall internship will be remote. Remote interns must be in the U.S. for the duration of the internship. Interns located in the Washington D.C. metro area during the fall term may have the option to work on a hybrid schedule that includes at least two days per week in person at our D.C. office.
Work Hours:Interns should be available between 3040 hours per week during core Eastern Time business hours. Work schedules can be flexed to accommodate time zone differences as well as classwork and other school commitments.
Compensation:
- Undergraduate students receive $18.00 per hour.
- Students with a bachelors degree receive $19.00 per hour.
- Graduate students receive $20.00 per hour.
- Students with a masters or law degree receive $21.00 per hour.
- Doctoral students may receive between $20.00 and $22.00 per hour depending on progress toward completion of degree requirements relevant coursework and research.
Required application materials:
- Cover letter in addition to explaining your qualifications for the position as noted above please answer the following questions:
- What draws you to CBPPs mission and to state and/or local tax and budget issues in particular
- What topic(s) related to state taxes and budgets are you specifically excited to learn about
- Rsum
- Short policy writing sample such as a blog brief X/Bluesky thread or academic paper (or an excerpt of an academic paper) no more than three pages long
Only complete applications submitted electronically through our system will be considered. Once you submit your application you will receive an electronic confirmation. Applications submitted by mail or email will not be accepted. Visit for more information about CBPPs internship program. No phone calls please.
If you have read all of the information on thewebsite about internships at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and still have an inquiry about the application process please email .
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and welcomes diversity in the workplace and strongly encourages all qualified persons to apply regardless of race color age sex marital status sexual orientation gender identity gender expression genetic information credit information pregnancy or parental status family responsibilities personal appearance creed military or veteran status religion ancestry or national origin union activities disability or other status protected by applicable law.
Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Intern
