Summer 2026 Academic Research Internship
Summer 2026 Academic Research Internship
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Federal Reserve Bank of RichmondWhen you join the Federal Reservethe nations central bankyoull play a key role collaborating with a dynamic team of mission-driven professionals to strengthen and protect our economy and our communities.Bring your passion and expertise and well provide the opportunities that will challenge you and propel your growthalong with a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health wealth and life.
About the Opportunity
The Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond is looking for highly motivated students in Economics Mathematics Statistics or related disciplines to assist research economists with policy-oriented and academic research in a paid internship during the summer of 2026.
We are looking for candidates with diverse backgrounds interests and perspectives. We provide interns with many opportunities to learn in their daily work interactions with economists and RAs as well as through seminars lectures and RA-led study groups. We provide a friendly and academically-oriented environment where interns can learn about academic research careers and the Fed. Visit us online for more information about the Research Department and the RA program.
What You Will Do:
Responsibilities for interns include literature reviews and writing computer code to analyze time-series and panel data alongside a Research Associate (RA) who mentors them throughout the summer. Interns are invited to give a presentation at the end of their stay on an academic article they studied or the data they helped analyze.
The intern and RA pool supports multiple economists with their academic research on wide-ranging topics including general equilibrium macroeconomic models time-series econometrics labor economics financial economics contract theory public and health economics industrial organization and regional economics.
Application Requirements:
*Only applications with all required documents will be considered.
Applicants should submit three documents under the Attachments/Resume/Cover Letter section of their application: (1) a resume or CV (2) college transcripts (unofficial copies are okay at this time) and (3) a cover letter stating why they are a good match to the job how they became interested in research and how the intern experience will fit into their future careers. Documents should be uploaded as attachments to your electronic submission. Formatted attachments can include Microsoft Office products PDFs JPGs or HTML documents; the size for each is limited to 1.5 MB.
Discover the Reason Why So Many People Love It Here!
When you join the Richmond Fed not only will you find a challenging and purposeful career youll also have access to a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health and wealth including:
Employee resource networks
Flexible work options
Onsite amenities that make working here fun
Other Requirements and Considerations:
Sponsorship is not available for this role.
The hourly rate for summer interns is $23.00/hour.
If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability please notify .
Employees who work at and/or visit another Federal Reserve entity or outside business as part of their job duties are required to comply with any onsite safety and health protocols of those organizations (including but not limited to requirements to vaccinate or test mask social distance etc.).
Selected candidate is subject to special background check procedures.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond provides equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to race sex color religion gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin age disability or genetic information.
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Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Full-Time
