Research Intern
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Job Location:
Philadelphia, PA - USA
Daily Salary:
$ 15 - 30
Posted on:
08-11-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
This internship will be based in Philadelphia PA and begin in the spring of 2026. The hours and exact start and end dates are flexible to fit the interns academic calendar.
About FIRE
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization dedicated to defending and sustaining the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought. Please visit to gain a sense of our work and mission.
Position Description
FIRE is looking for passionate team-oriented and driven undergraduates (rising juniors and seniors) or graduate students attending colleges and universities in the United States. FIRE offers a fast-paced and exciting work environment. Working at the headquarters of a national nonprofit the student will be immersed in the general functions of running the office while learning about civil liberties in higher education from professional free speech advocates.
Responsibilities
FIRE is seeking an energetic undergraduate or graduate Research intern to aid its Research Department. The Research interns responsibilities may include:
- Coding qualitative features on datasets
- Summarizing news articles about speech controversies
- Gathering email addresses for survey work
- Performing literature reviews and summarizing existing research in memos
- Analyzing data
- Completing general intern duties such as answering phones managing the general FIRE inbox assisting with inventory and helping with office management
Qualifications
A successful candidate will have:
- Previous qualitative or quantitative research experience
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent computer skills (Mac) including knowledge of MS Office and the Google/Gmail platform
- An understanding of and enthusiasm for FIREs mission
- An interest in learning more about research
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- The ability to work independently
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience coding in R Stata Python SPSS Tableau or similar software
- Previous experience working for a nonprofit
- Student leadership experience
FIREs office is located near Independence Hall. Commuters who live outside walking distance can easily access FIRE through SEPTA regional rail subway bus service or PATCO rail service. Parking is also available in the area at a variety of lots and garages for between $15 and $30 a day.
The Research Intern will work in a standard office environment. To perform job responsibilities the intern will use personal computers copy machines and telephones. Some lifting of objects weighing up to 30 pounds may be required. On occasion the intern may be asked to perform errands that involve walking to places within the immediate vicinity of the FIRE office.
Students will be evaluated at regular intervals. Highly successful candidates may be invited back for future intern experiences or may be offered a part-time position. However further employment is not guaranteed.
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
FIRE isan equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
As part of FIREs hiring process all candidates receiving a conditional offer of employment will be required to undergo a background checkas permitted by and in compliance with federal state and local law.
Required Experience:
Intern
Key Skills
- Robotics
- Machine Learning
- Python
- AI
- C/C++
- Data Collection
- Research Experience
- Signal Processing
- Natural Language Processing
- Computer Vision
- Deep Learning
- Tensorflow
About Company
FIRE’s mission is to defend and sustain the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought.
