Summer 2026, Finance Internship, Economic Studies (Job ID 2025-3771)

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Interns spend approximately12weeksworking alongsideleading experts in government and academia from all over the world.Brookings also offers students the opportunity to intern in departments such as communications human resources and central operations management.The mission of the Internship Program is to provide students witha pre-professional learning experience that offers meaningful practical work experience related to their field of studyor career interest.Students engage in career exploration and development as well as learn new skills.

Interns will have the opportunity to attend meetings think tank events professional development workshops and public Brookings addition interns will have the opportunity to network with other interns throughout the Institution.

This internship is an opportunity for undergraduate students in their junior or senior year and graduate students pursuing a masters degree with an interest in finance administration to apply principles and theory learned in the classroom in a professional environment. PhD students are not eligible for internships; please visitourCareers pagefor current open positions.This internship pays an hourly rate of $18.40 and applicants must be willing to commit to a minimum number of hours per week (no less than 20 hours per week during regular business hours) with some flexibility around an academic course schedule.

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Position Location: This is a hybrid opportunity. Hybrid positions combine regular in-person presence at our Washington DC office with theoptionof remote work.Remote work applicants may not work from the following states: Alaska California Colorado Hawaii Illinois Maine Michigan Oregon Rhode Island and Washington.Please only apply if you can live and work in states other than those listed above for the duration of the internship.

About the Economic Studies Program: The Economic Studies program analyzes current and emerging economic issues facing the United States and the world and based on that research provides innovative practical policy recommendations. ESs work covers a broad array of economic issues including economic growth economic opportunity and mobility the labor market regulation health policy the environment tax policy retirement policy and fiscal and monetary policy. Economic Studies scholars influence key economic policies by conducting rigorous and relevant research and then disseminating and communicating their findings to the policy community and to the broader public.

The Finance Intern will work in an office and team environment and assist with finance support of Economic Studies. This internship is designed to build on interpersonal skills such as writing and verbal communication and relationship management; organizational skills; and project management.

The intern will be exposed to the non-research administration side of Brookings and learn how the program operates. Interns may work on a variety of tasks including financialand expense analysis financial trend mapping monthly program dashboard updates drafting agreements and participating in planning meetings with research scholars

Education/Knowledge/Skills:

Applicants should be undergraduate students in their junior or senior year with a major in finance business math or related fields or graduate students pursuing a masters degree. A strong interest in economics and public policy is useful. Applicants should be proficient in Excel to perform analysis with large data sets.

A successful applicant will have a strong team work ethic attention to detail and a belief that no task is too big or too small.

Additional Information:

This internship requires you tobe located inthe U.S. for the duration of the internship.

Successful completion of a background investigation isfor interning at Brookings.

Brookings requires that all applicantssubmita cover letter and resume.Pleasesubmityour resume as instructed and include your cover letter as a separate attachment when you apply.Youare required tosubmit/attach a separate cover letter for each internship application.Your cover letter should highlight your educational experience and skills along with an explanation of how this internship will contribute to your professional goals.Please address your cover letter toHiringManager.

If selected as a finalist for the internship you will be required to submit two letters of recommendation or provide two professional references.

Please note: Applications will be accepted untilFebruary 222026.Applications not completed andsubmittedby the application deadline date will not be considered. Your application is considered complete when you receive an email confirming that your application was successfullysubmitted.

As you are applying please be sure toclick heretolearn more about the Brookings Internship Program deadlines and directions on how to successfully submit your internship application(s).

Brookings welcomes and celebrates diversity in all its forms including diversity of experience thought and personal background. We welcome applications that reflect a variety of backgrounds based on ideology race ethnicity religion national origin gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression disability veteran status first generation college goers and other factors protected by law. Brookings is proud to be anequal-opportunityemployer that is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive selection decisions are based upon merit skillsabilitiesand experience.