Graduate Student Opportunities
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Enhance your expertise and collaborate with many of the nation’s leading science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) experts as you complete your research. Opportunities are available for current master’s degree and PhD students to participate as members of research teams at ORNL. All internships come with a stipend.
Application deadlines vary by program. Click on the program name to learn more about each opportunity.
DOE Programs
Program
Eligibility
Duration & Commitment
DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program (SCGSR)
2023 application Solicitation 1 applications due May 2, 2023 at 5:00 PM EST
2023 Solicitation 2 opens in August, 2023
- Graduate students currently pursuing Ph.D. degrees
- Full eligibility details
- Summer: full-time 10 weeks
- Fall/spring: full-time 16 weeks
JUMP into STEM
Team submission window closed: November 11, 2022
- Undergraduate or graduate student
- US citizen or LPR
- 3.0+ GPA
- Summer: full-time 10 weeks
Innovation in Buildings Graduate Research Fellowship (IBuild)
2023 application closed
- Enrolled or plan to enroll in master’s or doctorate program
- US citizen/LPR
- 3.0+ GPA
- 12 months full-time
ORNL Programs
Program
Eligibility
Duration & Commitment
Graduate Research Student Internships (GRSI)
Summer 2023 application window closed
- Currently enrolled in master’s or doctoral degree program
- US citizen or LPR
- 3.0+ GPA
- Summer: full-time 10 weeks
- Fall/spring: full-time or part time 16 weeks
Technical and Professional Internships (TPI)
Summer 2023 application window closed
- Currently enrolled in master’s or doctoral (Ph.D or J.D) degree program
- US citizen or LPR
- 3.0+ GPA
- Summer: full-time 10 weeks
- Fall/spring: full-time or part-time 16 weeks
The GEM Fellow Internship Program at ORNL (GEM)
Summer 2023 application window closed
- Selected GEM fellows (enrolled or plan to enroll in master’s or doctoral degree program)
- US citizen or LPR
- 3.0+ GPA
- Summer: full-time 10 weeks
- Currently enrolled in a doctoral degree program
- 3.0+ GPA
- Required graduate coursework
- Full-time exact duration varies based on hosting mentor
National School on Neutron
and X-ray Scattering
Summer 2023 application window closed
- Eligibility details: View
- Full-time exact duration varies
For more information about graduate opportunities, please email graduate@ornl.gov.
Graduate Student Opportunities are managed by ORNL and administered by Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education
