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 Solicitation 2 opens in August, 2023 and proposals are due in November, 2023
- Graduate students currently pursuing Ph.D. degrees
- Full eligibility details
- 3-12 months full-time
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)
Spring 2024 applications due: October 23rd 2023 at 11:59 PM EST
- Currently enrolled in master’s or doctoral degree program
- Recent graduate (master’s)
- US citizen or LPR
- 3.0+ GPA
- Summer: full-time 10-12 weeks
- Fall/spring: full-time or part time 16-20 weeks
Technical and Professional Internships (TPI)
Spring 2024 applications due: October 23rd 2023 at 11:59 PM EST
- Currently enrolled in master’s or doctoral (Ph.D or J.D) degree program
- Recent graduate (master’s)
- US citizen or LPR
- 3.0+ GPA
- Summer: full-time 10 weeks
- Fall/spring: full-time or part-time 16-20 weeks
The GEM Fellow Internship Program at ORNL (GEM)
Summer 2024 applications due November 15th, 2023
- 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 10-12 weeks
- Currently enrolled in a doctoral degree program
- 3.0+ GPA
- Required graduate coursework
- Full-time 3-12 months
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