Undergraduate Internships

Learn about the many programs and opportunities available to undergraduate students.

Participants in NREL's Mini-Semester for Undergraduate Students construct mini-solar concentrators to see how much power they can get from a solar cell.

NREL's Research Participant Program

NREL's Research Participant Program provides undergraduate students with mentorship, hands-on experience, and professional development activities designed to strengthen technical and professional skills.


An undergraduate student completes work in an NREL for her internship.

NREL's Student Training in Applied Research Undergraduate Internship Program

The NREL Student Training in Applied Research Undergraduate Internship program provides students and faculty from minority-serving institutions a great opportunity to conduct clean-energy research and incorporate what they learn into their continued university coursework.


NREL interns Julian Quick and Kevin Wu enjoy their tour of the Cart 3 research turbine at the NWTC.

Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship

The Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships program encourages undergraduate students and recent graduates to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers by providing research experiences at national laboratories.


Student interns

Community College Internship

The Community College Internships program encourages community college students to enter technical careers relevant to the U.S. Department of Energy's mission by providing technical training at national laboratories.


An intern works with her mentors in a lab.

Enabling Native Researchers and Other Minorities Through Graduate Education (ENRGE)

NREL's ENRGE summer internship program offers undergraduate and graduate students at minority-serving institutions hands-on experience in engineering disciplines of power, energy, and cybersecurity.


Compare Our Undergraduate Programs
  Term Application Due Deliverables Apply and Contact
NREL's Research Participant Program Year round and summer No deadline until position is filled Poster presentation (optional) Apply to NREL's Research Participant Program. Select Intern under Job Type.

Contact: Diona Duvall
NREL's Student Training in Applied Research Undergraduate Internship Program Summer No deadline until position is filled.  Abstract, poster, presentation, research report (or similar product)

Applications will be posted on the NREL Careers site when they become available.

Contact: University.Partnerships@nrel.gov

Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship Spring
Summer
Fall
October
January
May
Poster presentation, abstract Apply to the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship.

Contact: Marcus Giron
Community College Internship Spring
Summer
Fall
October
January
May
Poster project, report paper Apply to the Community College Internship.

Contact: Marcus Giron
NREL's Enabling Native Researchers and Other Minorities Through Graduate Education Internship Program Summer End of January Abstract(s), presentation(s), progress report(s), research report(s) (or similar product)

Applications will be posted on the NREL Careers site when they become available.

Contact:
Danish.Saleem@nrel.gov or
Chelsea.quilling@nrel.gov


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