Each year, the Academy recruits highly motivated graduate and undergraduate students nationwide for its summer internship programs. Selection Committees identify top applicants who are matched with an organization, where the student will work full-time for 12 weeks. Academy Members in the DC metro area have the exclusive opportunity to request a summer intern.
Why Host an Academy Intern?
For over 30 years, the Academy has successfully matched talented students with our partner organizations, providing a rewarding and enriching opportunity for both Academy Members and their interns. Training future leaders in social insurance is an important part of the Academy’s mission.
Intern supervisors play a key role in deepening the next generation’s understanding of our nation’s social insurance programs and in providing talented students with a substantive learning experience.
Request an Academy Intern
Complete the Placement Application Form and return it to the Academy. The selected students will be matched with ‘best fit’ placement organizations. ‘Best fit’ is based both on your needs as indicated in the Placement Application Form, and on the students’ experience, background, and interests.
The preferential deadline to request an intern is Monday, March 2, 2026. Applications received after this date will be considered on a rolling basis, as determined by need and “best fit” factors.
If you have questions, please contact Ariella Jailal at ajailal@nasi.org or 202-243-7282. Thank you for helping the Academy train the next generation of leaders in social insurance!
Note for 2026 Summer Programs: The Academy encourages a return-to-office program. Final arrangements will be discussed with each placement and student selected for the program.
Testimonials from Previous Intern Supervisors
“Both of our Academy interns have helped us complete projects that we likely would not have been able to do otherwise. As a small nonprofit, their contributions were invaluable to advancing our work.” – Tyler Bond, Research Director, National Institute on Retirement Security
“Some of the work Toyin [Green] was assigned involved complex and technical policy documents and cataloguing themes from qualitative data collection. She contributed significantly on these comparatively complex tasks.” – Katherine Rogers, Deputy Director and Congressional Liaison, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC)
“We hired Sophie [Sherman] to work for us part-time during the fall while she completed her degree. As always, thanks for matching us so well.” – Michael E. Gluck, Vice President, AcademyHealth
“Aparna [Ramakrishnan] consistently delivered high quality work that helped to advance our analyses. Aparna’s research skills were critical to her work this summer. Aparna approached her internship with great enthusiasm and a hunger to learn. Her willingness to work on a variety of tasks and her ability to connect the dots among the information and data was extremely helpful.” – Joanne Jee, Policy Director, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC)