The Future Leaders in Public Service Internship Program is an exciting opportunity for students of all majors to gain professional experience in the federal government. Since 2022, the program leads highly skilled talent from across the country into government and offers students the opportunity to apply their educational training to work in a federal agency.
Fall 2025 Program Tracks:
- Data Science
- Government Contracting and Acquisition
- Liberal Arts
- Public Administration
- Public Interest Technology and AI
- Science, Mathematics, and Engineering
Fall 2025 Agency Partners
This list will be continually updated as the Future Leaders team confirms agency participation. You are encouraged to apply to this program as the additional agencies are added. There are opportunities in all fields available to students of all academic backgrounds for placements with federal agency partners.
Past Agency Partners (2022–2025)
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Defense
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Department of Transportation
- General Services Administration
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
- National Science Foundation
- Small Business Administration
What happens after candidates submit their application?
After the Future Leaders application closes, the Partnership will review all candidates for this program. If candidates move to the next round, eligible candidates will receive communication from the Partnership seeking the candidate’s agency preferences for their internship placement depending on their program track selections. At that time, candidates will have the opportunity to rank from their choice of agencies participating in this program. Not all program tracks will be offered among multiple federal agencies. Agencies will be announced throughout the application period.
To apply to the program, candidates must be:
- U.S. citizens at the time of application submission.
- For the Fall 2025 term, enrolled at an accredited educational institution in an undergraduate or graduate program. Undergraduates must be current second-year students/sophomores and above. Current first-year students are eligible to apply if they will be sophomores in Fall 2025.
- Students must be actively enrolled at their institution at the time of their internship. Recent graduates are not eligible for this opportunity.
- Able to demonstrate superior academic achievement and have a GPA above 2.5.
- Interested in at least one of the following career tracks:
- Data Science
- Government Contracting and Acquisition
- Liberal Arts
- Public Administration
- Public Interest Technology & AI
- Science, Mathematics and Engineering
- Students admitted to the program must successfully complete a background check before beginning the internship in September 2025.
Fall 2025 Timeline
- February 14, 2025: Applications for the fall 2025 cohort open.
- May 2, 2025: Application closes.
- Mid-June 2025: Applicants are notified of eligibility status. Eligible applicants will receive instructions on next steps.
- June 16 – July 31, 2025: Virtual interviews conducted.
- August 2025: Background check process begins.
- August 12, 2025: Intern orientation (virtual).
- September 15, 2025: Internship begins.
