Honors Internship Program - Summer 2026
Location: Nationwide
Job ID: 58808
Salary: Undergraduate: GS-4; Graduate: GS-5 (2025 GS pay tables and locality pay tables)
Closing Date: May 2, 2025
The FBI Honors Internship Program is a full-time, 10-week paid summer internship will occur from June 1, 2026 to August 7, 2026. This program is for undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral college students and offers exposure to the world’s premiere law enforcement and intelligence agency while also serving as a pipeline for entry-level positions after graduation. While exploring the FBI’s exciting career options, students will work side-by-side with FBI employees at one of our FBI offices nationwide. This internship offers students an unmatched opportunity to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution of the United States. At the end of their summer, Honors Interns who receive a positive evaluation may continue in the program throughout the school year.
FBI interns come from a variety of backgrounds, and those hired as interns will be placed in assignments based on their location preferences, educational background, skill sets, and unique life experiences. The application cycle for the 2026 class will begin 14-months before the start of the internship in an effort to provide more time for applicant intake processing and our background investigation. Official conditional job offers are scheduled to be extended between July 10 - July 25, 2025; recipients of a conditional job offer will have (3) business days from receipt to accept or decline it.
The FBI has 55 field offices centrally located in major metropolitan areas across the U.S. Our main headquarters offices are in Washington D.C., but we also have headquarters satellite offices located outside of the Washington D.C. area.
In the application you must identify your preferred location where you wish to intern. You can select up to three (3) preferred divisions/offices. We highly recommend that you choose locations that align with your interests and skills (see FBI Honors Internship Program Skills & Locations), and where you can secure housing for your summer assignment. If you receive an offer for your selected preferred work location, but are no longer available to work at that location, the offer may be rescinded before the start of the program.
Key Requirements to Participate in the Honors Internship Program:
You must be a student, attending an accredited college or university on a full-time basis within the United States as an undergraduate, graduate, or post-doctoral student. You are not eligible to participate in the program if you will graduate before the program start date June 1, 2026, unless you are continuing your education in the semester following your graduation.
- You must currently have and maintain through June 1, 2026, a minimum of a 3.0 GPA. If you are a first-semester freshman, you must have maintained a 3.0 high school GPA.
- You must complete this application, upload an unofficial transcript and 2026 Program Terms Acknowledgement Form by 11:59 p.m. ET on May 2, 2025.
- Your School Certification Form (or Enrollment Verification Certificate) confirming your graduation date and student status is optional but highly recommended.
- You must be able to successfully complete a Top-Secret security clearance background investigation which includes a drug test, fingerprinting, polygraph, and be in the continental United States, Hawaii, or San Juan for some parts of your background investigation. Please review automatic disqualifiers below.
- You must be a full-time student articulating towards a degree at an accredited U.S. college or university throughout the application process (cycle).
