Internship Opportunities

Location:Department of Navy research laboratories nationwide

ENC Winter Leaders in Training (LIT)

Environmental Nature Center

Location:Newport Beach, CA

Heal the Bay Winter Counselor-In-Training (CIT)

Heal the Bay

Location:Santa Monica, CA

Research Science Institute (RSI)

Center for Excellence in Education (CEE)

Location:MIT, Cambridge, MA (expanding to Stanford in 2027)

Smithsonian YES Teen Internship Program

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Location:Washington, D.C. (National)

NIH HiSTEP - High School Scientific Training and Enrichment Program

National Institutes of Health

Location:Bethesda, MD (National)

UCI Cancer Research Institute Summer Youth Science Fellowship

UC Irvine Cancer Research Institute

Bank of America Student Leaders Program

Bank of America

Location:Nationwide (LA/OC placements available)

APA Remote Internship Program

American Psychological Association

Ladder Internship Program

Ladder Internships

Samuels Family LA-HIP High School Internship Program

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Cedars-Sinai INSPIRE Program

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Eve and Gene Black Summer Medical Career Program

Los Angeles Pediatric Society

Location:Los Angeles Times, El Segundo, CA

LA Times HS Insider Summer Internship

Los Angeles Times

Grade:9th–11th

Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research (SIMR)

Stanford University School of Medicine

Location:Stanford, CA

NASA OSTEM Internship (Summer 2027)

NASA

Location:National (various NASA centers, including Pasadena, CA)

United Way OC Youth Career Connections

United Way of Orange County

Grade:12th

Location:Orange County, CA

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Internships

Smithsonian Institution

Location:Virtual / Remote

Johns Hopkins Internship in Brain Sciences (JHIBS) Virtual Program

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Location:Virtual / Remote

Caltech Earthquake Fellows Program

Caltech Seismological Laboratory

Grade:10th–11th

Location:Pasadena, CA

Heithoff-Brody High School Scholars Program at Salk Institute

Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Location:La Jolla, CA

Lundquist Institute STAR High School Program

The Lundquist Institute

Location:Torrance, CA

Scripps Research REACH High School Summer Internship

Scripps Research Institute

Location:La Jolla, CA

OPTIMUS Outreach Program at UC San Diego

Moores Cancer Center, UC San Diego

Grade:10th–11th

Location:San Diego, CA

Scripps Student Research Internship

Scripps Research Translational Institute

Location:La Jolla, CA (open to Southern California students)

USC Center for Political Future High School Summer Internship

USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future

Grade:10th–11th

Location:Online (USC)

USC Young Researchers Program (YRP)

University of Southern California

Bloomberg Arts Internship (BAI) Los Angeles County

Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture

Location:Los Angeles County, CA

BrainSport Summer High School Research Internship at UCLA

UCLA BrainSport

Pioneer Research Institute

Pioneer Academics

Location:National (Online)

County of Orange High School Internship Program

County of Orange Human Resources

Location:Santa Ana, CA / Orange County Municipal Offices

The HUB OC High School Non-Profit Internship

The HUB OC

Location:Orange County, CA

CTE-Linked Learning Career Pathway Internships

LAUSD

Orange County Riptide Internships

Orange County Riptide