The Internship Program of The Annapolis Institute is designed to let students apply academic knowledge and skills in a clinical setting with real, problem-solving requirements. That means Interns will have an opportunity to work on issues related to leadership and policy management in the public, enterprise or non-profit sectors.
The intern program demonstrates the Institute's commitment to leadership education and to developing critical skills of thinking, writing, negotiating and decision-making in an action research environment devoted to improving the quality, accessibility and utility of policy management research to community and institutional leaders.
Interns are placed every semester and summer to assist institute fellows and staff with specific research and administrative projects.
Intern Alumni. Institute president Phil Burgess has supervised the internships of 35 students from 12 universities and colleges -- including Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Covenant College (Georgia), Franklin and Marshall College (Pennsylvania), Metropolitan State College (Colorado), Princeton University (New Jersey), the University of Cincinnati, the University of Colorado-Boulder, the University of Colorado-Denver, the University of Denver, the University of Texas and Williams College (Massachusetts) -- have participated in the program.
Several high school students have also participated in the program including students from Faith Christian Academy in Arvada, Colorado; Lakewood High School, Lakewood, Colorado; Saint Mary's Academy in Englewood, Colorado; and Annapolis High School and The Annapolis Area Christian School (AACS), Annapolis, Maryland.
Depending on projects that are currently underway, opportunities are available for students at every level - including high school students, undergraduates, graduate students, and postgraduates.
Juniors or Seniors in high school must be on the Honor Roll and must have a recommendation from the school's counseling office or a subject matter teacher.
College students may apply directly to the program after their first semester in college.
Fall (September): September 15th
Spring (January): December 1st
Summer (April): April 1st
- But, the sooner the better, in all cases.
Most internships are volunteer positions and the hours and days are flexible, either part or full time. Paid internships are available from time-to-time.
Office space and clerical support are provided when needed, and parking is provided during visits to the Institute offices.
There are two kinds of internships:
Administrative interns focus on management and administrative issues and assist with the administrative tasks such as clerical support, web site maintenance, library managment, conference management or financial and accounting tasks.
Administrative internships are especially good for high school students interested in business administration or office management.
Public Policy interns focus on substantive policy issues like energy, education, environment, national security, economic and community development, public lands or growth; institutional issues like leadership, politics, the underground economy, decision-making, regionalism, or the history of institutions; methodological issues like developing new ways to measure economic growth in the New Economy or normative issues, addressing the "what should be" or "what could be" issues in public policy or corporate governance. Typical activities include web searches, data collection, data analysis, report writing and editing.
Policy internships are available to all categories of students provided they have the skills required to get the job done.
At least one unpaid position is available each semester. Often, more are available, especially in the Summer.
Send your resume, transcript, and a sample of your writing (subject optional) of roughly two pages or 500 words to:
Internship Program
The Annapolis Institute
3100 Landfall Lane
Annapolis, MD 21403
The Institute is a "virtual organization" that includes a core staff and a network of freelance professionals. The network is a group of talented people whose shared values and common purposes are harnessed around a project and held together by faxes, modems, express mail and airplane tickets.
The core staff provides direction, strategy and project management assistance; computer, Internet and communications services; conference management, graphic design and other disciplines to support a flexible network of freelance professionals who are working on Institute projects at any point in time. Freelance professionals include Lone Eagles, free agents, consultants and other solo performers. The network also includes institutional resources -- such as university research centers, think tanks, trade associations and consulting firms.
This flexible approach to organization and staffing permits the Institute's leadership core to tap the best talent available and yet turn on a dime as issues change and the need for new kinds of talent arises.