PPPL internships for summer are available for highly motivated high school students! 

High School Summer Internship Application (the summer after you graduate)

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Key dates:

November 22 – Apply here!

March 1 – summer internship application closes (midnight)

Dates of internship: June 30 - August 1, 2025

PPPL's Science Education department offers a limited number of internship positions for outstanding high school seniors for the summer after their graduation. The high school internship offers students the chance to work on a project with a member of our research or engineering staff. The summer internship schedule is Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 40 hours per week.

Attention parents/guardians: All communication regarding applications must be between the applicant and the administrators of the program. We cannot share application status or other information with anyone other than the applicant themselves.

To be eligible, students must:

• Be at least 16 years of age AND a graduating senior in high school when the internship begins. The internship begins the summer after you graduate. NOT the summer after your junior year.
• Be authorized to work in United States at the time of application
• Housing is NOT provided.

For students who will be minors at the start of the internship, students must:

• Arrange with their school to obtain working papers prior to the internship start date

It is strongly recommended that students have:

• Some experience relevant to an experimental or computational project in plasma physics
• A strong interest in plasma physics, fusion energy, etc.
• Taken some or all of the following classes: physics, chemistry, advanced math, engineering, etc.
• Some experience with coding/computer languages, such as Python or Java, and/or computer-aided design (CAD), such as SolidWorks or AutoCAD