Welcome to the Council on Foreign Relations Career Opportunities homepage, where you can learn more about employment with our organization.
The Council on Foreign Relations also offers volunteer internships for college students, graduate students, or graduates focusing on international relations or pursuing a career in foreign policy or a related field.
Volunteer Internships
@CFR_HRThe Council on Foreign Relations’ Internship Program offers outstanding volunteer opportunities for college students, graduate students, and graduates focusing on international relations and who are pursuing a career in foreign policy or a related field.
Volunteer interns are recruited year-round on a semester basis to volunteer in both the New York and Washington, DC, offices, and all volunteer internships are filled on a rolling basis. An intern’s volunteer duties generally consist of program coordination, research, editing, and writing. The volunteer internships are unpaid.
New York Internships
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Spring Internships
- Africa Studies Volunteer Internship
- Asia Studies Volunteer Internship
- Board Senior Fellow Volunteer Internship
- Center for Preventative Action Volunteer Internship
- CFR.org Volunteer Internship
- Civil Society, Markets and Democracy Volunteer Internship
- Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Volunteer Internship
- Corporate Programming Volunteer Internship
- Cyberconflict and Cybersecurity Volunteer Internship
- Digital Strategies
- Energy and Environment Volunteer Internship
- Foreign Affairs, Editorial Volunteer Internship
- Foreign Affairs, Publishing Business Volunteer Internship
- Franklin Williams Internship
- Geoeconomics Volunteer Internship
- Global Communications and Media Relations Volunteer Internship
- Global Health Volunteer Internship
- Global Health, Governance Volunteer Internship
- International Institutions and Global Governance Volunteer Internship
- Latin American Studies Volunteer Internship
- Meetings Volunteer Internship
- Membership Volunteer Internship
- Middle East Studies Volunteer Internship
- Women and Foreign Policy Volunteer Internship
Washington Internships
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Spring Internships
- Center for Preventive Action Volunteer Internship
- CFR.org Volunteer Internship
- Director of Studies Office, U.S. Foreign Policy Volunteer Internship
- External Affairs Volunteer Internship
- Franklin Williams Internship
- Geoeconomics Volunteer Internship
- Global Health Studies Volunteer Internship
- International Institutions and Global Governance
- Japan Studies Volunteer Internship
- Korea Studies Volunteer Internship
- Latin America Studies Volunteer Internship
- Meetings Program (Off-Site) Volunteer Internship
- Middle East Studies Volunteer Internship
- South Asia Studies Volunteer Internship
- The Middle East and Democracy Volunteer Internship