Job Description:

Our Summer Interns work with our technical staff on a variety of national security problems. Last year our interns worked on the Army's Joint Tactical Radio System, nuclear proliferation studies with the Defense Science Board, internet scale architectures, network transport protocols, defense planning scenarios, modernization alternatives for the national Nuclear Security Agency and evaluated documents captured in the IRAQ conflict as well as prepared & structured databases for studies on battle casualties in IRAQ.


Interns also worked in our administrative departments supporting the library, human resources, finance and information services groups. We anticipate that this summer our interns will work on different, yet equally exciting problems.

Job Requirements:

The IDA Summer Intern Program provides students unique opportunity to use their quantitative and analytic skills to work on challenging real-world national security issues. Each year, IDA hires paid student interns at its Virginia and Washington, DC, facilities to work for approximately 10-12 weeks during the summer months. For local students, there are a few opportunities to continue through the year on a part-time basis.


We seek both undergraduate (rising seniors) and graduate students with strong GPAs (3.3 or above) in a variety of disciplines including chemistry, physics, aero/astro eng, mechanical or electrical eng, materials sci/eng, computer sci/eng, information technology, mathematics, statistics, operations research, finance & economics. We are also interested in students in policy or international relations as well as social and behvioral sciences, provided that they also have significant quanitative skills.


Applicants who are selected will be subject to a security investigation and must be eligible for access to classified information. US citizenship is required.


We accept applications for the summer internship program each year from January to mid May. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible in order to maximize your chance of being chosen.


If you would like to apply, please send your resume with cover letter to
(specify your interest in the Intern Program):
resumes@ida.org or fax: 240-282-8314

How To Apply:

The IDA Summer Intern Program provides students unique opportunity to use their quantitative and analytic skills to work on challenging real-world national security issues. Each year, IDA hires paid student interns at its Virginia and Washington, DC, facilities to work for approximately 10-12 weeks during the summer months. For local students, there are a few opportunities to continue through the year on a part-time basis.


We seek both undergraduate (rising seniors only) and graduate students with strong GPAs (3.3 or above) in a variety of disciplines including chemistry, physics, aero/astro eng, mechanical or electrical eng, materials sci/eng, computer sci/eng, information technology, mathematics, statistics, operations research, finance & economics. We are also interested in students in policy or international relations as well as social or behvioral sciences, provided that they also have significant quanitative skills.


Applicants who are selected will be subject to a security investigation and must be eligible for access to classified information. U.S. citizenship is required.


We accept applications for the summer internship program each year from January to mid May. If you would like to apply, please send your resume with cover letter to (specify your interest in the Intern Program):
resumes@ida.org or fax: 240-282-8314

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