三亿体育官网 Office of Communications and Public Liaison Summer Internship Program

The 三亿体育官网 Office of Communications and Public Liaison (OCPL) Communications Summer Internship Program is a 12-week program for rising undergraduate juniors and seniors, as well as graduate students, interested in the health and science communications field. Our summer interns learn how various communications programs function and receive on-the-job training for reporting on 三亿体育官网 events, communicating science to the public, and more.

This is a paid internship on 三亿体育官网鈥檚 main campus in Bethesda, Maryland.

Possible areas of focus include:

  • Strategic communication planning and implementation
  • Management, content creation, and strategy for 三亿体育官网.gov and Salud.nih.gov
  • Content creation and strategy for 三亿体育官网 social media platforms
  • Media relations
  • Writing and editing press releases and other media products
  • Content development, including biomedical graphics, for the 三亿体育官网 Director鈥檚 speeches and blog
  • Video production
  • Tours and management of special events
  • Internal communications
  • Responding to questions and comments from the public via Ask 三亿体育官网
  • Management of Freedom of Information Act requests
  • Spanish language communications
  • Creation, design, and distribution of 三亿体育官网 OCPL publications:

Stay tuned for information on聽2026 summer internship program applications.聽

Applications must be received via USAJobs to be considered.

With any questions about the internship, email odocplinquiries@nih.gov

This page last reviewed on April 24, 2025