Spending time in the Nation’s capital can be a powerful experience. And as a student intern, you can use the power of your education to have an internship that places you right in the center of nutrition public policy development and implementation, as well as promotion, marketing and communications. Use the power of your professional and personal interest in nutrition, public health, economics, food science, education and marketing and communications as an intern with USDA’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion is one of the few places where you can have the experience of working on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, MyPyramid, the USDA Food Plans, and many other exciting projects that directly benefit the American public.

Internships may be full-time or part-time and may last between 2 weeks and an entire semester, depending on a student’s schedule and academic needs. Schedules are flexible and will be determined on a case-by-case basis. Most student internships in the Center are unpaid, volunteer positions. In certain instances, internships may be paid, either through a CNPP-sponsored stipend or through funding the student receives from a third party.

In addition to gaining work experience in Federal nutrition, public health; and economic policy, CNPP interns may take advantage of a variety of training and networking opportunities within USDA and around the DC metro area. Students are typically able to arrange for academic credit through their educational institutions; CNPP is willing to coordinate with academic institutions to establish the conditions suitable for academic credit and to incorporate specific evaluation requirements into a student’s placement for academic needs.
 

For more information, contact:

  Julia M. Dinkins, PhD
  Program Administration Specialist
  cnppstudentprogram@cnpp.usda.gov
  703-305-7600

Last Modified: 07/27/2009