Graduate Student Summer Associate Program

The 2016 application period is now open!
Applications can be submitted from October 15, 2015 through January 5, 2016.

About the Program

RAND's Summer Associate Program introduces outstanding graduate students to RAND, an institution that conducts research on a wide range of national security problems and domestic and international social policy issues. RAND's core research areas include:

Children and Families Education and the Arts Energy and Environment Health and Health Care Infrastructure and Transportation International Affairs

Law and Business National Security Population and Aging Public Safety Science and Technology Terrorism and Homeland Security

The program receives about 600 applications each year for the 40+ positions. The selection process is based on matching Summer Associates and their specific skill sets with researchers and their project needs. Given the ever changing research climate, we often do not know which projects may require Summer Associates until the beginning of the year.
The program runs in the summer months only. Summer Associates work at RAND full-time for a 12-week period. Positions are available in RAND's major U.S. offices — Santa Monica, Washington DC, Pittsburgh, and Boston. All Summer Associates are collocated with project mentors. The location of the project mentor determines the location of the Summer Associate. Students receive bi-weekly compensation and are given the opportunity to conduct research that can be completed during the summer they are at RAND. The summer earnings for 2016 will be approximately $13,500 (before taxes) for the 12 weeks of full-time research.

Read the Graduate Student Summer Associate Program Brochure (PDF) 

 

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