About the role
Each summer, the Academy offers paid internships for students studying for, or interested in, careers in social insurance. Students are given an opportunity to work with Members from the Academy in outstanding organizations in the DC area. Placement in organizations varies from year to year, depending on project need and funding. Through weekly seminars and other events, interns are introduced to the Academy’s membership—an interdisciplinary group made up of the nation’s leading experts on social insurance policy—and engage with a wide range of social insurance policy topics.
The Academy’s program covers seven distinct internships named to honor Members in a particular field of social insurance policy. The program consists of a 12-week summer internship that usually spans May to August.
The National Academy of Social Insurance encourages outstanding graduate and upper division undergraduate students studying health policy, health economics, economics, public policy, social policy, insurance and risk management, or related subjects to apply for this 12-week summer semester internship in Washington, DC.
Our most recent internship placements have included:
- AcademyHealth
- Matz, Blancato & Associates
- Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC)
- National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM)
- National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS)
- Social Security Advisory Board (SSAB)
- The Century Foundation (TCF)
Applications are due March 6.
Merton Bernstein, a Founding Member of the Academy, suggested an internship program at one of its first Board meetings 30 years ago. The Academy established the Merton C. Bernstein Internship on Social Insurance in recognition of his public service in advancing an understanding of the legal and policy issues concerning Social Security, private pensions, and health insurance. He served on the Academy’s Board of Directors from 1988 until he ran for Senate in 1992, and remained a Member throughout his long and distinguished career.