Career Resources and Internships
Resources on Careers
- MSU Graduate School Career Services
- MSU Virtual Career Center
- CNS Stay Connected Resources (Alumni and resources)
- Career Site from the American Physical Society
- Physics Today Jobs Site
- Career Site from the American Astronomical Society
- Career Site from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); see also here
- Physicsworld career site
- Cerncourier Jobs site
- HigherEd Jobs in Physics
- Chronicle of Higher Education Job Site
- Nuclear Matters Jobs Site
- Canadian Association of Physicists
- Physics Education Research (PER) Jobs
Also check out this link for resources, internships, and other related opportunities maintained at FRIB
Internship opportunities
If you are interested in internship opportunities, be sure to talk to your advisor and other members of the department who might have connections at other institutions or communications with alumni.
- The APS maintains a site that links to internship opportunities at National Laboratories and several other institutions: https://www.aps.org/careers/employment/internships.cfm
- The Department of Energy maintains a list of internship opportunities, including links to programs at national laboraties: https://www.energy.gov/eere/education/find-internships. The DOE Office of Science also hosts the Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program: https://science.osti.gov/wdts/scgsr, which several of the PA graduate students make use of.
- The NSF has a program to provide additional funding to pursue non-academic internships for graduate students: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21013/nsf21013.jsp. NSF also hosts a Summer Scholars Internships Program: https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/activities/interns/
- A list of Science Policy Internships and fellowships can be found at: http://science-policy.net/internships--fellowships.html
- There are several websites that list internship opportunities at companies. Some are listed below. In addition, some of the major companies run their own internship programs and you should check out the website of the companies in the field you are interested in: