Funded Summer Internships

This highly competitive summer internship program links talented Yale students with enriching summer opportunities and a living stipend. We've sponsored Yale students at National Review, the Manhattan Institute, Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, and other notable institutions.

About the Internship Program

This highly competitive summer internship program links talented Yale students with enriching summer opportunities. We’ve sponsored Yale students at National Review, the Manhattan Institute, Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation, Gingrich Productions, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, National Review Institute, The New Criterion, The American Spectator, and Forbes Opinion. Thanks to our donors, the Buckley Institute is able to provide our interns with a $5,000 living stipend, making this experience affordable to students of all backgrounds.

Applications are accepted during the spring semester. Check the various internship opportunities through Yale’s Office of Career Strategy for specific deadlines. 

“Because of this opportunity, I’m going into this year more confident in my belief in the value of free expression and my ability to talk about it.”

— Yale Student ’24

“I am beyond grateful to have spent my summer learning about the First Amendment in the city where the meanings of freedom and liberty were debated early in our history.”

— Yale Student ’24

“I am tremendously thankful to have had this opportunity, and in particular would like to thank the William F. Buckley Jr. Program’s donors, without whom none of this would have been possible. I can honestly say that this internship changed the trajectory of my life, and I am eternally grateful.”

— Yale Student ’23

“Working at The New Criterion was truly transformative, especially at the personal level.”

— Yale Student ’23

“I was proud to do such meaningful work, and was happy at Coolidge House knowing that my team relied on me and needed my help. This was my first real job, and it was a formative experience that I will remember always.”

— Yale Student ’24

“To the donors who made my internship possible, thank you! You gave me an experience that could not be matched anywhere else.”

— Yale Student ’24