Internship Opportunities for École Polytechnique Students

Open to third-year École Polytechnique students who have been admitted to the Alliance Research Internship Program.

Applications for Spring 2027 are now OPEN and will close November 8th at midnight ET. 

• Students work with a faculty member, who acts as an academic advisor and supervises their research project.
• Internships start in Spring. The duration, objectives and tasks of the internship will be discussed with the supervisor at the host center or department.
• Students are expected to have funding support of at least $3000 per month.
  • Acceptable funding sources that can be used to satisfy 49% of this funding requirement can be found here.
  • The remaining 51% of the funding must come from the student’s home institution, an external funding agency, and/or from the Columbia sponsor.
  • If a student has 100% funding from their home institution or an external funding agency, there is no need for the PI to provide funding.
  • Alliance cannot provide funding.
• If a stipend is offered, it will be specified in the internship offer.
• Students are responsible for finding housing.
• All students are required to apply for a J1 Visa to conduct an internship in the United States.
• All materials MUST be submitted in English and include:
  • CV/resume
  • cover letter
  • letter of recommendation (you can submit it yourself, or have the recommender submit it directly)