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Students & Recent Grads | U.S. Department of the Interior Passion is the difference between having a job and having a fulfilling career. Take your first step at DOI! Opportunities for current students and recent graduates allow young people to explore Federal careers.
Visit the Federal Internship Portal to search opportunities and continue reading on to learn about DOI's programs and hiring authorities: The Pathways Programs are developmental opportunities tailored to promote employment for students and recent graduates in the Federal workforce.
It aims to improve recruiting efforts, offer clear paths to Federal opportunities for students and recent grads from high school to post-graduate school, and provide meaningful training and career development opportunities for new Federal employees. Pathways consists of two programs: Internships and Recent Graduates.
Internships: Current students enrolled in an accredited high school or college; professional, technical, vocational, or trade schools; advanced degree programs; or other qualifying educational institutions, to pursue a qualifying degree or certificate Recent Graduates: Individuals who have completed (within two years) a qualifying associates, bachelors, masters, professional, doctorate, vocational/technical degree from a qualifying educational institution.
Veterans unable to apply within two years of receiving their degree, due to military service obligation, have up to six years after degree completion to apply. Contact your Bureau Coordinator with questions and view all opportunities on USAJOBS . National Service Programs National service is a voluntary service that engages citizens, strengthens communities, and creates jobs.
The Department of the Interior partners with national service members to provide special skills training and offer a path into Federal service. Individuals who meet specific requirements may be eligible for noncompetitive appointment to Federal jobs upon successful completion of the program. Public Land Corps (PLC): A work and education program that engages the Nation's conservation and service corps on public lands.
Read Personnel Bulletin 21-09 and search opportunities through our partners: Conservation Legacy , Geological Society of America , Student Conservation Association Direct Hire Authority for Resource Assistant Internships (DHA-RAI): Rigorous internships in a career field necessary for the effective management of public lands and resources.
See Personnel Bulletin 21-08 and search opportunities through our partners: American Conservation Experience , Environment for the Americas , Greening Youth Foundation , HAF Mano Project , AmeriCorps: AmeriCorps consists of three programs - Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), State & National, National Civilian Community Corps. Individuals who complete their service may be eligible for noncompetitive eligibility. Visit americorps.
gov to learn about these programs and search for opportunities. Peace Corps: Peace Corps Volunteers work at the grassroots level to create change that lasts long after their service. Former Peace Corps Volunteers who successfully complete their service may be eligible for 1 year of noncompetitive eligibility.
Youth Conservation Corps : YCC is a federal youth employment program that engages young people in meaningful work experiences at national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, and fish hatcheries while developing an ethic of public land stewardship and civic responsibility. YCC programs are generally 8 to 10 weeks and members are paid at least the state or federal minimum wage (whichever is higher) for a 40-hour work week.
Additional Student and Recent Graduate Hiring Authorities Post-Secondary Student hiring authority : The Post-Secondary Student hiring authority gives hiring managers another authority to hire students to paid positions in the Federal Government during their academic programs.
These positions are limited to term and temporary appointments, however, if students meet a series of requirements upon completion of their degrees, hiring managers have flexibility to convert these former students to permanent positions. This hiring flexibility is intended to supplement existing student and post-education opportunities (e.g., Pathways).
College Graduates hiring authority : The College Graduates hiring authority allows hiring managers to hire individuals within two years of earning a baccalaureate or graduate degree from an institution of higher learning for positions at the GS-11 level or below in professional or administrative occupational series without regard to CTAP, ICTAP, or veterans' preference.
This hiring flexibility is intended to supplement existing recent graduate hiring programs (e.g., Pathways). Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship : The Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship provides a unique educational and professional experience to graduate students interested in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources.
The Fellowship matches highly qualified graduate students with “hosts” in the legislative and executive branches of government located in the Washington, D. C. area, for a one-year paid fellowship.
See Personnel Bulletin 21-10 for more information. Workforce Recruitment Program : The Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) connects federal and select private-sector employers nationwide with college students, graduate students and recent graduates with disabilities who are eager to demonstrate their abilities in the workplace through internships or permanent jobs. My DOI Career - take the Find Your Path quiz!
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Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants for Indian Tribal Governments is sponsored by Department of Justice. To increase tribal capacity to respond to violent crimes against Indian women, and to develop and strengthen victim services in cases involving violent crimes against Indian women. This listing is currently active. Program number: 16.587. Last updated on 2024-11-26.
The NSF CISE Future Computing Research (Future CoRe) program supports research in computing and communication foundations, intelligent systems, and network systems. The program funds innovative research that advances the frontiers of computing including artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, and robotics. This is one of NSF's largest computing research programs with $280 million in total budget. Projects can address fundamental computing challenges, novel AI architectures, scalable intelligent systems, and next-generation network infrastructure.
A new Interior Department policy routes every grant and cooperative agreement of $50,000 or more through two political appointees for manual review. The result is a backlog of roughly 1,400 grants and $362 million in delayed funding — up from fewer than 10 two years ago. Here is how the bottleneck works, why it matters even for recipients who already have an award letter, and what nonprofits, universities, states, and tribes should do to protect projects that depend on Interior dollars.
Read articleThe FY26 BLM Youth Conservation Corps NOFO (L26AS00064) holds a Round Two deadline of October 16, 2026 — $900,000, eight awards, $30,000 to $220,000 each. Its siblings are larger and richer, and every one of them explicitly bars Public Lands Corps work. That exclusion, not the dollar figure, is the strategy.
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