Harvard University Program on Survey Research

The JPSM junior fellow program is a cooperative venture of the Interagency Council on Statistical Policy and the Joint Program in Survey Methodology.  The Joint Program in Survey Methodology is funded primarily by the Interagency Council on Statistical Policy to provide graduate educational programs for the next generation of technical staff in the Federal Statistical System.  Its graduate faculty devote their teaching careers to teaching the multidisciplinary tools that are needed for large scale surveys and censuses.
Will work as intern for any of the following agencies:
Bureau of the Census
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Economic Research Service
Energy Information Administration
Environmental Protection Agency
Internal Revenue Service, Surveys of Income
National Agricultural Statistics Service
National Center for Education Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics
National Science Foundation, Science Resources Studies

Requirements:

 1. Have assembled sufficient college credits to have completed your sophomore or junior year as of June (or the end of the last term of the academic year).  Students completing their undergraduate degree on or before June are ineligible for this internship program. 

 2. Have achieved a GPA of at least 3.5 on a 4 point system.  

 3. Submit an academic transcript to:

JPSM Junior Fellow Program
1218 Lefrak Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742

 4. Complete a 500 word essay on why you want to be a JPSM junior fellow. 

 5. Provide grades on mathematics, statistics, or other quantitative courses in your college curriculum. 

 6. Obtain a letter of recommendation from one faculty member. Send all recommendations to jpsm@survey.umd.edu. Please include "JPSM Junior Fellow Program" in the subject line.

7. Be a U.S. citizen

Housing at George Washington University provided.