The FBI Honors Internship Program is a full-time, paid summer internship occurring from June 2, 2025 to August 8, 2025. This program is for undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral college students and offers exposure to the world's premiere law enforcement and intelligence agency while also serving as a pipeline for entry-level positions after graduation. Intern positions available across our 56 Field Offices and Headquarters Divisions.
The FBI Honors Internship Program is a full-time, paid summer internship occurring from June 2, 2025 to August 8, 2025. This program is for undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral college students and offers exposure to the world's premiere law enforcement and intelligence agency while also serving as a pipeline for entry-level positions after graduation. Intern positions available across our 56 Field Offices and Headquarters Divisions.
Salary range is GS -4 to GS-5. Please see "Additional Information" section for more details.
This internship offers students an unmatched opportunity to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution of the United States. At the end of their summer, Honors Interns who receive a positive evaluation may continue in the program throughout the school year.
FBI interns come from a variety of backgrounds, and those hired as interns will be placed in assignments based on their location preferences, educational background, skill sets, and unique life experiences. The application cycle for the 2025 class will begin 18-months before the start of the internship in an effort to provide more time for applicant intake processing and our background investigation. Official conditional job offers are scheduled to be extended between September 3-13, 2024; recipients of a conditional job offer will have (3) business days from receipt to accept or decline it.
You must be a student, attending an accredited college or university on a full-time basis within the United States as an undergraduate, graduate, or post-doctoral student. You are not eligible to participate in the program if you will graduate before the program start date June 2, 2025, unless you are continuing your education in the semester following your graduation.
Automatic Disqualifiers
During the polygraph, you will be asked questions related to these requirements. You will be automatically eliminated from the application process if you meet any of the following disqualifiers:
Please see "Requirements" section.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
You cannot begin the internship until the background investigation has been completed and you are cleared for hire. A full-scope background investigation can take six months or longer to process, in which some parts of the process will require you to be physically present and located in the United States. Not being physically present and/or available, could delay your processing and start date of the internship. Your investigation timeline may vary depending on the complexity of your background, the number of places you have lived, overseas travel, and more.
To best manage the process, the FBI has deadlines for key milestones in the background investigation:
Those selected candidates that have not successfully completed their SF-86, interview, polygraph, and drug test by November 1, 2024, may be discontinued from the process.
Those selected candidates whose investigative phase of their background is not completed by May 16, 2025, may be discontinued.
Along with a completed application, you must submit the following additional documentation: Resume (Federal format preferred), Unofficial Transcript and the 2025 Program Terms Acknowledgement Form. To confirm your current student status and graduation date a Enrollment Verification Certificate is optional but highly recommended. You must provide all required documents before the application closes on March 1, 2024, at 11:59 PM ET to be considered for the Honors Internship Program. If you are missing any of the required documents, your application will be discontinued.
Required documents must be uploaded as .PDF files. Do not submit any of these file types: HTML, TIF, JPEG, DOC, DOCX, Password Protected, or Web Link.
In some circumstances, you may be required to submit additional documents. If any of the following situations apply to you, submit the documents noted below:
To apply for the FBI Honors Internship Program - Summer 2025 position, please click here.
You must complete this application and submit all required documents by 11:59 p.m. ET on March 1, 2024. If applying online is a hardship, please request assistance by sending an email before the application closing date to FBI_Internship@fbi.gov with "Intern Application Hardship" in the subject line.
If you are selected for the program, you will have to go to the FBI Field Office closest to your address for the interview, polygraph, and drug test. To determine which field office you will visit, you must list the address where you will be for the majority of time from September 16, 2024 to November 1, 2024. Most likely, that will be your school address. Be sure that you enter the correct address so you can be assigned to the appropriate field office.
If you are selected for this internship and your student status changes (e.g., you graduate early with no follow-on plans for education), then you must notify us before the start of the internship as you will no longer be eligible to participate as an intern.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
