Work Experience Placements
Internship and Work Experience opportunities can be a great way for students or professionals in other industries to learn, gain experience, and develop valuable connections in STM publishing. We endeavor to only highlight internships or accept postings for internships that:
- Are related to academic/scientific publishing
- Are paid (if longer than 1-2 weeks)
- Are posted publicly by the employer
- Have a stated learning/networking program or similar component
- Have a fair and transparent recruitment process
- Have an equal opportunity or DE&I statement within their description or broader recruitment page
We’re working to highlight internship opportunities in scholarly publishing. If you are an STM member employer and have an internship opportunity you would like to be posted that meets the above criteria, please contact Kayla Dos Santos (k.dossantos@elsevier.com).
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STM Member |
Link to Internship/Grad Scheme/Placement |
Location |
Description |
Eligibility |
Contact Details |
Close Date? |
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
Internships at AAAS | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
Washington DC, USA |
Full-time and part-time 12 week paid internships offered throughout the year |
Undergraduates, graduate students and recent college graduates |
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American Chemical Society (ACS) |
Washington DC or Columbus, Ohio, USA |
Full time 12 week paid internship taking place from May to August |
Current students who have completed their sophomore year or higher, with eligibility to work in USA |
Late January |
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American Psychiatric Association |
Remote in most US states |
Paid full time and part time internships taking place from June to September |
Students enrolled in graduate program with an interest in Psychology, social work, sociology, or international affairs. |
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Association of American Publishers |
Application Now Open for AAP-UNCF Paid Internship Program for Summer 2023 - AAP (publishers.org) |
Washington DC, USA |
Paid summer internships to students with an interest in pursuing a career in the publishing industry |
Students of color who are juniors and graduating seniors from any accredited college or university in the United States |
Mid-January |
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BMJ |
London, UK |
2 day per week summer internship |
Medical students based in UK |
Applications open every December |
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BMJ |
London/Virtual |
1 week virtual unpaid work experience placements in the summer. |
Anyone aged between 16 and 24, worldwide |
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De Gryuter |
Various locations, see website |
1 year traineeships (Editor training programme) and three to six month internships |
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Elsevier |
ELSEVIER - Rising Tide Internships 2023 - Windsor Fellowship (windsor-fellowship.org) |
UK and US - remote |
3 month paid internship from July to September, salary pro rata £21,000 for UK |
University students in penultimate or final year of university, from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds |
internships@windsor-fellowship.org |
Early April |
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Oxford University Press |
Multiple locations worldwide |
8 to 10 week internships in several countries available, at multiple points throughout the year in some cases |
Applications reopen a couple of times a year |
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Pharmaceutical Press |
London, UK |
8 week internship assisting the PhP Editorial team in the creation and development of its Major Reference Works |
Pharmacy students in their second or third year |
Late February |
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Publishers Association |
Publishing Assistant Apprenticeship - Publishers Association |
UK |
13 month paid apprenticeships through LDN Apprenticeships, primarily based with a publisher but with some ‘off-the-job’ training with other apprentices |
In theory open to anyone – Level 3 qualification, so equivalent to A Levels |
Late August |
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Royal Society of Chemistry |
UK |
Internships and summer placement opportunities throughout the summer months in various teams, as well as a Science Writer internship working on Chemistry World and Education in Chemistry, giving an introduction to the complete editorial process |
Undergraduate students and graduates |
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Springer Nature |
UK, US, India and China |
Up to six months, paid internship to gain experience in research and science news publishing. |
Open to anyone who is currently enrolled in a graduate or undergraduate programme, and recent graduates, but candidates from historically underrepresented groups particularly encouraged to apply. |
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Taylor & Francis |
UK |
12 month apprenticeship – obtaining an Apprenticeship Qualification whilst gaining vital occupational experience |
Anyone over the age of 16 |
charlotte.wise@tandf.co.uk |
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Thieme Publishing Group |
New York, US |
Ten week to six month internships, year round, with stipend covering transport and lunch in Manhattan office, combining general office assistance with special projects. |
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W. W. Norton |
12 week internship program, $15 an hour for a maximum of 20 hours weekly (3 or 4 days a week), looking at the day to day process of bookmaking |
College students and recent graduates |