Internships and scholarships
NAVSEA offers internships and scholarships that give students meaningful opportunities to support the U.S. Navy’s mission while advancing their education and professional development. Through hands-on experience and academic support across a variety of career fields, you can contribute to efforts that help keep our Sailors equipped, our seas secure and our nation protected.
The SMART Scholarship for Service Program offers scholarships to undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students who excel in STEM fields. You can also continue your research in Department of War civil service roles after graduation.
SEAP is a paid internship program that allows high school students to participate in research at a Department of the Navy (DoN) laboratory during the summer. The program encourages you to pursue science and engineering careers, furthers your education with mentoring by laboratory employees and shows you DoN research and technology efforts. You may have a chance at future employment after graduation. You will spend eight weeks during the summer doing research at one of 35 DoN laboratories.
NREIP is a paid internship program that allows college students to participate in research at a Department of the Navy (DoN) laboratory during the summer. The NREIP encourages participating college students like you to pursue science and engineering careers, further your education in research with the help of mentors and show you DoN research and technology efforts. You may have a chance at future employment after graduation. You will spend 10 weeks during the summer conducting research at one of 45 DoN laboratories.
Department of War (DoW) CySP is a scholarship program for students enrolled in one of the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity universities to participate. The universities will advertise the program and will submit your application.
The DoW College Acquisition Internship Program is a paid, 10-week summer internship that provides you with real-world exposure to DoW acquisition careers. You must be a full-time second- and third-year undergraduate student currently enrolled at an accredited college or university with a minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. You will receive hands-on, practical experience in analysis, research, report writing, oral briefings, policy development, program analysis and computer applications.
Learn more about the DoD program and application requirements.
The Naval Acquisition Development Program trains and develops future senior acquisition leaders. Open to highly qualified entry-level and mid-career professionals. You have the opportunity for rapid advancement, regular promotions, career broadening assignments and graduate education through a structured, systematic career development process.
The Pathways Program offers federal internship and employment opportunities for current students, recent graduates and those with an advanced degree. Three paths are available:
Internship Program
The Internship Program provides students in high schools, colleges, trade schools and other qualifying educational institutions with paid opportunities to work in agencies and explore federal careers while completing their education.
Recent Graduates Program
The Recent Graduates Program gives you developmental experiences in the federal government. It promotes careers in the civil service those who’ve graduated in the last two years (six for veterans) from a qualifying educational institution. You must apply within the previous two years of degree or certificate completion except for veterans precluded from doing so due to their military service obligation, who will have up to six years after degree or certificate completion to apply.