The NAGARA Internship Program endeavors to match under-served local or state archival or records programs and/or institutions with students interested in careers in archival and/or records management. NAGARA will provide a $3,000 stipend to a student matched with a winning institution.
The application period for NAGARA's 2026 Internship Program has now closed.
How does it work?
- An institution wishing to provide an internship opportunity submits an application to NAGARA.
- NAGARA reviews all applications and selects a winning institution. Consider these two past applications as helpful references:
EXAMPLE A
EXAMPLE B
- The institution advertises the intern position and identifies qualified student candidates, with NAGARA’s assistance.
- The student completes 150 hours of work for the institution.
- NAGARA issues stipend payments directly to the student, upon receipt of the student’s midterm and final reports.
How does NAGARA help?
- NAGARA provides a $3,000 stipend to the student matched with the winning institution.
- The NAGARA internship program committee works with the selected institution to discuss the timeline of soliciting applications and acquiring a student intern.
- The committee helps the institution select the intern.
- NAGARA manages direct payment of the stipend with the student.
What type of institution is eligible?
The institution must be:
- A local government organization or state agency, preferably an institution that lacks funding to facilitate a paid internship.
- Either an active member of NAGARA or have at least one staff member who is an active member of NAGARA.
Preference will be given to discrete projects (or portions of projects), projects involving multiple-step processes, projects where interns will experience multiple aspects of archives and/or records management processes, and projects that go above and beyond general office tasks.
Internship Requirements
- Project work of the student must not exceed 150 hours.
- Work must focus on an archival or records management project and not general office administration.
- The student intern must be new to the institution and not a current/former employee or volunteer.
- The start date and work hours of the internship may commence as soon as convenient after the award with dates and hours decided upon mutually between the institution and the student. The internship must conclude by the end of August following the award.
- The student must meet the Student Intern Guidelines defined by NAGARA.
- The winning institution must provide brief midterm and final reports to NAGARA on the project status and selection process.
- Upon favorable completion of the internship, students will be expected to write a brief article about their experience for the NAGARA quarterly newsletter. The institution will be encouraged, but not required, to contribute to the article.
- Please note that universities may require additional reporting if the student is receiving academic credit for the internship.
To Apply:
- Submit an application for the internship that includes:
- Scope of the intern project
- Duties and responsibilities of the student
- Approximate timeline for project completion
- As much information as possible on both the benefits to the community/institution of the completion of the project, as well as specific archival or records management-related skills that the student can acquire through the internship
- Applying institutions must also provide the name of the individual who will supervise the student, along with a CV of relevant related work.
- Download a PDF copy of the questions that are asked on the application.