These opportunities are unpaid, but offer work experience, sometimes involving foreign languages.
Twenty-first Century Statecraft is defined as, “[t]he complementing of traditional foreign policy tools with newly innovated and adapted instruments of statecraft that fully leverage the networks, technologies, and demographics of our interconnected world.”[2] VSFS partners with U.S. diplomatic posts overseas and State Department, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), NASA, and many other federal agencies to provide virtual internship opportunities.
Internships begin in the Fall and end in the Spring, with an application open period in July.
Students commit for the academic year, contributing 10 hours a week for the virtual internship.
In the application, students may choose from a list of available projects, selecting three in their order of preference.