2025 DOE Scholars Program
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is looking for talented undergraduate and graduate students, and recent graduates interested in addressing the nation's challenges in energy, environmental and nuclear sciences and security.
Areas of Interest
- Artificial Intelligence
- Clean Energy and Renewable Sources: Wind, Solar, Geothermal, Biomass and Hydropower
- Climate Change
- Cybersecurity
- Electricity
- Emergency Response
- Energy Efficiency
- Energy Storage
- Environmental Science
- Fossil Energy: Oil, Coal and Natural Gas
- Hydrogen & Fuel Cells
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Management and Operations
- National Security
- Nuclear Energy and Security
- Vehicles
Join the DOE Scholars program to learn about the DOE mission and operations, gain a competitive edge as you apply your education, talent and skills in a variety of settings within the DOE complex and explore a federal career with DOE.
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Benefits
- Stipends
- Undergraduate students: starting at $700/week
- Graduate students and postgraduates: starting at $750/week
- Inbound/Outbound Travel: Up to $1,000 for participants who relocate more than fifty miles, one-way, from the assigned hosting site.
- Other allowances: Depending on your project assignment, duration of appointment and funding availability, you may be eligible to receive an allowance for travel and training to promote the educational goals of your appointment.
Location
- Opportunities may be available at DOE Headquarters in Washington DC, and DOE Field Offices and other participating DOE sites across the nation.
- Some appointments in 2025 may be offered virtually.
Duration
- Appointments duration may depend on the availability of the participant and the hosting facility.
- Appointments can start at any time during the year at the discretion of the DOE sponsoring office. Appointment extensions may be granted based on the needs of the sponsoring office and the candidate's availability.
Nature of Appointment
The participant will not enter into an employee/employer relationship with ORISE, ORAU, DOE, or any other office or agency. Instead, the participant will be affiliated with ORISE for the administration of the appointment through the ORISE appointment letter and Terms of Appointment.
A complete application consists of:
- Profile Information
- Essay Question (goals, experiences, and skills relevant to the DOE Scholars Program)
- Resume (PDF)
- Transcripts/Academic Records - Unofficial transcripts or copies of the student academic records printed by the applicant or by academic advisors from internal institutional systems may be submitted. Transcripts/Academic Records must include name of the academic institution, name of the student, completed/in progress coursework and grades. Documents must have all social security numbers, student identification numbers, and/or dates of birth removed (blanked out, blackened out, made illegible, etc.) prior to uploading into the application system.
- Academic or Professional Recommendation - You are encouraged to request a recommendation from a professional who can speak to your abilities and potential for success as well as your scientific capabilities and personal characteristics. Recommenders will be asked to complete a recommendation in Zintellect. Recommendations submitted via email will not be accepted. Recommendations must be submitted by Monday, March 3, 2025, 8:00 am Eastern Standard Time.
All documents must be submitted via Zintellect. All application components must be received in the system in order to be considered.
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The DOE Scholars Program is open to all students and recent graduates who meet the following qualifications:
- Be a U.S. Citizen.
- Be 18 years of age or older.
- Meet one of the following conditions:
- Be enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student at an U.S. accredited institute of higher education.
- Have completed an undergraduate (B.A., B.S. or equivalent) or graduate (M.S., DVM, Ph.D., MD or equivalent) degree within five years of the desired start date.
- Be a U.S. military Veteran who has been honorably discharged and/or who has been medically discharged because of a service-connected disability and who received a college degree in an appropriate discipline within ten years of the desired start date.
- Have completed a qualifying certificate program within one year of the desired start date are also eligible for a postgraduate appointment. The qualifying certificate program must be offered by an accredited academic institution; must be in an appropriate science, technology, engineering, or math discipline; and should be related to or complement a prior degree earned (bachelor’s degree or higher).
- Must be pursuing a degree or have a degree in a science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) discipline or a field that supports the DOE operations mission including but not limited to communications, management, business and law.
- Citizenship: U.S. Citizen Only
- Degree: High School Diploma/GED, Associate's Degree, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, or Doctoral Degree received within the last 60 months or currently pursuing.
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Discipline(s):
- Business (11 )
- Chemistry and Materials Sciences (12 )
- Communications and Graphics Design (6 )
- Computer, Information, and Data Sciences (17 )
- Earth and Geosciences (21 )
- Engineering (27 )
- Environmental and Marine Sciences (14 )
- Life Health and Medical Sciences (51 )
- Mathematics and Statistics (11 )
- Other Non-Science & Engineering (13 )
- Physics (16 )
- Science & Engineering-related (2 )
- Social and Behavioral Sciences (30 )
- Age: Must be 18 years of age
- Veteran Status: Veterans Preference, degree received within the last 120 month(s).
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