[Hiring] Student Fellow (Research and Analysis) @Stand Together

Role Description

The Koch Internship Program (KIP) is a paid experiential learning program run by Stand Together Fellowships that offers professional development, leadership training, and meaningful work experience at non-profits tackling some of our nation's most pressing policy challenges all over the United States. Early-career professionals including undergraduate/graduate/law students and recent graduates are encouraged to apply. Eligible candidates will be geographically located in and authorized to work in the United States through the duration of the program.

Successful candidates will interview with both our non-profit partner organizations and Stand Together Fellowships staff, so we strongly encourage you to begin the admissions process early!

The Empire Center is looking for talented individuals for our Student Fellow role. Working as a student fellow at the Empire Center provides a unique work experience at a leading state-based think tank.

The Empire Center is dedicated to making New York a better place to live and work by promoting public policy reforms grounded in free-market principles, personal responsibility, and the ideals of effective and accountable government. Through research papers, policy briefings, commentaries, and conferences, the think tank seeks to educate and inform New York State policymakers, news media, and the general public.

The Empire Center’s student fellows are paired with Empire Center researchers whose focuses include:

• Taxes
• Government transparency
• Education
• Energy
• Healthcare

Student fellows will learn analysis skills and apply them on important projects with the goal of being named author on an Empire Center report or other publication sharing their findings.

Qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft Excel
• Extremely strong attention to detail
• Proven record of working independently

Requirements

• Full-time participants working approximately 32 hours per week at the partner organization receive a stipend of $7,500
• Part-time participants working approximately 24 hours per week at the partner organization receive a stipend of $5,500
• Attending the entirety of the online and on-site KIP programming is required for both full and part-time participants

Benefits

• Professional development and leadership training
• Meaningful work experience at non-profits

Company Description

Stand Together Fellowships believes that diversity in experiences, perspectives, knowledge, and ideas fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. Our admissions office treats all program participants and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect, and sensitivity. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of various protected bases under federal, state, or local laws, regulations, or ordinances.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.