KIP Fall 2025 - Outreach Intern - Mercatus Center

The Koch Internship Program (KIP) is a paid, 10-week experiential learning program run by Stand Together Fellowships that offers meaningful work experience at non-profits all over the country tackling some of our nation’s most pressing challenges. Throughout your internship with a partner organization, Stand Together Fellowships hosts virtual professional development sessions every Thursday from 1-5 pm ET, wherein you will be mentored by seasoned professionals as you craft a capstone project on the topic that matters most to you.  Interns will receive either a $5,500 or $3,300 stipend from Stand Together Fellowships depending on whether they are participating full-time (40 hours/week) or part-time (28 hours/week).

Successful candidates will interview with both our non-profit partner organizations and Stand Together Fellowships staff, so we strongly encourage you to apply in advance!

About the Mercatus Center at George Mason University: For over 40 years, the Mercatus Center at George Mason University has been the world’s premier university source for market-oriented ideas—bridging the gap between academic ideas and real-world problems. A university-based research center, Mercatus works to advance knowledge about how markets work to improve our lives by training graduate students, conducting research, and applying sound economics to offer solutions to society’s most pressing problems.

Overview:

The Outreach Intern will learn about federal and state external relations. Furthermore, through programming, they will learn about Mercatus, classical liberalism, the broader liberty movement, and essential career skills.

This role is in person, in Arlington, VA.

• Administrative Tasks and small research projects.
• Helping with preparation for meetings with legislators and coalition members as well as conferences.
• Drafting outreach campaign emails.
• Helping to prepare one pagers and other External Relations products.
• Attending External Relations events as well as events held by coalitions member.
• Helping with record keeping by taking notes on meetings with legislators and allies and recording them in Salesforce.
• Tracking relevant legislation and hearings.
• Learning about classical liberalism and Mercatus' work.
• Helping with media and the needs of the Strategic Engagement Team.

• Must be enrolled in undergrad at the least.
• A passion for classical liberalism
• An interest in and at least some knowledge of Mercatus' work.
• Good work ethic and self starter.
• Attention to detail.

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 color, race, religion, religious creed, sex, gender or gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy (including medical needs which may arise from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), military and veteran status, genetic information, marital or familial status, political affiliation, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.