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https://www.charleskochinstitute.org/professional-education/semester-long-opportunities/koch-fellow-program-policy/

Charles Koch Institute’s semester-long fellow program gives students the opportunity to gain hands-on paid policy experience while participating in focused professional education. In addition to hearing from leading policy experts each Wednesday, fellows come together in DC at the beginning and end of the program for professional development workshops and networking opportunities.

Through the program, fellows will find a full- or part-time internship with one of our partner organizations throughout the country. Roles are specifically geared toward a future career in policy and research analysis; however, we encourage applicants from all academic disciplines, as well as those with advanced degrees

KFP: Policy blends professional development workshops and lectures on the principles of a free society and policy issues. The lecture curriculum may include:

Public choice theory.
Classical liberal approach to foreign policy.
Cronyism and corporate welfare.
Criminal justice and policing reform.

All components of the curriculum are mandatory for participants.

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Koch Internship Program

A semester of professional education and an internship opportunity for those who are passionate about free societies and want to work to improve people’s lives.

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FALL 2016 PROGRAM

Program Dates: September 12–December 16, 2016

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ABOUT THE KOCH INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (KIP)

The Charles Koch Institute’s semester-long internship program, which takes place during the fall, spring, and summer, gives students an introduction to non-profit careers through paid, hands-on experience and a unique curriculum to help set them up for future success. Interns have the option of working for a non-profit organization in the Washington, DC, area or elsewhere around the country.

Through the program, interns will be placed in a full- or part-time internship with a partner organization. Roles are available in a variety of fields, including:

Policy and research analysis.
Communications and public relations.
Marketing and digital media.
Development and fundraising.
Graphic design and video production.

While applicants frequently have undergraduate degrees in economics, political science, communications, history, or business, we encourage applicants from all disciplines, as well as those with advanced degrees.

PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS

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IHS Internships

Charles Koch is the chairman of the Institute for Humane Studies. Every year the IHS hosts the Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program which offers an internship in public policy. The internship is a ten-week program that includes an opening seminar, the internship, and a closing seminar. The opening seminar involves lectures on public policy analysis, classical liberalism, and “persuasive communication.”

The internship entails working at a public policy think tank, either at the state or national level. Most or all of these placement organizations are financed by Charles Koch, such as the American Enterprise Institute, the Cato Institute, the Mercatus Center, the National Center for Policy Analysis, and the Institute for Justice. Policy interns may tackle a number of issues including environmental policy.

The Institute for Humane Studies also offers a journalism internship for which it seeks “writers for liberty.” No formal training in journalism is required and the internship offers a choice of three program areas: investigative, print, and broadcast.

The internship starts with a week-long seminar on journalism and free society, followed by a placement at different locations. Previous placements for print journalist interns have included the Pittsburgh-Tribune–owned by Richard Scaife, who is considered to be one of the founding fathers of the conservative movement in the U.S. Placements for interns in broadcast journalism have included FOX News.

The Institute for Humane Studies and Politopia

The Institute for Humane Studies also runs the website Politopia: The Land of Custom-Made Government. The purpose of this website is to promote a new political model that is different from the “old” left/right political model. In this model, politics are placed in the magical land of Politopia where, depending on where you live (north, west, east, or south), the politics of the land are different.

Politopia is presented as an unbiased educational tool. However, in its model, the role of the government in economic affairs decreases as one moves into the north, and increases as one moves farther south. Similarly, the government’s role in an individual’s daily affairs decreases as one moves west and increases as one moves east.

Historically, the geopolitical terms “west” and “north” have been identified with prosperity, freedom, affluence, industry, and development; whereas the terms “east” and “south” have been associated with poverty, oppression, communism, failure, disease, and insignificance. Interestingly, Politopia places libertarian and conservative values in the more “ideal” regions of the world.