NSA Internships/Co-op Info section at Summer Program for Operations Research Technology (SPORT)

The SPORT program at the National Security Agency (NSA) offers graduate students the opportunity to apply their academic knowledge in a stimulating professional environment. As a SPORT intern, you will work closely with full-time Operations Research analysts applying academic and technical skills to challenging, real-world problems. Internships are paid and are 12 weeks in duration (May-August). Applications are accepted September 1st through October 1st.

----SPORT Information-----
SPORT is a 12-week paid summer internship offered by the National Security Agency (NSA) that provides 8 U.S. Citizen graduate students the opportunity to apply their technical skill to current, real-world operations research problems at the NSA. Our one-hour presentation is designed to provide background and information to give your students an idea of the general kinds of problems they might work on as part of the SPORT program, and generate an engaged Q&A session.  Please note, the presentation is open to anyone, but the SPORT program is only open to U.S. citizen graduate students.

            Program Highlights:
            -- Paid internship (12 weeks, May-August 2025)
            -- Applications accepted September 1 - October 1 (https://www.intelligencecareers.gov/NSA/students-and-internships)

            -- Opportunity to apply operations research, mathematics, statistics, computer science, and/or engineering skills
            -- Real NSA mission problems
            -- Paid annual and sick leave, housing assistance available, most travel costs covered
            -- Opportunity to network with other Intelligence Agencies