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NEH is offering up to 15 summer internships in Washington, D.C. College students entering their junior or senior year in are eligible. NEH interns receive $4,000 for 10 weeks of work. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, foreign nationals who have been legal residents in the United States for at least 3 years or territorial residents of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Applicants must also have declared an undergraduate major in one of the disciplines of the humanities or have a strong background in the humanities. Past interns have written articles for Humanities magazine, researched emerging fields in the humanities, and developed web-based tools for gathering humanities-related information. The application deadline is usually in January of the year that the internship will take place. Information on the program and the application procedure is available at www.neh.gov/interns/guidelines.html.