Post-graduate opportunities at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) allow you to enhance your research expertise, grow your network, and build your future career opportunities in a wide range of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.

Environmental Management Postdoctoral Research: If you are postdoctoral candidate with an interest in solving complex environmental challenges, this is a great opportunity for you! Through this, you’ll gain hands-on experience while being mentored by a leading expert in your research field.

Linus Pauling Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship: This fellowship is designed for the next generation of scientists and engineers who will push the boundaries of science to world-recognized discoveries. They will learn cutting-edge approaches, utilize and build state-of-science capabilities, and contribute to research efforts that advance scientific frontiers and solve pressing challenges for the nation.

National Security Internship Program (NSIP): Do you have an interest in national security? This internship allows you to work on cutting-edge national security research and interact with other research staff who are at the top of their fields.

Research Associates: With a wide variety of post-graduate positions available every year, these opportunities allow you to join our multi-disciplinary teams and use your education and research interest to advance science impact while gaining valuable experience and expanding your network.

The PNNL Differential

Each year, PNNL welcomes over 1,500 students from across the nation to join internship and research associate opportunities that open pathways for a variety of STEM careers in basic science, clean energy, national security, and more. We’re out to change the world by advancing scientific impact and by equipping the next generation of STEM professionals who will innovate and lead this work in the future.

National laboratories are situated at a unique intersection of collaborative research due to our state-of-the-art scientific facilities, world-class instruments, and our multidisciplinary teams that come together to take on the science challenges of our day. It’s where people come to do the world-changing work of science in a way unlike any other institution.