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Career Resources
Learn about job and internship opportunities, fellowships, professional networks, conferences, and other opportunities (including competitions) to enhance your resume and portfolio. Page updated in May 2026 (let us know if any links expired - email [email protected])
Internships and Job Opportunities
- Connecticut DEEP College Internship Program (land use, resilience)
- Rails-to-Trails Conservancy internship program (transportation, trail networks)
- Smart Growth America careers + internship postings (complete streets, land use, policy)
- Housing & Urban Development careers page (federal housing + community development)
- Brookings Internship Program (Brookings Metro urban policy work)
- Urban Institute “Summer@Urban” paid summer internship program
- WRI Cameron Speth Fellowship Internship (Cities Program)
- Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP)
- Eno Center for Transportation internships
- National League of Cities (NLC) Internship Program
- US EPA paid student internships (Pathways)
- APA Planning Jobs Board (planning internships, entry-level planner jobs, GIS, zoning, transportation, housing)
- Planetizen Jobs Board (urban planning, urban design, public-sector, consulting, and nonprofit roles)
- Next City Jobs (planning, architecture, community organizing, nonprofit, housing, and urban innovation roles)
- Regional Plan Association careers (New York–New Jersey–Connecticut regional planning, housing, transportation, climate)
- Lincoln Institute of Land Policy careers and fellowships (land policy, property tax, housing, urban economics, planning research)
- Local Initiatives Support Corporation internships/careers (community development, affordable housing, local investment)
- Enterprise Community Partners careers (affordable housing, community development finance, green communities)
- Trust for Public Land careers (parks, public space, land conservation, community health)
- Design Trust for Public Space internships (public space, civic design, community-centered urban projects)
- C40 Cities careers (global city climate policy, urban sustainability, climate planning)
- Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins (city innovation teams, civic design, public-sector problem solving)
Opportunities with required US Citizenship
- US DOT Pathways Internship Program (federal paid student roles)
- US Dept. of State Pathways Internship Program
- FHFA Student & Recent Graduates
- ICLEI USA / ICLEI careers and opportunities (local government sustainability, climate action planning, resilience)
- US Department of the Interior Pathways (land management, climate, conservation, public lands, planning-adjacent federal work)
- US Department of Justice ENRD Pathways (environmental and natural resources law/policy roles)
Conferences & Student-facing professional networks
- APA National Planning Conference (NPC26)
- ACSP Annual Conference (academic + practice pipeline; student initiatives)
- Urban Affairs Association (UAA) International Conference on Urban Affairs
- TRB Annual Meeting (transportation research + practice)
- CNU Congress for the New Urbanism
- Southern New England American Planning Association Conference
- APA Students and New Planners resources (student awards, competitions, emerging planner webinars, student organizations)
- Students for the New Urbanism (student groups connected to CNU and local CNU chapters)
- CNU New Urban Research (opportunity for students and researchers to present work at CNU)
- SCUP North Atlantic Regional Conference (integrated planning, campus planning, institutional planning, facilities, community impact)
Student Competitions (resume and portfolio making)
- PA Student Planning & Design Competition (team-based)
- ULI Hines Student Design Competition (Americas)
- ISOCARP Student Twinning Program (pairing students with pros @ World Planning Congress)
- ISOCARP Young Planning Professionals Workshops (real-world planning problems)
- ISOCARP / AESOP European Urban Summer School
- Bank of America Affordable Housing Challenge (undergraduate and graduate teams propose affordable housing developments)
- Colvin Case Study Challenge (real estate development case study competition for undergraduate and graduate students)
- NAIOP University Challenge / Capital Challenge (urban infill, commercial real estate, development feasibility competitions)
- ISOCARP Young Planning Professionals Intensive Training Program (practical training for early-career planners and students entering the field)
