Research Intern - Fall 2025 Save

Everytown for Gun Safety, the nation’s largest gun violence prevention advocacy group, is seeking a Research Intern for the Fall 2025 semester. Everytown’s Research Department studies how gun violence occurs in America and identifies the best policies and interventions to prevent and address it. In this role, the Intern will support and contribute to Everytown’s  research of various types of gun violence, who it impacts, and how it impacts different communities in diverse ways. Interns are expected to work 15 hours (combination of in-person and remote) per week.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Conduct and write literature reviews, and critically analyze new research to support both day-to-day and longer-term research on gun violence prevention in the US;

• Contribute to drafts of analytically rigorous and credible research materials, including memos, factsheets, and blog posts for a wide range of audiences;

• Collect, clean, and conduct basic data analysis of gun violence-related datasets;

• Collaborate on the development and execution of online content;

• Assist the team in routine research administrative tasks, as and when required;

• Support data accuracy for EveryShot by reviewing entries, flagging errors, and helping ensure incidents are categorized and displayed correctly;

• Interact regularly with Everytown staff across all departments to ensure effective coordination and delivery of research program activities.

Note: This position can be hybrid, with some days in the New York City office, or fully remote.

The minimum pay rate for this position is $17.00 per hour.

Dates: Anticipated start date September 22, 2025 through January, 2026

The candidate must meet the following requirements:

• Be currently enrolled  in an undergraduate program;

• Demonstrated ability to write well & produce written materials for non-technical audiences;

• Have exceptional attention to detail;

• Some previous experience conducting basic data analysis on social science datasets is preferred;

• Willingness to take initiative on projects;

• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to a fast-paced environment;

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
  

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

About Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund

Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund (the “Everytown Support Fund”) is the education, research, and litigation arm of Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country with nearly ten million supporters. The Everytown Support Fund seeks to improve our understanding of the causes of gun violence and help to reduce it by conducting groundbreaking original research, developing evidence-based policies, communicating this knowledge to the American public, and advancing gun safety and gun violence prevention in communities and the courts. Learn more at www.everytownsupportfund.org.

Everytown for Gun Safety provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

Candidates who identify as members of historically underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. 

You can learn about the framework that guides our work by viewing Everytown's Organizations Values