Transportation Research Internship Program
TRIP Applications for Summer 26 now open, email your Resume to jessica.stewart@okstate.edu
Transportation Research Internship Program (TRIP) is a 12-15 week paid internship that takes place during the summer. If you are looking to gain experience or have a career within the transportation related work. We encourage you to apply.
Past TRIP Intern Quotes
- "I absolutely will recommend this program to other students" - Grace Armstrong
- "It was great, and for a first-time intern, it was exactly what I needed" - Grace Armstrong
- "For 15 weeks, I engaged in transportation planning, neighborhood planning, community engagement, and comprehensive planning" -Dez Harris
- "I am more prepared to enter the workforce as a trained urban planner" -Dez Harris
- "One project I worked on was reviewing plans for a massive road and sidewalk construction on Gilcrease Museum Road" -Grace Armstrong
Become a TRIP Agency
A TRIP agency is an employer that is looking to have a TRIP intern(s) work for them during the summer. During the summer you will have the intern for the entire duration of the summer internship, 12-15 weeks. Oklahoma State University's LTAP pairs students with an agency. LTAP will conduct the interviews and place the interns. While interns work directly under the supervision of a participating agency, they are paid as student employees of LTAP.
To apply to become a hosting local government agency, please complete the online application.
In that this is in effect a competition between agencies to secure the services of
an intern, it is important that you accurately and completely describe how you intend
to use them. We will make the matches based on the sponsoring agencies needs and the
intern's educational backgrounds and goals.
The intern's tenure will begin shortly after their spring semester ends in May and will conclude before their fall semester commences in August. Students will be required to submit time sheets and activity reports on a bi-weekly basis and to deliver a presentation describing their internship at its conclusion.