Internship

ILRI Internship

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Open. No closing date published. No fee to apply Last checked 12 Oct

At a glance

Deadline: Open. No closing date published.
Fee: No fee to apply
Who may apply: enrolled in a degree, diploma or certificate programme with at least one semester still to go
able to use Microsoft Office and work in English
Where: Nairobi, Kenya

A paid internship at a CGIAR livestock research centre, with a stipend for living costs and insurance. Open to undergraduates with at least one full semester left, and ILRI says diploma, certificate and senior high school students are considered too.

The facts

What you get: Stipend to cover living expenses, plus insurance
Where: Nairobi, Kenya
How long: Usually three months or less, extendable up to six months

Where you stand

This one is free. There is no fee to apply, and nobody should ask you for money at any point.

What they ask for

enrolled in a degree, diploma or certificate programme with at least one semester still to go
able to use Microsoft Office and work in English
based in Nairobi, and you need a request letter from your university

Get ready to apply

Built only from what this listing states. Tick as you go; the ticks stay on your phone and are not sent anywhere.

The application takes real work, by our reading.

1. What to get ready

CV or resumeOne or two pages. No CV yet? Our CV starter builds a plain one from your answers.
Cover or motivation letterShort, written for this one: why this, what you have done that fits.

It also names something beyond these; read their words below.

In their words: “Application letter, detailed CV, motivation letter, and an internship request letter from your university, sent to the Head of Capacity Development.”

2. Dates

No closing date is stated.
Openings with no closing date can close once they have enough people, so sooner is safer. Our advice

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The download is a small text file. You can read it later without data. It also lists each condition they set, so you can tick yourself against them. WhatsApp sends the same list to you, or to somebody helping you.

No CV yet? Make a plain one from your answers. Nothing you type is kept.

Tips for applying for an internship

General advice from us, the same for every internship. It is not what this organisation says; that is above.

Check first whether it is paid. If it is not, work out how you will cover transport, food and rent for the whole period.
Say what you want to learn and why this organisation; interns are often chosen for interest and reliability more than experience.
School projects, clubs and volunteering count as experience here. Name what you did in each.
If it asks for a letter from your school, ask for it early; offices can be slow.

If there is an interview or a test

Expect questions about what you are studying and why you want this.
Be honest about when you are free and for how long.
Ask who you would work with day to day.

All our tips and messages to copy. Practise answering, with nothing kept. Received an offer? Check whether it is real, then read before you say yes.

How to apply

You apply on International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)'s own website, not here. We never send an application for anybody and we never ask you for anything to pass on. Check their page for anything not shown here.

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How we checked this

This was opened and verified at International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)'s own website on 12 October 2026: it was real, still open, and open to people from African countries. If anything here is wrong, tell us.