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T. Rowe Price · Summer 2027
Corporate Governance Intern: a project built for this posting
A 10-week summer role inside T. Rowe Price's investment research group, helping write a research paper on how corporate governance fits into active investing. It is open to all majors and aimed at students graduating between December 2028 and mid-2029.
- Company
- T. Rowe Price
- Posting title
- 2027 Corporate Governance Internship Program
- Location
- Baltimore, MD
- Season
- Summer 2027
- Pay (as posted)
- $75,000 base salary (annualized, posted range)
- Majors named
- Open to all majors
Checked open on the employer's careers site on 2026-10-21. Read the full posting ↗
What this role is really testing
The project
Corporate Governance & Fund Performance: A Research Brief
A 4–6 page polished research brief that examines whether strong board independence or shareholder rights practices correlate with better long-term stock performance, drawing on at least four sources spanning academic papers, proxy advisory guidelines, and financial press. This mirrors the exact task described in the role, synthesizing multi-source research into clear, well-supported written analysis on the relationship between corporate governance and investing outcomes.
- Gather four to six sources: one academic paper (e.g., from SSRN on board composition and returns), one ISS or Glass Lewis proxy voting guideline summary, one practitioner piece (e.g., a CFA Institute or MSCI ESG report on governance scores), and one or two news articles covering a real governance failure or success (e.g., a proxy fight or board scandal). Annotate each source in a notes document with its core claim, methodology if any, and any limitations you see.
- Identify two or three recurring themes across your sources, such as board independence, CEO duality risk, or shareholder voting power, and draft a structured brief with four sections: an Executive Summary (3–4 sentences stating your central finding), a Background section explaining what corporate governance means in an active management context, a Findings section that presents each theme with direct evidence and citation, and a Conclusion that states what a portfolio manager should take away and flags any gaps in the evidence.
- Format the brief to a professional standard: use consistent headings, a reference list in a recognizable citation style, and a one-paragraph 'Analyst Note' at the top that mimics the kind of framing a research associate would write for a senior PM, summarizing why this topic matters now. Export as a clean PDF so a recruiter can open and read it in under a minute.
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Questions
Do I need to know how to code?
No. For roles like this one, Provieo builds the project as a live case-study page: slides, tables and findings you fill in. You bring the thinking.
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