Full time (40h/week) | Location Brussels | Duration: 6 months | October 2025

Intern/Trainee (d/f/m) Innovation policy & cluster

If you want to make the right decisions today for tomorrow, you need a solid foundation. Prognos AG - one of the oldest economic research companies in Europe - provides them. For 60 years we have been supporting private companies, associations, foundations and public clients in developing viable strategies for their future - through research, consulting and support. We are always on the lookout for analytical and creative thinkers who are interested in actively shaping our future.

Working at Prognos: what can you expect?
As part of one of our teams, you promote movement and change in society, business and politics - fact-oriented and politically independent. We pay particular attention to an appreciative, collegial and motivating corporate culture. More about us as an employer: www.prognos.com/karriere

You will support our Business Unit in the following fields, including:

• European Structural and Investment Funds (especially ERDF) and other EU instruments
• Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3), innovation policy and cluster policy
• Evaluations and impact assessments of EU and national funding policies/programs, market, industry, and regional analysis
• Development and delivery of accurate, timely, and high-quality products and services to our client: development of research, evaluation methods, performing quantitative/qualitative data analysis, preparation of reports and presentations

• You hold a graduate degree or will soon graduate in economics, public policy, economic geography or related disciplines with a strong regional economics background.
• Moreover, you have gained first professional experience through internships or the like in the areas mentioned above.
• You are an experienced user of MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel; knowledge of additional software tools is an advantage (e.g., SPSS, QDA software, etc.).
• You have excellent verbal and writing skills in English; additional European languages (in particular German) would be advantageous
• You are a team player with a positive work ethic

What makes Prognos stand out as an employer is the perfect mix of tangible benefits and a working environment in which you will feel completely at ease day by day. And these are just some of the reasons:

• Attractive fixed salary
• We place great value on providing sufficient recreational holiday
• Any form of part-time models (depending on location) and trust-based working time
• IT and office equipment made to measure, also to be able to work mobile at any place
• More than 50 in-house training and further education seminars - from design thinking workshops to rhetoric courses, from management training to software training. (Also available for you upon agreement).
• The "Other Perspective Day", which invites colleagues to exchange roles once a year. (Also available for you upon agreement).
• Discounted public transport monthly ticket (depending on location)
• We support our employees in finding accommodation
• Fresh fruit and free drinks
• Employee sports initiatives (business yoga, team triathlons, cycling races, beach volleyball and soccer teams).
• Team activities and corporate events
• Attractive central city locations with good transport connections (bus & train)
• We are open to any other ideas!
  Our benefits are location-dependent and may vary.

Please mention reference no. WIR-70 and stating the possible date of entry.

We value diversity and would like to further expand it in our company. We therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion and ideology, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity. We would like to support people with disabilities in their careers - do you need help with your application or do you have questions about accessibility? Please feel free to contact us by e-mail.