Public Service Fellowships and Internships

The Fellows Program in Public Affairs is a nine-month, full-time, post-graduate experiential leadership training program which introduces diverse, intelligent and driven young public servants to all aspects of the public affairs arena. Field assignments, site visits, interviews and special individual and group projects and consultancies prepare Coro Fellows to translate their ideals into action for improving their own communities.

Echoing Green awards two-year fellowships to emerging social innovators. These Fellowships offer opportunities for individuals to develop and test new models for tackling seemingly unsolvable social problems. This is not a scholarship program. Fellows develop their ideas by working in the community, not in an academic setting. They launch, manage and grow organizations that implement and continually expand their ideas for creating lasting social change.

U.S. government grants for one year of foreign study, research or teaching, in one of over 100 countries. Research projects can be public service-based. U.S. citizenship is required.

Green Corps' one-year, full-time, paid Environmental Leadership Training Program gives top-notch training to launch a career in organizing and activism (applicable to more than just environmental activism.) The three-part training program includes intensive classroom training, hands-on experience running urgent environmental and public health campaigns, and placement in permanent leadership positions with leading environmental groups.

Samuel Huntington Public Service Award

The Samuel Huntington provides an annual stipend of $10,000 for a graduating college senior to pursue public service anywhere in the world. The Award allows recipients to engage in a meaningful public service activity for up to one year before proceeding on to graduate school or a career.

The Center Fellows Program is a unique non-resident educational initiative offering 65 select undergraduate and graduate students a year-long opportunity to study the U.S. Presidency, the public policymaking process, and our Chief Executive's relations with Congress, allies, the media, and the American public. Its goal is to develop a new generation of national leaders committed to public service.

Deadline: November

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The New York City Urban Fellows Program has introduced America's finest college graduates to local government and public service. The program is dedicated to the memory of Robert F. Wagner Jr. and was initiated to offer aspiring public policymakers the opportunity to grapple first hand with contemporary urban issues.

The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship provides college graduates with the opportunity to gain a Washington perspective on key issues of peace and security. Twice yearly, the Fellowship's Board of Directors selects a group of outstanding individuals to spend six to nine months in Washington. Supported by a monthly stipend, the Fellows serve as full-time project assistants at the participating organization of their choice.

Each year since 1987, member presidents are invited to nominate one student for this prestigious award. Five students are selected to receive this distinguished award for their outstanding public service along with $1,500 to help strengthen or sustain the service program of their design or choice.

Each year, Indicorps selects 10-15 young professionals of Indian origin for one and two year service fellowships with grassroots service organizations in India.

Indicorps offers competitive fellowships for people of Indian origin interested in spending one to two years (Starting August 2006) on unique development and service projects in India. Fellowships are designed as one-of-a-kind transformational experiences, emphasizing both public service and personal growth. Indicorps, an international non-profit organization with operations in the US, UK and India, will provide a stipend to 25 fellows who are willing to commit a minimum of one year to implement service projects established with partner organizations in India. This year, Indicorps is also offering opportunities to work on innovative independent projects through a "Grassroots Development Laboratory." All fellows will participate in a four-week orientation program, strengthen their understanding of India through regular workshops, and are actively supported by Indicorps and partner organizations. Prospective fellows must be of Indian origin with a college degree or five years equivalent work experience.

PPIA Junior Summer Institutes (JSI) are intensive seven-week summer programs that focuses on preparing students for graduate programs in public and international affairs and careers as policy professionals, public administrators and other leadership roles in public service. They are held at UC Berkeley, Michigan, Carnegie Mellon,Maryland - College Park and Princeton.
Juniors are eligible; US citizens or permanent residents only.

Institute for International Public Policy Fellowship Program

The IIPP Fellowship program provides specially designed education and training experiences critical to entry and advancement in international affairs careers. Students apply as sophomores to participate in a multi-year sequence of summer policy institutes, study abroad, intensive language training, internships, and graduate study, complemented by career development services along the way.
Must be sophomores at the time of application; minimum 3.2 gpa; US citizen or permanent resident; under-represented minority.

Everett Public Service Internship Program

Provides stipend for 10-week summer internships in over 50 organizations.

Pamela Harriman Foreign Service Fellowship

This fellowship offers three summer internships each year: at the US Embassy in London, at the US Embassy in Paris and the Office of the Secretary of State in Wahington, DC.
Applicants must be juniors, or seniors continuing on to graduate study; US citizens only.