US Fellowships in Public Service
US Fellowships in Public Service
American Prospect Writing Fellowships offers journalists at the beginning of their career the opportunity to spend two full years at the magazine in Washington, D.C., actively developing their journalistic skills. Each fellow will write a minimum of three to four full-length feature articles. Fellows will also regularly write shorter, online pieces and blog daily for TAPPED. We are seeking candidates who are opinionated and comfortable generating article ideas rather than relying on assignments. A passion for blogging is appreciated.
Applied Community & Economic Development (ACED) Fellows Program at Illinois State University's Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development is a two-year fellowship program leading to a master's degree in Applied Economics, Political Science, or Sociology, each with an interdisciplinary sequence in Applied Community/Economic Development. Fellows complete one calendar year of on-campus study. During their professional practice internships in their second year, fellows receive community and economic development field experience in urban and rural communities. The ACED Fellows Program includes full tuition waivers, plus stipends for the graduate assistantship and internship.
The Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows Program is a unique leadership development program that trains, inspires, and sustains emerging leaders committed to social justice. Program participants gain practical experience fighting hunger and poverty through placements in community-based organizations across the country, as well as policy experience through placements in Washington, D.C
Capital Fellows Programs is run by the Center for California Studies. Fellows work for 11 months, receive health benefits and a monthly stipend of $1,972, and are considered employees of CSUS. They work as full-time members of a legislative, executive, or judicial branch office, and are typically given assignments with a significant amount of responsibility and challenges. Fellows also enroll as graduate students at CSUS and receive 12 graduate credits from the CSUS Government Department or Public Policy and Administration Program.
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Public Policy Fellowship offers talented Latinos, who have earned a bachelor's degree within two years of the program start date, the opportunity to gain hands-on experience at the national level in the public policy area of their choice. Fellows have the opportunity to work in areas such as international affairs, economic development, health and education policy, housing, or local government.
The Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs is a full-time, nine month, graduate-level experiential leadership training program that prepares diverse, talented and committed individuals for effective and ethical leadership in the public affairs arena. Unconventional by traditional academic standards, the Fellows Program is rigorous and demanding, an unparalleled opportunity for personal and professional growth. The Fellows Program is offered in Los Angeles, New York, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and St. Louis.
Hillel's Schusterman International Center Fellowship Program The Bronfman Fellowship offers a recent college graduate exposure to the high level operations of an international non-profit organization in the Jewish community by serving as an integral Hillel staff member in the Office of the President.
I. Donald Terner Residency Program is a two-year fellowship program in real estate and community development sponsored by the BRIDGE Housing Corporation. The Terner Resident serves a two-year fellowship in the San Francisco office of BRIDGE Housing. It is an excellent opportunity for experience and training with California’s largest nonprofit developer of affordable homes for working families and seniors.
Institute for Women's Policy Research Fellowships In addition to internship opportunities, the IWPR offers fellowships in research and development. The IWPR focuses on issues related to equal opportunity and economic and social justice for women.
Knowles Science Teaching Foundation Fellowships supports, sustains and inspires exceptional young men and women committed to making a difference as teachers. Individuals who are not citizens or who hold degrees from outside the United States are eligible for the Teaching Fellowship. However, they must be committed to teaching science or mathematics in U.S. high schools.
The Leonard Rieser Fellowship The Rieser Fellowships provide up to two successful applicants with a one-time award of up to $4,000 to pursue projects that explore issues at the intersection of science, global security, and public policy, focusing on a significant aspect of nuclear security, climate stabilization or biotechnology. Any undergraduate student studying at a U.S. college or university is eligible to apply
Marshall Scholarships and Fellowships Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. Up to forty Scholars are selected each year to study at graduate level at an UK institution in any field of study.
MfA Fellowship The Math for America Fellowship is a highly selective five-year program where recent college graduates make a commitment to teach mathematics in public secondary schools. The fellowship includes one year earning a master’s degree in education and four years teaching math and participating in MfA corps activities and professional development.
National Urban Fellows is a fully funded, 14-month, full-time graduate program comprised of academic course work and field experience, leading to a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Bernard M. Baruch College, School of Public Affairs, City University of New York. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, have three to five years working in the field, and have a B.A.
The New York City Urban Fellows Program The Urban Fellows Program is a highly selective, nine-month fellowship which combines work in Mayoral offices and City agencies with an intensive seminar series that explores current urban issues impacting public policy. Program participants are diverse and come from all over the country to work in New York City.
The Ohio Legislative Service Commission (LSC) Legislative and Telecommunications Fellowship Program is a professional, paid, full-time, 13-month experience that offers college graduates an unparalleled opportunity to work with the Ohio General Assembly. The Legislative Fellowship Program welcomes all majors and prior political experience is not required. Telecommunications Fellowship Program applicants should have a related degree or comparable video production experience.
Open Society Institute Community Fellowships The Open Society Fellowship was founded in 2008 to support individuals pursuing innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges. The fellowship funds work that will enrich public understanding of those challenges and stimulate far-reaching and probing conversations within the Open Society Foundations and in the world.
Radcliffe Institute Fellowships are designed to support scholars, scientists, artists, and writers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment who wish to pursue independent work in academic and professional fields and in the creative arts.
Schweitzer Fellows Program supports aspiring health professionals in projects of direct service to underserved communities. The fellows are selected from applications submitted by medical, nursing, public health, social work, and other health professional students. Students are encouraged to submit original proposals for projects that reflect Dr. Schweitzer's ethics. Medical students may also apply to be one of four Lambaréné Schweitzer Fellows, who are sent to work three months at the Schweitzer Hospital in Gabon.
Samuel Huntington Public Service Award is for graduating college seniors who wish to pursue public service for up to one year are eligible for this $10,000 stipend. Applicants may use the money for an individual project or for one that involves an educational, community, or religious organization. Awards are granted on the basis of the candidate's academic record, the quality of the proposal, and related personal achievements.
Soros Fellowships for New Americans Honors and supports the graduate educations of 30 New Americans – permanent residents or naturalized citizens if born abroad; otherwise children of naturalized citizen parents -- each year. At the time of their selection, fellows must be college seniors or early in the graduate programs for which they request support. Each fellow receives tuition and living expenses that can total as much as $90,000 over two academic years. Fellows can study in any degree-granting program in any field at any university in the United States.
State Policy Fellows tackle domestic policy challenges in areas like health care, taxes, anti-poverty policy, education, and public safety. Working in independent, highly respected think tanks located in state capitals, Fellows analyze the impact of state budget and tax policy choices on low-income residents and promote positive reforms. The program is run by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship selects individuals seeking admission to graduate school for the following year. Undergraduate students in their junior year may apply to the Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship The Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program provides funding to participants as they are prepared academically and professionally to enter the United States Department of State Foreign Service. Women, members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, and students with financial need are encouraged to apply.
The Trinity Fellows Program at Marquette University is a graduate fellowship program dedicated to developing urban leaders with a commitment to community service. Fellows participate in a 21-month study/work program while earning a Masters degree in one of ten fields of study.
U.S. Golf Association Fellowship in Leadership and Service is a two-year, post-graduate commitment with an option for a special project during the third year. It is aimed at developing recent college graduates professional skills such as leadership and organizational efficiency, educating them in the role of foundations and the nonprofit sector, and offering them experience in the golf world through one of its main governing bodies.
The Villers Fellowship The Villers Fellow works as a full-time policy analyst in Families USA’s Health Policy Department. The Fellowship is based in the Families USA office in Washington, D.C. and is designed to provide the Fellow with a national perspective on health care justice work and the opportunity to learn about a range of health care justice issues.
The Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice is a year-long, full-time, salaried fellowship. The Fellowship provides a unique opportunity to honor the memory of the late Senator Paul D. Wellstone by fostering the advancement of social justice through participation in healthcare advocacy work that focuses on the unique challenges facing many communities of color.
Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowships
The Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowships are state-based programs that seek to attract talented, committed individuals with backgrounds in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology into teaching in high-need urban and rural secondary schools. There are currently three state programs. Other states are expected to launch Woodrow Wilson state teaching fellowship programs in the future.
The Leonore Annenberg Teaching Fellowship—a national "Rhodes Scholarship" for teaching—will go to outstanding recent college graduates and career-changers who agree to work in urban and rural secondary schools serving high proportions of disadvantaged students.
The Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowships for Aspiring Teachers of Color seek to recruit, support, and retain individuals of color as K-12 public school teachers in the United States.
Youth Service Opportunities Project Fellows Program engages young people in direct service, while encouraging their development as the future leaders of nonprofit organizations. The program is a year-long fellowship for recent graduates. YSOP Fellows are involved with every aspect of the organization’s Workcamps and are placed in NYC or Washington, D.C.