The FAO Schwarz Fellowships are designed to develop leaders committed to creating social change. The Fellowships are paid two-year positions with benefits at leading nonprofit host organizations in Boston, New York City and Philadelphia.
Foreign Policy for America’s fellowship program offers a unique opportunity to help shape the future of American foreign policy. Fellows will gain hands on experience with foreign policy issues and advocacy, the politics of foreign policy, as well as non-profit management and administration.
Freedom House is seeking three motivated candidates for the nine-month Freedom in the World. Each Junior Fellow will be hired to join Freedom House as a fixed-term, salaried employee, eligible for a generous benefits package. Junior Fellows will be responsible for managing the research for one of the six geographic regions covered by Freedom in the World. The Junior Fellows will have the opportunity to establish expertise on a specific region and will be called on to provide analysis of that region for internal use and potentially in response to media and other external queries.
These fellowship opportunities are open to professionals with years of experiences in the field to make positive change to tackle racial inequality across the United States. The fellowships can range from one to two years and when an individual applies, they are considered for all of the listed projects that are available. These projects can have varied locations and goals, but all focus on advancing racial equity in one form or another.
The Future for Nature Award is a funding option for young conversationists between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five with an emphasis on species conservation, or specifically focusing on saving one specific species in the world. Examples that past winners have focused on include the giant armadillo, the Campbell’s alligator lizard, the jaguar, and the blue-throated macaw. To apply, the applicants must not only fit the age requirement, but must demonstrate a passion for conservation work and show their current efforts in species conservation that will continue long after this award. To present their efforts over a year with the award, awardees will attend the Future For Nature Award event at Royal Burgers’ Zoo in Arnhem, the Netherlands and will be able to effectively network in order to help them in continuing their conservation efforts through connections and further funding opportunities.
The International Parliamentary Scholarship at the German Bundestag gives young professionals the opportunity to experience how the German Parliament works over the course of five months, with three of these spent working in a Member’s office.
Immigrants Rising has compiled a list of scholarships and fellowships that do not require proof of US citizenship or legal permanent residency, including many open to undocumented individuals without DACA
This fellowship is focused on writing and understanding societies besides our own on a deeper level through research and reporting. In exchange for a letter of intent and a strong plan for research through a deeply immersive experience in another culture, the Institute of Current World Affairs can potentially fund an entire project for an individual and their immediate family, if they choose to move with the individual conducting research.
Individuals who study abroad are expected to have the necessary language skills to succeed in their research in that country in addition to strong English speaking and writing skills and strong ties to the United States if they are not a U.S. citizen. Candidates must also be under the age of thirty-six at the time of the letter of intent’s due date and must be finished with their current degree within six months of their selection, whether that is undergraduate, graduate, or other studies.
This is a collection of fellowships offered by the Council on Foreign Relations that support professionals in the field gain higher understandings of foreign policy, either domestically or abroad. There are fellowships for simply policy-related work, in addition to programs to Canada, India, and Japan, as well as those specifically for military personnel or international relations professors. These fellowships are incredibly diverse in what they offer to the individuals who are accepted, which also varies on the fellowship itself.
The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe seeks candidates for its Max Kampelman Fellowship program. The program is open to students with previous internship experience. Fellows work in political and military affairs, economic and environmental matters, or respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.