Category: Post-Graduation Enrichment/Professional Development

Congressional Fellowships on Women and Public Policy

This fellowship is designed for graduate students or recent graduate students who have an interest in pursuing policy that is focused on legislation that affects the lives of women. If selected, fellows work forty (40) hours per week as a legislative assistant for a congressional office working on improving women’s rights and meet weekly to discuss the current issues affecting women. Fellows can come from nearly any discipline, but need to show a strong desire to work to improve the lives of women. The fellowship runs from January to July.

Deadline Month: June
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Council on Foreign Relations Fellowships

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.

Deadline Month: Other:
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Donald M. Payne Fellowship Program

The USAID Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship Program seeks to attract outstanding individuals who want to work on the front lines of pressing global challenges – poverty, hunger, injustice, disease, environmental degradation, climate change, conflict and violent extremism – through the US Agency for International Development Foreign Service.

Deadline Month: November
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Blakemore Freeman Fellowships

Blakemore Freeman Fellowships are awarded for one academic year of full-time, intensive language study of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, or Khmer at the advanced level in approved language programs in East or Southeast Asia. Applicants must be American citizens or permanent residents of the United States.

Deadline Month: December
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Careers in Government Job Board

The Careers in Government job board is an opportunity to not only search for federal and state employment, but also post a resume in order for it to be seen by those in those employers looking to fill positions. This search engine can sort employment opportunities by location, category of jobs (e.g. corrections, legal services, parks and recreation), and job type (e.g. full time, part time, intern). These positions are entirely varied and therefore the amount of experience that is necessary for each is equally varied as well. The employers are not only government organizations, but community colleges, public schools, universities, and more.

Deadline Month: Other:
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