Category: Underrepresented Groups

Qatar Foundation International AHS Summer Scholar Award

This scholarship will allow for funding to help with the cost of taking a summer class focused on the Arabic language for students who are committed to improving their fluency of the language. In order to be eligible for the scholarship, students must make an account on the Qatar Foundation International website and then sign up for the Arabic Honor Society. Signing up for the honor society is listed as being required to submit general personal information, several essays, and university records.

Deadline Month: April
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Internships at the European Parliament Office

This is a full-time, paid internship with the European Parliament Office in Washington, DC. These are three-month internships with the opportunity to extend the internship for an additional two months and are offered in both the fall and spring. As an intern, students will work with staffers to address policy issues, participate in events and meetings, prepare research papers and memos for the office, assist in managing high-profile visitors and additional events, and analyze legislation. Students will be working with topics that include financial services, energy, the environment, outreach and public diplomacy, counter-terrorism, and additional fields that contribute to the office.

Deadline Month: Other:
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Institute of Current World Affairs Writing Fellowship

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.

Deadline Month: January
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Federal Asian Pacific American Council Public Service Scholarship

The FAPAC Distinguished Public Service Scholarship Endowment Fund is a non-profit organization that promotes the recognition of Asian American and Pacific Islander students interested in public service who exhibit academic excellence and demonstrate a continuous effort to foster diversity and inclusion in AAPI communities.

Deadline Month: February
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Freedom House Junior Fellowship

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.

Deadline Month: February
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