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The list of resources and links below were compiled from various websites as a resource for minority policy and international affairs professionals, policy and international affairs students, and fellows & alumni of the Sloan-Woodrow Wilson-PPIA Fellowship Programs. This list is neither meant to be comprehensive nor an endorsement of any of the programs listed below.
- COMPAS Project Webmaster
Sloan-Woodrow Wilson-PPIA Fellow & Alumni Resources
Academy for Educational Development - PPIA Fellowship Program
2000-2001 Regional Conference Information
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Note - This site contains information regarding the initiative currently underway by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) and the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs to develop a new program that will succeed the PPIA Fellowship Program.
Public Policy & International Affairs Professional Associations
Policy & International Affairs Professional Development Programs
The Federal and Foreign Affairs Executive Fellows Program provides opportunities within the US and abroad. for mid-career and senior federal employees through a special one year fellowship program.
The Fulbright Senior Specialist Program sends leading U.S. faculty and accomplished professionals around the world to teach and do research for terms ranging from three months to an academic year.
The Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace at the United States Institute of Peace awards Senior Fellowships to enable outstanding scholars, policymakers, journalists, military officers and other professionals to conduct research on important issues concerning international conflict and peace.
The purpose of the International Career Advancement Program (ICAP) is to help bring greater diversity to the staffing of senior management and policy-making positions in international public service, both governmental and private non-profit.
Since 1964 the White House Fellowships have offered outstanding young Americans the opportunity to participate in the day to day business of governing the nation.
Public Policy & International Affairs Institutes (As of 3/1/01)
Note - For more information on the any of the following summer programs and application requirements please contact the host school listed below...
The Woodrow Wilson School offers a summer program in policy analysis for students of color from historically underrepresented backgrounds interested in pursuing careers in public policy and international affairs. The Junior Summer Institute is held at Princeton University from June through August.
The Richard & Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley will host this Annual Summer Institute in policy skills for students interested in pursuing professional careers in public policy and international affairs (UCPPIA). The University of California Office of the President sponsors this program to enhance diversity and better meet the needs of the State for analytical talent in the public sector. As such, the Institute seeks students who demonstrate a commitment to policy issues most affecting historically under-served communities and people of color.
The University of Maryland School of Public Affairs hosts a Summer Program in Public Policy and International Affairs from June-August. This intensive seven-week program will offer participants an opportunity to closely explore international and domestic policy issues within a framework of study that includes economics, statistics, leadership theory, and policy analysis. A strong emphasis will be placed on improving quantitative and analytic skills. The program includes discussions with a variety of policy makers on the local, state and national level in the public, private and non-profit sectors.
The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan offers an intensive seven-week program from June to July. The Summer Program emphasizes the improvement of communicative and quantitative skills vital to success in public policy and international affairs. To increase the diversity of students pursuing graduate programs in public policy and international affairs, students are selected from groups underrepresented in public policy and international affairs.
Other Policy & International Affairs Fellowship Programs
AAUW is a national organization that promotes education and equity for all women and girls. The AAUW Educational Foundation is one of the nation's largest sources of private funding for educational programs that directly benefit women and girls. The Foundation funds pioneering research on girls and education, community action projects, and fellowships and grants for outstanding women around the globe. Phone: 1-800-326-AAUW
The CBCF Fellows Program is an in-depth nine-month Fellowship that allows for greater research and public policy analysis opportunities. It was established after the Committee on House Administration released a report finding that Black professionals were seriously under-represented on Capitol Hill. Fellows gain invaluable experience in assisting in the development of legislative and public policy initiatives while working as congressional staff. Fellows work 40 hours per week on a range of staff assignments, including research and analysis, responding to constituent mail, drafting legislation and coordinating logistics and public testimony for Congressional hearings. Application Deadline: April 1, annually.
The Mickey Leland Hunger Fellows Program is a year-long fellowship that trains emerging leaders over the age of 18 years in the fight against hunger. Each year it provides twenty leaders with a broad understanding of the problem of hunger, the skills necessary to contribute to a solution, and the personal experience that puts faces and names to these issues. Leland Fellows spend the first six months of the program working in grassroots organizations at sites throughout the country learning about hunger and poverty through hands-on experiences. The following six months are spent in Washington, D.C. at national nonprofit organizations working on hunger and poverty policy.
The Coro Fellows Program is a full time, graduate-level program conducted each year in Los Angeles, New York, St. Louis and San Francisco. Forty-eight participants, twelve at each center, are selected from a national pool of approximately 400 applicants. The program offers intensive, experienced-based leadership training in public affairs. For nine months, Coro Fellows spend at least 50 hours a week in a unique series of internships, interviews, public service projects and seminars. Fellows are encouraged to view the program as their laboratory; to experiment with and experience life in the public affairs arena.
The Development Fund for Black Students in Science and Technology (DFBSST) is an endowment fund which provides scholarships to African American undergraduate students enrolled in scientific or technical fields of study at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The Fund was established by a group of concerned black technical professionals who realized that it is essential to provide financial assistance to talented black students who choose to pursue scientific or technical careers. Additionally, these students are supported at historically black institutions of higher learning, where it has been demonstrated that they will experience the highest rates of retention and graduation. The Development Fund provides scholarships of up to $2,000 per year, for a period of up to 4 years. Scholarship Applications are only available through the Financial Aid Offices of pre-qualified schools.
Dororthy Compton Fellowships support African American, Hispanic American, and Native American students pursuing M.A. or Ph.D. degrees in preparation for careers in international affairs. Applicants must be African American, Hispanic American, and Native American students pursuing the M.A. or Ph.D. degree. Fellowships are generally awarded to students of political science, economics, and international relations. Applicants must be U.S. citizens pursuing degrees from U.S. institutions. The purpose of the program is to promote scholarly examination of political, economic, and social issues that affect the security, well-being, and dignity of the peoples of the world. Contact Kenneth W. Thompson, Dorothy Danforth Compton Fwshp. Compet., 1755 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036.
The U.S. Student Program is designed to give recent B.S./B.A. graduates, master's and doctoral candidates, and young professionals and artists opportunities for personal development and international experience. Most grantees plan their own programs. Projects may include university coursework, independent library or field research, classes in a music conservatory or art school, special projects in the social or life sciences, or a combination. Telephone: contact your campus representative.
The Gates Millennium Scholars initiative, funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and administered by the United Negro College Fund and partners, is aimed at expanding access and opportunity to higher education to those citizens who will help reflect the diverse society in which we live. The Foundation seeks to increase the number of African-Americans, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asian Pacific Americans, and Hispanic Americans enrolling in and completing undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Telephone: 1-877-690-GMSP.
The Greenlining Institute, a Multi-Ethnic Public Policy Institute located in San Francisco, is seeking candidates for its Multi-Ethnic Academy Fellowships and Internships in Public Policy and Economic Development. The Academy is a public policy and leadership training program for recent college graduates and graduate students who are pursuing careers in the field of public policy, urban planning, minority advocacy, and economic development.
The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation recognizes college juniors with exceptional leadership potential who are committed to careers in government, the non-profit or advocacy sectors, education or elsewhere in the public service and provides them with financial support for graduate study, leadership training, and fellowship with other students who are committed to making a difference through public service.
IIPP aims to increase awareness of and interest in careers in international service among undergraduate students, especially students who are members of underrepresented minority groups, by identifying, recruiting and preparing them through a sequential program of policy institutes, study abroad, language training, internships and graduate education. E-mail:IIPP@uncf.org.
The Marshall Scholarship is an award given by the British government for two years of study in the United Kingdom awarded to forty or so intellectually distinguished young Americans who will one day become leaders, opinion formers and decision makers in their own country. E-mail: enquiries@bc-washingtondc.bcouncil.org.
NSEP Graduate International Fellowships enable U.S. graduate students to pursue specialization in area and language study or to add an important international dimension to their education. NSEP Fellowships support students pursuing the study of languages, cultures, and world regions which are critical to U.S. national security, but which are less frequently studied by U.S. graduate students, i.e., areas of the world other than Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Telephone: 1-800-498-9360.
The NSEP undergraduate fellowship program was designed to provide American undergraduates with the resources and encouragement they need to acquire skills and experience in countries and areas of the world critical to the future security of our nation. Telephone: 1-800-618-NSEP.
The National Urban/Rural Fellows (NU/RF) is a graduate fellowship that offers a unique learning experience: a fourteen month academic program combined with a practical hands-on nine month mentorship with a senior public administrator. After successful completion of all academic and fellowship requirements, the Fellow is awarded a Master of Public Administration.
The purpose of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans is to provide opportunities for continuing generations of able and accomplished New Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields and to partake of the American dream. Fellows must have shown potential in the fields for which they seek further education; the capacity for creativity, persistence and work; and the commitment to the values of the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights, which protect the American dream.
The Population Fellows Programs, administered by the University of Michigan School of Public Health and funded by the United States Agency for International Development, were established to train the next generation of leaders in international population assistance. The programs include the Populations Fellows Program, the Population-Environment Fellows Program, the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Initiative, the Hispanic-serving Institutions Initiative, and the Population, Environmental Change, and Security Initiative. These five components are designed to further the professional development of those building careers in international family planning and reproductive health; exploring the emerging field of population-environment; or engaged in essential dialogue on the relationship among population dynamics, environmental degradation, and international security.
The Rhodes Scholarships, the oldest international fellowships, were initiated after the death of Cecil Rhodes in 1902, and now bring outstanding students from many countries around the world to the Oxford University. In the United States, applicants for Rhodes Scholarships must be U.S. citizens, aged eighteen or over but not yet twenty-four on October 1 in the year of application. They must also have academic standing sufficient to assure completion of a Bachelor's degree before going into residence in Oxford the following October in the event of election to a Scholarship.
The goal of the Program is to launch careers in the Commercial Service -- this nation's leading trade promotion organization operating in over 220 cities across the U.S. and around the world in support of U.S. private sector interests abroad. The Program is designed to afford an increasing number of promising and culturally diverse students the opportunity to prepare for professional careers in the Commercial Foreign Service.
The Ron Brown Scholar Program is a national program that awards scholarships to academically talented, highly motivated African-American high school seniors who intend to pursue undergraduate degrees full-time. The Program honors the late Ronald H. Brown, Secretary of Commerce during the Clinton administration. These scholarships are reserved for exceptional individuals who share Brown's traits of excellence, leadership, commitment to public service, and desire to make a difference. In addition, applicants must demonstrate financial need.
The Thomas J. Watson Foundation provides Watson Fellows an opportunity for a focused and disciplined Wanderjahr of their own devising - to thoroughly explore a particular interest, to test their aspirations and abilities, to view their lives and American society in greater perspective and, concomitantly, to develop a more informed sense of international concern. The fellowship experience is intended to provide fellows an opportunity to immerse themselves in other cultures for an entire year. Administered in cooperation with fifty-one private colleges and universities throughout the United States, the Watson Fellowship provides a grant of $22,000 to each recipient, who must be graduating seniors at one of the participating colleges.
The WLPPFP brings lawyers to Washington for one year to work in public interest organizations on pressing women's rights issues. The selection process for Fellows is highly competitive and draws recent law graduates from across the country and recently from outside the United States. Fellows selected for participation are placed with different organizations, including women's rights groups, civil rights groups, Congressional offices, government agencies, and the Georgetown University Law Center Domestic Violence Clinic.