DON'T MISS THIS ONE - Nonprofit and Public Policy Fellowships
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DON'T MISS THIS ONE: Fellowship Opportunities
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- Searchable database of fellowships - some are fellowships for undergraduate and graduate study, others for work opportunities, others for internships.
Summer Fellowship in Social Enterprise for Sophomores
- Experience will sponsor 10 college sophomores on a Summer Fellowship to drive a strategic initiative with a nonprofit organization.
- Summer Fellows will participate in trainings and workshops designed to teach skills that are calibrated for use in the nonprofit sector but relevant across sectors.
- Each Fellow is matched with a mentor from a top management consulting firm, including Accenture, Bain, BCG, Bridgespan, McKinsey, and Mercer.
- Each Fellow will receive a $1,250 award, a summer T-pass for transportation within Boston, as well as a work/study payment, if eligible.
- Program begins in late May and ends late August.
- All positions are based in Boston .
- Application deadline: usually beginning of March
Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice
- The Wellstone fellowship is designed to increase the number of Black/African American, Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, and American Indian social justice leaders.
- Candidates seeking consideration for the Wellstone fellowship must demonstrate an interest in health care policy and a commitment to contributing to social justice work following their year of hands-on experience as a fellow.
- The fellowship will last one year. The selected fellow will receive a compensation package that includes an annual stipend ($35,000) and excellent health care benefits.
- Application Deadline: usually beginning of February
Villers Fellowship for Health Care Justice
- The Villers fellow will play an integral role in Families USA’s work to expand access to health coverage for all Americans.
- Candidates seeking consideration for the Villers fellowship must demonstrate a commitment to social and health care justice work following their year of hands-on experience as a fellow. Additionally, in order to further the development of future leaders, Villers fellows must commit to mentoring at least one person at some point over the course of their careers.
- The fellowship will last one year. The selected fellow will receive a compensatory package that includes an annual stipend of $35,000 and excellent health care benefits.
- Application Deadline: usually beginning of February
Boston College Advanced Study Grant Program
- Advanced Study Grants to Boston College undergraduates have funded a wide array of summer projects during the past few years.
- Student proposals should be built upon past accomplishments and lay the foundation for things that the student has in mind for the future.
- What succeeds are imaginative, unusual and yet feasible proposals that are clearly explained.
- Questions can be directed to the Fellowships Committee Administrator Linda MacKaye at mackayli@bc.edu or at 617-552-0740.
- Fellowship for rising juniors and seniors who might be suited to ministry and theological education and who are nominated by college faculty and administration.
- Benefits include a $2,000 stipend to use for educational expenses or exploration of ministry and attendance to the FTE Conference on Excellence in Ministry.
Echoing Green 2007 Fellowship Program
- Echoing Green is a global social venture fund that identifies, funds, and supports visionary leaders with bold new ideas for social change.
- Fellows work in all public service areas including but not limited to education, youth development, health, housing, environmental justice, civil and human rights, economic development, social justice, the arts, and immigration.
- Leaders over the age of 18 from any nation, working in any field are eligible to apply for the fellowship.
- Application deadline: usually beginning of December
The Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship
- Emerson Hunger Fellows shape and implement local anti-hunger programs all over the US, and then research and support national policy initiatives in Washington, DC.
- Applicants should exhibit a commitment to social justice, demonstrate leadership qualities and skills, creativity and initiative in problem solving, a willingness to learn from experts in the field, and commitment to the search for new models in anti-hunger and anti-poverty work.
- Applicants must be of US citizenship or permanent residency and have a Bachelor's degree.
- Application deadline: usually January
- The goal of the Latino Fellowship Program is to increase the representation of Latinos in the US public health work force.
- Eligibility of the fellowship is contingent on being admitted as a full-time Master of Public Health student in the Program on Reproductive, Adolescent, and Child Health in the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health at the Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University.
- Fellows receive full tuition up to the maximum of 45 credits required for the Master of Public Health degree at the Mailman School of Public Health. (The 45-credit program is normally completed in two years.)
- One to two fellowships are offered each year.
- Application Deadline: usually beginning of February.
United States Golf Association Fellowship in Leadership & Service
- The Fellowship is a two-year professional commitment aimed at developing recent college graduates' professional skills such as leadership and organizational efficiency, educating them in the role of philanthropy and the non-profit sector, and offering them experience in the golf world, specifically, with the USGA, the governing body of golf.
- Fellows participate in extensive, continuous professional development opportunities, from taking classes in non-profit management to speaking publicly across the country.
- Application Deadline: usually beginning of January
- Start date for the program is usually June
The Urban Institute's Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy Emerging Scholar Award
- Ten week summer program for individuals who currently are pursuing graduate education in academic fields relevant to the study of the nonprofit and philanthropic sector
- Qualifications: Applicants must be members of a group that is traditionally underrepresented in the field of philanthropic and nonprofit sector research, and have a demonstrated interest in and aptitude for third sector research and have knowledge of quantitative methods and statistical packages such as SAS and SPSS
- Recipients are expected to work 40 hours per week at the Urban Institute
- Compensation will be based on academic training and work experience
- Applications deadline: usually March
Kip Tiernan Education and Social Justice Fellowship
- One year fellowship designed to provide support for an individual who seeks to create, design, or otherwise carry out an effort which will some way further the broad mission of assisting and empowering poor and homeless women.
- Fellows are paid a generous stipend and provided with health and dental benefits, as well as given administrative support and office space at Rosie's Place.
- For further information, contact the executive director at Rosie's Place at 617-442-9322. Applications are available upon request. Information sessions are offered on a periodic basis; please call Rosie's Place to learn when the next session will be held.
- Applications are also available at the Boston College Career Resource Library.
- Application deadline: Early December
Harvard's Public Service Fellowships
- Sponsored through the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government
- Two programs: The Zuckerman Fellows Program and the Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Fellowships in Social Entrepreneurship
- The Zuckerman Fellows Program
- Seeks to prepare leaders for the common good who can bring a multidisciplinary perspective to bear on public sector problems.
- Fellows receive full tuition and health insurance fees for one year plus a $30,000 stipend.
- The Reynolds Foundation Fellowship in Social Entrepreneurship
- Seeks to accelerate the preparation of a new generation of public leaders who can bring the insights of entrepreneurship and management to bear on social problems.
- Fellows receive full tuition plus health insurance and a $21,000 stipend.
- Applications due beginning of January
Massachusetts Service Alliance Fellow
- Fifteen Massachusetts Promise Fellows serve one year with non-profit organizations and state and local agencies in order to actively engage citizens, corporations, organizations, and communities to improve the lives of children by guaranteeing access to fundamental resources children need to grow to be healthy and productive adults.
- The Massachusetts Service Alliance is the nonprofit state commission on community service. The mission of the Alliance is to generate an ethic of service throughout the Commonwealth by creating and supporting diverse, high quality service and volunteer opportunities for all ages groups, resulting in stronger communities and more active citizens
- Stipend and Benefits During 12 months of full-time service Fellows receive: a $13,000 living allowance, health insurance, excellent training, free coursework at Northeastern University, $4,725 post-service educational award
The Mickey Leland Hunger Fellows Program
- The Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellowship is a two-year initiative that begins with a one-year field placement in countries throughout South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America.
- Field placements include national and international non-governmental organizations, private commercial organizations, and bi-lateral and multi-lateral organizations.
- Fellows then spend a second year assisting with policy formulation in the headquarters of the organizations where they served during their field placements. Field and policy placements are coordinated so that timely, innovative information from the field translates into appropriate policies that address root causes of hunger.
Fellowship in Creative Responses to Homelessness
- Sponsored by the Common Ground Community, a not-for-profit housing organization focusing on providing housing and economic development as well as job development opportunities for the homeless and low-income adults in New York City.
- The Fellows will work as staff members and participate in seminars, conferences and events designed to complement and enhance the practical work experience at Common Ground.
- Fellows will be provided with a housing unit at The Chelsea Residence. In addition, a yearly stipend of $10,728, health and dental benefits will be provided (as of 2002-2003 academic year).
- Applications usually due by early April.
- More information available at the Career Resource Library, or call 212-279-2079, ext. 205.
Fund for Theological Education, Inc.: Ministry and Undergraduate Fellowships
- The fund enables gifted young people from different racial and ethnic backgrounds within the Christian faith to flourish.
- Application deadline is normally beginning of April for Ministry Fellowships and beginning of March for Undergraduate Fellowships.
- Application is available through the link above.
Participants in the BC Postgraduate Volunteer Fair
- The opportunities include teaching in inner-city schools, social work, wilderness-based therapeutic programs for troubled teens, bringing emergency help to victims of war, providing health training, working in homeless shelters and food banks, and even working at a Christian radio station in Alaska.
- AmeriCorps is the national service program that allows people of all ages and backgrounds to earn help paying for education in exchange for a year of service.
- AmeriCorps members meet community needs with services that range from housing renovation to child immunization to neighborhood policing. Currently, more than 25,000 AmeriCorps members serve in over 430 programs across the country.
El Pomar Fellowship in Community Service
- Eligibility: College graduates
- A 2-year postgraduate job for individuals interested in leadership development in the public, private and nonprofit sectors. Fellows gain valuable experience through managing and directing the Foundation's operating programs. Fellows also receive further education in the areas of financial management, public speaking, leadership theories/concepts, and philanthropy.
- They require that applicants have a Colorado connection, as all of El Pomar Foundation's programs take place within the borders of Colorado. A Colorado connection is defined as having attended a Colorado university, having lived in Colorado, or having immediate family living in Colorado.
- Deadline: Application usually due in January
- For an application, contact the El Pomar Foundation at 10 Lake Circle, Colorado Springs, CO 80906. (800) 554-7711.
Samuel Huntington Public Service Award
- The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award provides an annual stipend of $10,000 for a graduating senior to pursue public service anywhere in the world. The award allows recipients to engage in a meaningful public service activity for up to one year before proceeding on to graduate school or a career.
- All graduating students from accredited colleges are invited to apply.
- Amount: $10,000 (as of 2007-2008 academic year).
- Deadline: usually early February.
New Voices National Fellowship Program
- Sponsored program areas are: international human rights, women's rights, racial justice/civil rights and many more.
- A New Voices Fellowship offers the following benefits: support for salary and fringe benefits for two years, financial assistance to cover student loans and/or other approved expenses, professional mentoring and a professional development account, and biannual leadership training conferences.
- For more information, click on the above link, or call 202-884-8051.
The Boston Schweitzer Fellows Program
- The Boston Schweitzer Fellows Program offers year long community service fellowships to students who are enrolled in health-related degree programs.
- Any student enrolled in a Boston area degree-granting program in a health-related field is welcomed to apply.
- Fellows receive a stipend of $2,000 - the first half during the months of service and the second half upon completion of the service project and other responsibilities (as of 2002-2003 academic year).
- Public Service
- $1500 awarded to one or more undergraduate or graduate students working in public service.
- Applicants should send a resume together with a statement of short and long term goals to J.W. Saxe Memorial Fund, 1524 31st Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20007.
- Include statements from three references as well as a supporting letter from a faculty member.
- Deadline to apply: usually March
- More information available in the Career Resource Library.
The Delay the Real World Fellowship
- Sponsored by Running Press Publishers, is a $5,000 award for the twentysomething who proposes the best plan to avoid the cubicle. The winner could be anything from a health educator in Thailand, to a ski instructor in Switzerland, to an organic farmer in New Mexico. The most crucial pre-requisite is a passion for something that the 9-5 grind doesn't offer.
- Details about the Delay the Real World fellowship and applications are available online.
- The deadline is usually April and the winner will be notified the first week of May.
- Public Allies places young adults in paid one-year community leadership positions in non-profits or government agencies, with 1 day/week in training seminars. They select the community's most promising leaders to serve as Allies - talented young adults, aged 18 - 30, who commit to ten months of intensive leadership training and a professional apprenticeship.
- Allies receive a living allowance, health and child care benefits, and an educational award.
- They create full-time professional apprenticeships in non-profit and public agencies where Allies take responsibility for projects in areas such as youth development, health, education, economic development, and public safety.
Long Term Care Administrative Fellowship Program
- The Jewish Home for the Elderly in Fairfield, Connecticut is now accepting applications for its Administrative Fellowship Program in long-term care/health services administration.
- The program is designed to meet the needs of interested individuals, completing or having completed a masters degree in health services administration, public health, gerontology and seeking to pursue a career in long-term care.
- Selected candidates will receive a competitive stipend with a full employment benefit package for a 12-month period.
- The application deadline is usually in March.
- Send resume and letter of introduction to:
Christina Ciminello
Jewish Home for the Elderly
175 Jefferson Street
Fairfield, CT 06825
Telephone: (203) 396-1039
E-mail: ccliminello@jhe.org
- The purpose of the Fellowship is threefold: (1) to help expand the fundraising capacity of the social justice community (2) to offer career opportunities to persons of color in development and (3) to further the understanding of diversity in donor relations.
- The fellowship program will identify and support persons of color who are aspiring development professionals, have demonstrated a commitment to civil rights and social justice, and wish to advance their careers in nonprofit fundraising.
- Fellows serve two-year terms of employment with annual salary between $40,000 and $65,000