2014-2015 Carnegie Junior Fellows Program Announcement

I write to encourage you to urge your best graduating seniors who have a strong interest in international affairs to apply for the Junior Fellows Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace for the 2014-2015 program year. Please note that students who graduated within the last academic year, but who have not begun graduate studies are also eligible for consideration. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States. As one of the world’s leading think tanks specializing in international affairs, the Endowment conducts programs of research, discussion, publication, and education.

Junior Fellows have the opportunity to work at the Endowment in Washington, DC for the period of one year and provide research assistance to scholars working on Carnegie Endowment’s projects. This year the Junior Fellow positions are available in the following areas:

§  Democracy

§  Nuclear Policy

§  Energy and Climate

§  Middle East Program - Native or near-native Arabic language skills essential.

§  South Asia Program - Strong background  in international relations, strategy and military issues, comparative politics, and/or international political economy is essential. Quantitative data manipulation skills essential (fluency in R, SPSS, or Stata a plus). Note:  foreign language skills not required.

§  China Studies (Asia Program) - Mandarin Chinese reading skills a huge plus.

§  Japan Studies (Asia Program) - Japanese language skills required.

§  Southeast Asia Studies (Asia Program)- Background in politics and economics of the region and knowledge of quantitative techniques a plus.

§  Economics (Asia Program) - Mandarin Chinese reading skills a huge plus.

§  Russia/Eurasia Program - Excellent Russian language skills required. 

IU Bloomington will nominate up to two outstanding candidates (in different program areas) to the national competition. Students who wish to be considered for this program are chosen via an internal competition and then the applications of our nominees are forwarded to the Carnegie Endowment. The Carnegie Endowment does not accept direct student applications for this award. If they are selected, candidates must be available to work for one year beginning August 1, 2014. Junior Fellows currently receive an annual salary of $37,000 in addition to a full benefits package.

To apply for the College’s internal competition, students must first register with and pick up application materials from Terri Greenslade, Assistant Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Academic Affairs Office (Owen Hall). Students should Ms. McCormick at 855-1647 to arrange a time to meet with Dean Greenslade. The deadline for submission of all materials for the internal competition is:  Friday, November 8, 2013 at 4:00 p.m.  Complete application packets must be delivered by the deadline to Owen Hall 104.

Complete details about the Carnegie Junior Fellows program are available at: http://www.carnegieendowment.org/about/index.cfm?fa=jrFellows. We have also attached a flyer for posting in your department or to send to your students.

Should you or your students have questions or need additional information about this exciting opportunity, please do not hesitate to contact Dean Terri Greenslade, IU’s designated nominating official, by phone at 812-855-1647 or via email at: tgreensl@indiana.edu.