Scholarship Opportunities and Other Programs

Junior Fellows Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 

IU Bloomington will nominate up to 2 students for this prestigious program, and each year we hold an internal competition to select our nominees. To be eligible, you must have senior standing and intend to graduate in May, 2013 or, if you have graduated within the past academic year you must not have begun a program of graduate studies.

 

Applicants should have completed a significant amount of course work in international affairs, political science, economics, history, Russian, Chinese, India or Middle East Studies, have an excellent academic record (minimum cumulative College GPA 3.750), in addition to strong research and writing skills. Specific language and other skills may be required for certain assignments. Nominees do not necessarily have to be U.S. citizens if they attend a University located in the United States. However, all applicants must be eligible to work in the United States for a full 12 months from August 1 through July 31 following graduation. Students on F-1 visas who are eligible to work in the US for the full year (August 1 through July 31) may apply for the program.

 

Junior Fellows work at the Carnegie Endowment in Washington, DC for a period of one year beginning on August 1, 2013. The monthly salary is $3,000 (equivalent to $36,000 annually), subject to federal, state, and local taxes. A generous benefits package is provided, including medical, dental, and life insurance as well as vacation leave. Junior Fellows are responsible for their own housing arrangements.

 

Junior Fellows have the opportunity to conduct research for books, participate in meetings with high-level officials, contribute to congressional testimony and organize briefings attended by scholars, activists, journalists and government officials.

 

                Deadline for submission of all materials to the College of Arts and Sciences:

 

Friday, November 9, 2012 at 4:00 p.m.

All materials (including letters of recommendation)

must be submitted to:

 

Dean Terri Greenslade, College of Arts and Sciences

Undergraduate Academic Affairs Office, Kirkwood Hall 012

 

The Carnegie Endowment does not accept direct student applications for this award. The IUB internal competition will be held by early December. After this internal competition, winners will be notified and IUB will forward the names of up to two successful nominees to the Carnegie Endowment. Finalists selected by the Carnegie Endowment are invited for personal interviews in February and early March. Those not selected for interviews will be notified in the month of February. Selection decisions will be made by the Carnegie Endowment no later than March 31^st.