2012 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs & Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowships
Organization: Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Application Deadline: January 30, 2012
Amount and Duration: $40,000 annually towards tuition costs (first) and related academic expenses during the first and second year of graduate study, pending availability of funding.
Overview
Greetings from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation (WWNFF):
As one of the United States’ top fellowship providers, we offer programs that cultivate talent and drive change in the nation’s high-need fields. Following is an exciting opportunity we’d like to share with you.
The WWNFF is now accepting applications for the 2012 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs & Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowships. We seek highly motivated and academically excellent college juniors and graduating seniors or recent graduates who have an interest in pursuing a Foreign Service career in the U.S. Department of State.
Funded by the U.S. Department of State, the programs honor Career Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, one of the country’s most respected Foreign Service Officers. The goal of the programs is to attract outstanding students from all ethnic and social backgrounds who are dedicated to representing America’s interests abroad. Women, members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, and students with financial need are encouraged to apply.
Funding Opportunity Description
Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship (GFAF) applicants must:
1.
Be a graduating senior or a recent graduate beginning a two-year, full-time master’s degree program in fall 2011 in fields such as public policy, international affairs, public administration, business, economics, political science, sociology or foreign languages
2.
Have a minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.2 or higher (on a scale of 4.0)
3.
Be a United States citizen
The Graduate Fellowship award includes:
• $40,000 annually towards tuition costs (first) and related academic expenses during the first and second year of graduate study, pending availability of funding.
•Two paid summer internships in Washington, DC and overseas
More Information
The program will select twenty Pickering Fellows annually.
Additional information concerning the 2012 Pickering Fellowships is available online on the Foundation’s website (www.woodrow.org/pickering), including electronic versions of the 2012 Pickering brochures. Students should also visit our website to initiate their online application, which describes other documents that each applicant must forward to the WWNFF.
In addition, all applicants must send the WWNFF a copy of their most recent financial aid letter that lists grants or loans, and provide a copy of the Student Aid Report (SAR), which indicates the Estimated Family Contribution (EFC) number.
If you’d like more information about the Pickering Graduate Fellowship Program, please email [email protected].
If you’d like more information about the Pickering Undergraduate Fellowship Program, please email [email protected].
Website URL
Find out more at www.woodrow.org/pickering
