For all juniors and seniors (plus grad students!) interested in a career in the Foreign Service field with the U.S. Department of State, the Pickering Fellowship funds graduate study (up to $37,500 annually), provides internship opportunities, mentorship, and professional development. Apply now for the 2015 Thomas R. Pickering Fellowship Foreign Affairs Fellowship!
Qualifications:
Graduate Fellowship Application deadline: January 16, 2015
Undergraduate Fellowship Application deadline: January 23, 2015
Qualifications:
- Highly motivated
- Academically excellent (minimum GPA of 3.2)
- For an undergraduate fellowship: junior year student
- For a graduate fellowship: current college senior or college graduate entering a 2-year Master's program in 2015
- Women, members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, and students with financial need are encouraged to apply
Graduate Fellowship Application deadline: January 16, 2015
Undergraduate Fellowship Application deadline: January 23, 2015
Funded by the U.S. Department of State, the Pickering Programs honor Career Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, one of the country's most respected Foreign Service Officers. The goal of the program is to attract outstanding students from all ethnic and social backgrounds who are dedicated to representing America's interests abroad. The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, which administers the Pickering Fellowships, identifies and develops leaders and institutions to meet the nation's most critical challenges.
