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DAAD German Studies Research Grant

DAAD

This specialized DAAD program offers German studies research grants to highly qualified undergraduate and graduate students who are nominated by their department or program chairs. The grant may be used for short-term research (one to two months) in Germany. The program encourages research and promotes the study of cultural, political, historical, economic, and social aspects of modern and contemporary German affairs from an inter- and multidisciplinary perspective. Third- and fourth-year students pursuing German studies as well as master's and PhD students in the humanities and social sciences earning a certificate or working on a project in German studies who are US citizens or permanent residents are eligible. Canadian citizens are also eligible.

Award Type

  • Research Funding Master's or Professional
  • Research Funding Recent Alum
  • Research Funding Undergraduate
  • Summer

Focus Area

  • Humanities
  • Social Sciences

Year in School

  • Research Funding Master's or Professional
  • Research Funding Recent Alum
  • Research Funding Undergraduate
  • Summer

Location

  • International

Citizenship

  • Non-Citizen
  • Permanent Resident
  • U.S. Citizen

DAAD Research Grant

DAAD

Research Grants offers a range of opportunities to highly qualified candidates, from a three-week summer course to internships. The Undergraduate Scholarship is for students interested in studying abroad in Germany, research grants allow you to pursue research in the field of German Studies, language study, and internships provide practical research or work experience in Germany in academia, at the German parliament, the Bundestag, or an independent project.

Award Type

  • Research Funding Master's or Professional
  • Research Funding Recent Alum
  • Study Abroad and Language Study
  • Summer

Focus Area

  • Arts
  • Architecture
  • Music
  • Humanities
  • Science
  • Technology
  • Engineering
  • Math
  • Social Sciences

Year in School

  • Research Funding Master's or Professional
  • Research Funding Recent Alum
  • Study Abroad and Language Study
  • Summer

Location

  • International

Citizenship

  • Non-Citizen
  • Permanent Resident
  • U.S. Citizen

Dartmouth Institute's Health Policy Fellows Program

The RWJF Health Policy Fellows program includes an intensive three-and-a-half-month orientation arranged by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), followed by placement in a congressional or executive office. Fellows are tasked with helping to develop legislative or regulatory proposals and briefing legislators or senior administration officials on a range of health issues, among other responsibilities.

Exceptional mid-career professionals from academic faculties, government and nonprofit health care organizations who are interested in experiencing the health policy process at the federal level are encouraged to apply.

Award Type

  • Internships
  • Tuition Support Master's and Professional

Focus Area

  • Science
  • Technology
  • Engineering
  • Math

Year in School

  • Internships
  • Tuition Support Master's and Professional

Location

  • Domestic

Citizenship

  • Permanent Resident
  • U.S. Citizen

Data Science for Social Good Summer Fellowship

The University of ChicagoThe Data Science for Social Good Summer Fellowship is a University of Chicago summer program to train aspiring data scientists to work on data mining, machine learning, big data, and data science projects with social impact. Working closely with governments and nonprofits, fellows take on real-world problems in education, health, energy, public safety, transportation, economic development, international development, and more. For three months, fellows learn, hone, and apply their data science, analytical, and coding skills, collaborate in a fast-paced atmosphere, and learn from mentors coming from industry and academia.

Award Type

  • Internships
  • Summer

Focus Area

  • Science
  • Technology
  • Engineering
  • Math
  • Social Sciences

Year in School

  • Internships
  • Summer

Location

  • Domestic
  • International

Citizenship

  • Non-Citizen
  • Permanent Resident
  • U.S. Citizen

Detroit Fellowship

Humanity in ActionHumanity in Action’s Detroit Fellowship is an immersive educational program about inequality, development, and opportunity in Detroit. Each year, the fellowship brings together emerging leaders who are committed to social justice and equitable economic progress. As one of Humanity in Action’s seven annual fellowships, the Detroit Fellowship introduces university students and young professionals to the Humanity in Action network of more than 1,700 established and emerging leaders. 

Award Type

  • Summer

Focus Area

  • Government
  • Public Policy
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Service and Development Projects

Year in School

  • Summer

Location

  • Domestic

Citizenship

  • Non-Citizen
  • Permanent Resident
  • U.S. Citizen

Diverse Voices in Science Journalism Internship

The American Association for the Advancement of Science is proud to offer a summer internship program for students interested in journalism as a career and who want to learn about science writing. Experience what it’s like to cover the scientific and technological issues that shape our global community. The Internship takes place at the Washington, D.C. headquarters of AAAS’s Science magazine, the largest interdisciplinary journal in the world. The program is a paid, 10-week experience under the guidance of the weekly magazine’s award-winning staff of professional science writers and editors.

Award Type

  • Internships

Focus Area

  • Journalism
  • Science
  • Technology
  • Engineering
  • Math

Year in School

  • Internships

Location

  • Domestic
  • International

Citizenship

  • U.S. Citizen

Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship


Payne International Development Fellowship

The Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship Program seeks outstanding young people who are interested in pursuing careers in the Foreign Service of the US Agency for International Development (USAID). If you want to work on the front lines of some of the most pressing global challenges of our times—poverty, hunger, injustice, disease, environmental degradation, climate change, conflict and violent extremism–the Foreign Service of the USAID provides an opportunity to advance US foreign policy interests and reflect the American people's compassion and support of human dignity. The Payne Fellowship, which provides up to $96,000 in benefits over two years for graduate school, internships, and professional development activities, provides a unique pathway to the USAID Foreign Service. The Payne Fellowship encourages the application of members of minority groups who have historically been underrepresented in international development careers and those with financial need. Students who are seeking admittance to a graduate program and who are US citizens are eligible to apply.

Award Type

  • Tuition Support Master's and Professional

Focus Area

  • Government
  • Public Policy
  • Foreign Affairs

Year in School

  • Tuition Support Master's and Professional

Location

  • Domestic

Citizenship

  • U.S. Citizen

Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory Fellowship Program

The Infectious Diseases Laboratory Fellowship Program trains and prepares scientists for careers in public health laboratories and supports public health initiatives related to infectious disease research. The program strives to provide a high quality training experience for the Fellow while providing workforce capacity to the public health laboratory community.

The program is a one-year full-time working fellowship for master’s-degree level scientists. Fellows are placed in local and state public health laboratories throughout the US to receive training in bench-level laboratory skills and methods, and assist with high-priority infectious disease testing, surveillance, and control measures. 

Fellows receive a stipend and allowances for medical insurance, travel to the host laboratory, professional development and complimentary student membership to APHL. The stipend starts at $41,000/year, with a cost of living adjustment for major metropolitan areas.

Focus Area

  • Science
  • Technology
  • Engineering
  • Math

Year in School

Location

  • Domestic
  • International

Citizenship

  • Permanent Resident
  • U.S. Citizen

Emerson National Hunger Fellows Program

The Emerson National Hunger Fellows Program is a social justice program that trains, inspires, and sustains leaders. Fellows gain field experience fighting hunger and poverty through placements in community based organizations across the country, and policy experience through placements in Washington, D.C. The program bridges community-based efforts and national public policy, and Fellows develop as effective leaders in the movement to end hunger and poverty. Fellows support partner organizations with program development, research, evaluation, outreach, organizing, and advocacy projects. This opportunity is a year-long program. A bachelor's degree is required to apply. 

Focus Area

  • Government
  • Public Policy
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Social Sciences

Year in School

Location

  • Domestic
  • International

EPA Marshall Scholars Programme

Jointly funded by the Marshall Commission and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), these Scholarships will support research specifically in the area of the environment and can be in any related field. Applicants may study at any appropriate UK Institution. To be eligible for the EPA Marshall Scholarship, applicants must first be selected as Marshall Scholars, applying in the usual way. Candidates must also be U.S. citizens and have obtained a grade point average of not less than 3.7 (or A-) on their undergraduate degree.The Marshall Commission will pay for the first two years of the Scholarship and the Scholar will spend this time in the UK, and the EPA will pay for up to three additional years of study, which can be spent in the UK or the US, providing this research culminates in a doctoral degree.

Award Type

  • Research Funding Graduate
  • Research Funding Master's or Professional
  • Tuition Support Master's and Professional

Focus Area

  • Science
  • Technology
  • Engineering
  • Math
  • Service and Development Projects

Year in School

  • Research Funding Graduate
  • Research Funding Master's or Professional
  • Tuition Support Master's and Professional

Location

  • Domestic
  • International

Citizenship

  • U.S. Citizen