Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship–Next deadline Oct. 8

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship, a competitive national program, provides college graduates the opportunity to work in Washington, DC, with one of twenty-six participating public-interest organizations focusing on international security issues. The program is offered twice yearly, in the spring and fall.  It lasts from six to nine months and provides a stipend, health insurance, and travel costs to Washington.

Scoville Fellows may undertake a variety of activities, including research, writing, and advocacy in support of the goals of their host organization and may attend coalition meetings, policy briefings, and Congressional hearings.  Fellows have written articles, blogs, fact sheets, letters to the editor, op-eds and reports, organized talks and conferences, and been interviewed as experts by the media.  Many former Scoville Fellows work for U.S. and international NGOs, the Departments of State and Defense, members of Congress and academia, or attend graduate school in political science or international relations, following their fellowships.

For more information and application instructions,  visit  www.scoville.org.   Our new online application form is accessible via our website, as are links to the websites of each of the participating groups and information on the work of current and former Scoville Fellows.  The next application deadline is October 8 for the spring 2011 fellowship.

All U.S. citizens, and foreign nationals residing in the United States, are eligible to apply; non-U.S. citizens living outside of the United States are not.

Javits Fellowship for graduate study in arts, humanities and social sciences

The Jacob K. Javits fellowship is now open– and closes Sept. 30, so if you’re interested, start the application!  This fellowship is for students with demonstrated financial need (determined by the FAFSA) and provides tuition, board and a stipend of up to $30,000 renewable for up to 48 months (depending on the length of the program).  For list of eligible fields of study, eligibility requirements and application instructions, see http://www2.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html .

Working on applications during the summer

For fellowships with an early fall deadline–Fulbright, Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell, Churchill, Watson–summer is the time to be working on your applications.  For several of these, you need to arrange for affiliations with an institution, faculty member, or lab as part of the application process–and August is a very hard time to try to reach academics abroad! Project proposals too need a tremendous amount of editing before submission.  And your chances of being nominated for a particular fellowship increase with a convincing, well-considered, and well-written proposal. Faculty mentors can help and I’m available to read and respond to proposals during the summer.  I’m also around for appointments by phone or in person if you’re on campus to discuss any questions you have.  You can reach me at 802-443-3183 or lgates@middlebury.edu .

UK Fulbright fellowships

Here’s a reminder for folks interested in Fulbrights in the UK:

The following universities have agreed to waive tuition fees for any incoming Fulbright students. This means that should one of your students be selected for a Fulbright award to attend one of our fee-waiver universities, they will not pay any tuition and will receive a grant of £10,000 to cover their living costs. Fulbright fee-waiver universities include:
Central School of Speech and Drama
Courtauld Institute of Art
Institute of Education
Keele University
Newcastle University
Nottingham Trent University
Royal College of Art
University of Aberdeen
University of Dundee
University of East Anglia
For more information on all the award opportunities available to US citizens please see:  http://www.fulbright.co.uk/fulbright-awards/for-us-citizens