Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship Program – Spring 2026 (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: October 20, 2025

Applications are open for the Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship Program – Spring 2026. The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship Program invites latest faculty and graduate faculty alumni to apply for full-time, six-to-9 month fellowships in Washington, DC. Outstanding people might be chosen to work with nonprofit, public-curiosity organizations addressing peace and safety points. Applications are particularly inspired from candidates with a robust curiosity in these points who’ve prior expertise with public-curiosity activism or advocacy.

Scoville Fellows will select to work with one of many twenty-six organizations taking part in this system. With the help of alumni, board, and workers, fellows will choose a placement which finest matches their pursuits and the wants of the host group. Participating organizations present workplace house and assist, supervision and steerage for fellows’ work. With the exception of Congressional lobbying, fellows could undertake quite a lot of actions, together with analysis, writing, and organizing that assist the targets of their host group.

The goal of the fellowship is to supply an OPPORTUNITY for school graduates to realize sensible information and expertise by contributing to the efforts of nonprofit, public-curiosity organizations engaged on peace and safety points.

Benefits

• Fellows obtain a wage of $4,283 monthly and fundamental medical insurance compensation, plus journey bills to Washington, DC.
• The program additionally offers $1,200 per fellow for skilled improvement to attend related conferences or conferences that might cowl journey, lodging, and registration charges, or to take a language or coverage course.
• The program arranges conferences for the fellows with coverage consultants and social networking occasions with alumni. Fellows additionally obtain mentoring from a board member and a former fellow.

Eligibility

• Applicants should have obtained a bachelor’s or grasp’s diploma throughout the previous few years.
• Have a background and robust curiosity in a number of of the accepted coverage points addressed by the fellowship.
• Excellent tutorial accomplishments.
• Good written and oral communication abilities.
• Prior expertise with public-curiosity activism or advocacy is extremely fascinating.
• Considering a profession engaged on worldwide peace and safety points with public-curiosity organizations, the Federal Government, academia, or media.
• United States residents dwelling within the U.S. or abroad are eligible to apply.
• Non-U.S. residents could solely apply in the event that they stay within the U.S. and have a U.S. work visa at some point of the fellowship. Non-U.S. residents dwelling outdoors the United States aren’t eligible to apply.

Candidates are required to have accomplished a baccalaureate diploma by the point the fellowship commences. Preference is given to United States residents, though a fellowship to a international nationwide residing within the U.S. is awarded periodically. Non-U.S. residents dwelling outdoors the United States aren’t eligible to apply. The Scoville Fellowship is just not meant for college kids or students occupied with pursuing unbiased analysis in Washington, DC.

Application

Upon submission of your accomplished application, watch for a affirmation e-mail from Submittable. If you don’t obtain a affirmation e-mail inside 24 hours of submitting your application, contact [email protected]

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For extra info, go to Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship.