The Thomas R. Pickering
Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship

The Pickering Undergraduate Fellowship selects undergraduate students in their sophomore year. Prospective master's degree students may apply to the Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship.

Mission

The Thomas R. Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship program provides funding to participants as they are prepared academically and professionally to enter the United States Department of State Foreign Service. Women, members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, and students with financial need are encouraged to apply.

The Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship seeks to recruit talented students in academic programs relevant to international affairs, political and economic analysis, administration, management, and science policy. The goal is to attract outstanding students from all ethnic, racial, and social backgrounds who have an interest in pursuing a Foreign Service career in the U.S. Department of State. The Program develops a source of trained men and women from academic disciplines representing the skill needs of the Department, who are dedicated to representing America's interests abroad.

• More about the Pickering Fellowship
• About the Foreign Service

Partners

The U.S. State Department

Fellowship Information

The fellowship award includes tuition, room, board, and mandatory fees during the junior and senior years of college and during the first year of graduate study. Each year’s award also includes reimbursement for books and for travel (one round trip per academic year, up to a set maximum amount). The Fellow must commit to pursuing a master’s degree in international studies at one of the graduate schools participating in the program. Participating graduate schools provide financial support in the second year of graduate study based on need.

• Eligibility/Selection Criteria
• 2008 Fellows

NOTE: The application for the 2009 Thomas Pickering Undergraduate Fellowship competition is now available online.
 
Apply here.

DEADLINE: February 6, 2009.

If You're Interested

Contact Sylvia Sheridan, Assistant Director, at pickeringfaf@woodrow.org

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