U.S.- Mexico Bilateral Defense Relations Internship, College of International Security Affairs, National Defense University

Deadline: Rolling (applicant to start in early October)

The  intern  will  work  with  a  CISA  professor  and  Mexico  expert  on  a  project  researching  and analyzing contemporary  U.S.-­-Mexico  bilateral  defense  relations.  To  provide  background,  the project  will  survey the recent history of the bilateral U.S.-­-Mexico defense relationship, and consider the paradigms of U.S.-­-Mexico cultural,  social,  political,  and  diplomatic  relations.    Importantly, specific  care  will  be  taken  to examine  the divergent  perspectives  through  which  this  critical bilateral  relationship  is  viewed  on  opposite sides of the border. 

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Heritage Foundation Internship Program

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W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research Fellowship Program

The W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR) annually provides up to $325,000 in fellowships and awards. In addition, 32 Associate Fellows including Senior, Post-Doctoral, and Research Fellows receive funding from other sources. There are a number of awards available. Please see site for details and requirements. 

Fellowships are open to students and scholars in Near Eastern studies from prehistory through the early Islamic period, including the fields of archaeology, anthropology, art history, Bible, epigraphy, historical geography, history, language, literature, philology and religion and related disciplines. 

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Myrna F. Bernath Fellowship, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations

The Myrna F. Bernath Fellowship was established to promote scholarship in U.S. foreign relations history by women and is intended to defray the costs of scholarly research. Applications are accepted from women in the U.S. as well as women abroad who wish to do research in the U.S. Applications are accepted in even years only. 

Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program, National Academy of Education

The Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program seeks to encourage a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education. These $25,000 fellowships support individuals whose dissertations show potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world. The fellowship is intended to support the writing of the dissertation, not data collection or field work. 

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship

This program provides college graduates the opportunity to work in Washington, DC, with a public-interest organization focusing on arms control and international security issues.  Scoville Fellows may undertake a variety of activities, including research, writing, and organizing in support of the goals of their host organization and may attend coalition meetings, policy briefings, and Congressional hearings.  They have written fact sheets, letters to the editor, op-eds, magazine articles, briefing books and reports, organized talks and conferences, and been interviewed as experts by the media. 

UC Institute for Mexico and the United States Small Grants

Small grants competition for travel, short-term research, initial planning, or other special one-time needs related to the seed phase of projects or programs conducted by University of California. Restricted to UC applicants. Please see website for details. 

NASA Internships

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Hazel D. Cole Fellowship in Jewish Studies, University of Washington

The Jewish Studies Program at the University of Washington offers the Hazel D. Cole Fellowship in Jewish Studies. The Fellowship may be used for doctoral or post-doctoral (Ph.D. received within last three years) research in any field of Jewish Studies. Candidates must agree to be in residence at the University of Washington for the tenure of their fellowship. The Cole Fellow receives a stipend of approximately $50,000 plus benefits pending funding for the academic year, and is expected to offer one public lecture and one undergraduate course during the year of residence.

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Carter Center Internships

The Carter Center is committed to waging peace, building hope, and fighting disease, and interns have the opportunity to work for Carter Center programs that contribute to this mission. Carter Center interns make vital contributions to the Center's work. In turn, The Carter Center provides a substantive learning experience that serves as a basis for interns to explore their career options and to develop professional skills. Internships are offered during three sessions per year to undergraduate juniors and seniors, graduate students, and recent graduates (graduated in the past 24 months). Prospective interns are those who have demonstrated superior academic ability and who have coursework, professional or personal experience, and career interests related to Carter Center programs. Students have the opportunity to intern in the following areas: Americas Program (AP), Democracy Program (DP), Conflict Resolution Program (CRP), Human Rights Program (HR), China Program (CP), Education Program (EDU), Global 2000 (G2000), Development (DEV), Art Services (ART), Finance (FIN), Research (RES), Special Events (SE), Public Information (PI), or the Mental Health Program (MH). 

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Research Assistant Internships, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

The Center offers a wide range of internship opportunities to current, recent, or returning college students. There are at least 80-90 interns at the Center at any given time. Availability of positions generally corresponds to the beginning of the fall, spring and summer terms. Most internships are unpaid. The Woodrow Wilson Center has two different internship programs with separate applications and deadlines. Many interns are research assistants for our visiting scholars, contributing directly to research on a wide range of projects. Other interns work in staff and program offices. Wilson Center interns have the opportunity to develop both research and professional skills, and to participate in the numerous activities and events held at the Center.

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National Humanities Center Fellowships

The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities during the academic year.  Applicants must hold doctorate or equivalent scholarly credentials. Young scholars as well as senior scholars are encouraged to apply, but they must have a record of publication, and new Ph.D.s should be aware that the Center does not support the revision of a doctoral dissertation. In addition to scholars from all fields of the humanities, the Center accepts individuals from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects. The Center is also international and gladly accepts applications from scholars outside the United States.

UC San Diego Academic Senate Research Support

Members of the Academic Senate in all fields are eligible to apply for individual grants. Individuals who are not members of the Academic Senate but are established investigators may seek support through joint applications with members of the Senate, or the recommendation from the Department Chair for an exception supporting the applicant's request and advising the Subcommittee of his/her status in the department. Priority is generally given to junior and new faculty with no extramural support, and Academic Senate members will be given priority over non-Senate members. Project descriptions should be written in general terms and comprehensible to non-specialists. Priority will be given to original projects, especially by junior and recently arrived faculty with no extramural or intramural support (including start-up funds). Research grants funded by the Subcommittee generally do not exceed $15,000. 

US Department of State Internships

What could a student internship mean to you at the U.S. Department of State? It's an opportunity for you to get an inside look at the different types of positions and responsibilities available in foreign affairs. Think of it as taking a career test ride before you actually have to decide what you are going to do with your life. You can also gain valuable work experience that will help you in virtually every endeavor, whether you choose to work in government or in the private sector. Applications are accepted three times per year. NOTE: Must be able to receive a Secret or Top Secret clearance.

US Supreme Court Judicial Internship Program

This internship program at the US Supreme Court offers advanced undergraduates and graduating seniors with interests in law, management and social sciences a unique opportunity to gain exposure to the field of judicial administration through work in the Office of the Counselor to the Chief Justice.

Visiting Scholars Program, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The Visiting Scholars Program  supports the work of younger public policy analysts, humanists, and social scientists who show promise of becoming leaders in their field, especially those who work on multidisciplinary topics. Preference is given to untenured faculty.

ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

The Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships are to assist graduate students in the humanities and related social sciences in the last year of Ph.D. dissertation writing. This program aims to encourage timely completion of the Ph.D. Applicants must be prepared to complete their dissertations within the period of their fellowship tenure or shortly thereafter.

Multiple Opportunities with October 31, 2014 Deadlines:

Deadline: October 31, 2014

International Affairs Fellowship in Japan, Council on Foreign Relations

In 1997, the Council established a new International Affairs Fellowship in Japan, sponsored by Hitachi, Ltd., to enable a number of outstanding young American leaders and thinkers to expand their intellectual and professional horizons by working and living in Japan. Fellowships are intended for American citizens between the ages of 27 and 45. The program seeks to cultivate American understanding of Japan and to strengthen communication between emerging leaders of the two nations. Applciations are accepted between July and Oct. 31 each year.