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Center for Strategic and International Studies Internships

CSIS offers full and part-time internships in the fall, spring and summer for undergraduates, advanced students, and recent graduates who are interested in gaining practical experience in public policy. Interns participate in a variety of activities that support individual programs, including research, writing, and project development.

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Professional Scholarship in Australian-United States Alliance Studies, Australian-American Fulbright Commission

This Fulbright Scholarship was established in 2001 by the Australian Government as a contribution to Australia's ANZUS 50th Anniversary commemorations. The scholarship aims to contribute in a practical way to contemporary Australian scholarship on the Australia-U.S. alliance relationship. The scholarship is open to Australian citizens who are junior/middle level academics, and professionals from public and private fields to teach and or conduct seminars, as well as research contemporary aspects of the Australian - United States alliance (defence/security) and broader bilateral relationship (trade/economics/politics) of interest to both alliance partners. 

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The mission of the NRC Research Associateship Programs (RAP) is to promote excellence in scientific and technological research conducted by the U. S. government through the administration of programs offering graduate, postdoctoral, and senior level research opportunities at sponsoring federal laboratories and affiliated institutions. Prospective applicants select a research project or projects from among the large group of opportunities listed on this website.  

The foundation welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence and aggression. Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence and aggression in the modern world. Questions that interest the foundation concern violence and aggression in relation to social change, intergroup conflict, war, terrorism, crime, and family relationships, among other subjects. Research with no relevance to understanding human problems will not be supported, nor will proposals to investigate urgent social problems where the foundation cannot be assured that useful, sound research can be done. Priority will also be given to areas and methodologies not receiving adequate attention and support from other funding sources.

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Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Research Fellowships, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

Schlesinger Fellowships carry a stipend of up to $5,000, which may be awarded to a single individual or divided between two recipients. They are intended to support scholars in the production of substantial works on the foreign policy of the Kennedy years, especially with regard to the western hemisphere, or on Kennedy domestic policy, especially with regard to racial justice and to the conservation of natural resources.Successful candidates will develop at least a portion of their work from original research in archival materials from the collections of the Kennedy Library and related materials. Proposals are invited from all sources, but preference will be given to those from applicants specializing in the areas indicated above. Preference is also given to projects not supported by large grants from other institutions.

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Abba P. Schwartz Research Fellowship, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

The Schwartz Fellowship carries a stipend of up to $3,100. It is intended to support a scholar in the production of a substantial work in the areas of immigration, naturalization, or refugee policy. The successful candidate will develop at least a portion of her or his work from original research in archival materials from the collections of the Kennedy Library.

Theodore C. Sorensen Fellowship, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

The Sorensen Fellowship carries a stipend of up to $3,600. It is intended to support a scholar in the production of a substantial work in the areas of domestic policy, political journalism, polling, press relations or a related topic. The successful candidate will develop at least a portion of her or his work from original research in archival materials from the collections of the Kennedy Library.

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Political Science Research Grants, National Science Foundation

The Political Science Program supports scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics. Research proposals are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented. Substantive areas include, but are not limited to, American government and politics, comparative government and politics, international relations, political behavior, political economy, and political institutions.

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National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Insitutions

Grants for Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions (FPIRI) support fellowships at institutions devoted to advanced study and research in the humanities. NEH fellowships provide scholars with research time and access to resources that might not be available at their home institutions. 

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Bush Foundation Fellowship Program

The Bush Fellowship Program provides individuals with opportunities to increase their understanding of, capacity for and practice of leadership, while working with others to increase the vitality of their communities. The work of the Foundation is to pursue opportunities for personal development to more effectively engage with others to create positive change within their communities. Restricted to residents of Minnesota, North or South Dakota, and the 23 Native nations that share the same geographic area. During the Fellowship, the Foundation encourages Bush Fellows to engage with stakeholders in their community to make progress in achieving their vision for community improvement. To do that, the Foundation supports Bush Fellows in being actively, intentionally and thoughtfully observing, interpreting and intervening when working with others to bring about change to increase their community's vitality.

DAAD/AICGS Research Fellowship Program

This fellowship is designed to bring scholars and specialists working on Germany, Europe, or transatlantic relations to AICGS for research stays of two months each. Fellows will be expected to produce a short analytical essay that will be published on the AICGS website and distributed via the institute's bimonthly e-mail newsletter, The AICGS Advisor. For fellows producing research output of exceptional quality and interest, AICGS will provide opportunities for public presentations to the broader Washington policy community. Project proposals should address a topic closely related to one or more of the institute's three research and programming areas: Business and economics, Foreign and domestic policy, and Society, culture, and politics. Special consideration will be given to research projects addressing the institute's current and future project emphases within these areas. Projects should also be compatible with and supportive of the AICGS mission, which is to strengthen the German-American relationship in an evolving Europe and changing world. The institute produces objective and original analyses of developments and trends in Germany, Europe, and the United States; creates new transatlantic networks; and facilitates dialogue among the business, political, and academic communities to manage differences and define and promote common interests.