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PATHWAYS TO FOREIGN AFFAIRS OPPORTUNITIES

List of Websites

Pickering Fellowship https://pickeringfellowship.org
Rangel International Affairs Program http://rangelprogram.org/graduate-fellowship-program-fellow-obligations/
Boren https://www.borenawards.org
Presidential Management Fellow https://www.pmf.gov
Payne Fellowship https://www.paynefellows.org
Pathways Internship https://careers.state.gov/intern/pathways/
U.S. Foreign Service Internships https://careers.state.gov/usfsip/
CIA Internship https://www.cia.gov/careers/student-opportunities
U.S. Intelligence Career Student Programs https://www.intelligencecareers.gov/icstudents.html
McCain Strategic Defense Fellows Program https://www.whs.mil/McCain-Fellows-Program/
Washington Headquarters Service Workforce Recruitment Program https://www.whs.mil/Directorates/Human-Resources-Directorate-HRD/Careers-with-WHS/Workforce-Recruitment-Program/
White House Fellows https://www.whitehouse.gov/get-involved/fellows/apply/
OSD USD A&S Fellows Program https://www.acq.osd.mil/log/LMR/fellows_program.html
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship https://ndseg.sysplus.com
Department of State Gilman International Scholarship https://www.gilmanscholarship.org/program/program-overview/
State Fulbright https://eca.state.gov/fulbright/about-fulbright/history https://us.fulbrightonline.org
Critical Language Scholarship https://clscholarship.org
DHS Secretary's Honor's Program https://www.dhs.gov/homeland-security-careers/secretarys-honors-program
Scoville Peace Fellowship http://scoville.org
CFR International Affairs Fellowship in Nuclear Security https://www.cfr.org/international-affairs-fellowship-nuclear-security
CFR Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowship https://www.cfr.org/fellowships/stanton-nuclear-security-fellowship
Rosenthal Fellowship in International Relations https://ourpublicservice.org/programs/rosenthal-fellowship/
World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship https://www.srf.org/programs/international-security-foreign-policy/world-politics-statecraft-fellowship/
Belfer Center Fellowship https://www.belfercenter.org/fellowships
USIP Randolph Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowship Program https://www.usip.org/grants-fellowships/fellowships/jennings-randolph-peace-scholar-dissertation-fellowship-program
Kampelman Fellowship CSCE https://www.csce.gov/about-csce/join-our-team/max-kampelman-fellowships
Foreign Affairs IT Fellowship https://twc.edu/programs/foreign-affairs-information-technology-fellowship
New America Fellows https://www.newamerica.org/fellows/about/how-to-apply/
Congressional Executive Commission on China Liu Xiaboa Fellowship https://www.cecc.gov/about/employment-opportunities
CNAS Next Generation Fellows https://www.cnas.org/next-generation-programs/nextgeneration
DoS Veterans Innovation Partnership Fellowship Program https://careers.state.gov/work/fellowships/vip/
Blakemore Foundation Language Fellowship http://www.blakemorefoundation.org
Taiwan United States Sister Relations Alliance Global Ambassador Scholarship Program (TUSA Program) https://taiwanusalliance.com
Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership (UVA) https://sorenseninstitute.org
A Guide to Veteran Benefits: www.caring.com/caregivers/veterans-benefits/#va-benefits-explained

List of Career Examples

OMB National security Division
DOJ Natsec Division
Think Tanks
Federally Funded Research Development Center (IDA, Rand)
Government contract support (SAIC, Deloitte, BAH, Accenture)
Other federal departments that have natsec portfolios (economic, defense and diplomacy)
Non profit organizations (Open Society, CFR)
Defense Industries (Lockheed, Northrop, Raytheon) support natsec
Hill Staff/ Hill Committee Staff
Intel
Academics/Professors (as can cross over to national security careers)
Government agency and government contract support companies (local and non-local)
Internships at State or DoD (during Junior year summer because students get security clearances a year before actually beginning to look for full time jobs)

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Looking for a post grad FELLOWSHIP or SCHOLARSHIP that does NOT explicitly require US citizenship?

Here are 42 + dates to apply by!

Princeton in Africa Fellowship (October 27, 2021)
Soros Fellowship for New Americans for immigrants and children of immigrants (October 28, 2021
Hertz Fellowship (October 29, 2021)
American Scandinavian Society Fellowship (November 1, 2021)
Emerson National Hunger Fellows (November 1, 2021)
Public Policy and International Affairs Junior Summer Institutes (November 1, 2021)
Princeton in Asia Fellowship (November 1, 2021)
Yenching Academy (November 15, 2021)
Goldwater Scholarship (November 15, 2021)
Gaither Junior Fellows Program (November 30, 2021)
The Science, Mathematics And Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program (December 1, 2021)
Gates Cambridge Scholarship (December 2, 2021)
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship (December 9, 2021)
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship (December 16, 2021)
Trudeau Scholarship (December 21, 2021)
Ertegun Scholarship (January 7, 2022)
Coro Fellowship (January 11, 2022)
Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (January 12, 2022)
Pershing Square Graduate Scholarship (January 12, 2022)
Huntington Public Service Award (January 14, 2022)
Urban Fellows Program (January 15, 2022)
Davis Projects for Peace (January 18, 2022)
President's Engagement Prizes (January 28, 2022)
President's Innovation Prize (January 28, 2022)
Queen Elizabeth Scholarship (January 30, 2022)
Udall Scholarship (February 7, 2022)
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship in East Asian Languages (February 9, 2022)
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship in Middle Eastern Languages (February 9, 2022)
Humanity in Action Fellowship (February 14, 2022)
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship in South Asian Languages (February 20, 2022)
Sobti Family Fellowship (April 4, 2022)
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship in African Languages (April 30, 2022)
AIF Banyan Impact Fellowship (formerly AIF Clinton Fellowship for Service in India (May 31, 2022)
Rhodes Scholarship (August 1, 2022)
Leland International Hunger Fellows (September 1, 2022)
Schwarzman Scholarship (September 20, 2022)
Knight-Hennessy Scholars (October 5, 2022)
Luce Scholars (October 9, 2022)
DAAD German Academic Exchange Service(October 11, 2022)
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (October 17, 2022)
Princeton in Latin America Fellowship (November 10, 2022)
Josephine de Karman Fellowship (January 31, 2023)

Always review eligibility requirements of the individual programs.

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