A Worldwide Career
You can apply online now for the 2015 Thomas R. Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs & Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowships competition! The Pickering Fellowships help talented students — highly motivated and academically excellent graduating seniors or college graduates — who want to pursue a Foreign Service career in the U.S. Department of State. The Pickering programs have been administered by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, one of the United States’ top fellowship providers, for more than 20 years.
Deadline:
Graduate Fellowship Application Deadline: January 16, 2015
Undergraduate Fellowship Application Deadline: January 23, 2015
To be placed on the 2015 interest/update list and/or to begin the application process, please register here.
The programs provide:
- Up to $37,500 annually for academic expenses, covering the first and second year of graduate study
- Two paid State Department summer internships (domestic and abroad)
- Professional development through workshops and informational seminars
- Mentoring by U.S. Foreign Service Officers
Eligibility Requirements at the time of application:
- Graduate Fellowship applicants: Current college senior or college graduate, entering a two-year terminal master’s degree program in the fall of the Fellowship year
- Undergraduate applicants: College junior or equivalent
- Minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.2 (4.0 scale)
- United States citizenship
Funded by the U.S. Department of State, the Pickering Programs honor Career Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, one of the country’s most respected Foreign Service Officers. The goal of the program is to attract outstanding students from all ethnic and social backgrounds who are dedicated to representing America’s interests abroad. Women, members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, and students with financial need are encouraged to apply. The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, which administers the Pickering Fellowships, identifies and develops leaders and institutions to meet the nation’s most critical challenges.
Woodrow Wilson Pickering Fellowship
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