PEACE FELLOWSHIP
THE HERBERT SCOVILLE JR.
PEACE FELLOWSHIP
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The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship Program invites college graduates to apply for full-time, six-to-nine month Fellowships in Washington, DC. Outstanding individuals will be selected to work with nonprofit, public-interest organizations addressing peace and security issues. Applications are especially encouraged from candidates with a strong interest in these issues who have prior experience with public-interest activism or advocacy.
Scoville Fellows will choose to work with one of the twenty-six organizations participating in the program. With the assistance of the program director, Fellows will select a placement which best matches their interests and the needs of the host organization. Participating organizations provide office space and support, supervision and guidance for Fellows' work. With the exception of Congressional lobbying, Fellows may undertake a variety of activities, including research, writing, and organizing that support the goals of their host organization.
The purpose of the Fellowship is to provide an opportunity for college graduates to gain practical knowledge and experience by contributing to the efforts of nonprofit, public-interest organizations working on peace and security issues.
The Fellows receive a stipend of $2,300 per month and health
insurance, plus travel expenses to Washington, DC. The program also
provide $500 per fellow to attend relevant conferences or meetings that could
cover travel, accommodations, and registration fees.
Some lenders may permit Scoville Fellows to defer college loan payments during
their fellowship. Check with your individual lenders.
Prospective Fellows are expected to demonstrate excellent academic accomplishments and a strong interest in issues of peace and security. Graduate study, a college major, course work, or substantial independent reading that reflects the substantive focus of the fellowship is also a plus. Prior experience with public-interest activism or advocacy is highly desirable. It is preferred, but not required, that such activities be focused on peace and security issues.
Experience with public-interest activism or advocacy can include the following:
Candidates are required to have completed a baccalaureate degree by the time the Fellowship commences. Preference is given to United States citizens, although a Fellowship to a foreign national residing in the U.S. is awarded periodically based on availability of funding. The Scoville Fellowship is not intended for students or scholars interested in pursuing independent research in Washington, DC.
Preference will be given to individuals who have not had substantial prior public-interest or government experience in the Washington, DC area.
There is no application form. Complete applications for the Fellowship
must contain the following items:
1. A cover sheet that includes the candidate’s name, semester
for which they are applying, phone number and email address.
2. A signed letter from the candidate indicating his/her desire to
apply and providing addresses and telephone numbers of the two people who will be
writing the candidate's reference letters. The letter from the candidate should
indicate how he/she first learned of the Scoville Peace Fellowship.
3. A full curriculum vitae. The c.v. should include complete educational and
professional data, as well as information on the applicant's extracurricular
activities.
4. A personal essay discussing the candidate's qualifications, interests, Fellowship
objectives and career goals. Candidates should also list 5-6 of our
participating organizations they would like to
work with if they are chosen as a Scoville Fellow.
5. A policy/opinion essay of no more than 1,000 words relevant to the field of peace and
security taking a position on a contemporary, contentious issue, such as Ballistic Missile
Defense, Comprehensive Test Ban, the role of U.S. troops as part of UN Peacekeeping
operations, significance of environmental factors as sources of
conflict, etc. Essays must be titled. Candidates may submit an essay
(or an excerpt of one) written
for a course so long as it does not exceed the 1,000 word limit.
6. Official transcript(s) detailing the candidate's entire college academic
record including undergraduate, graduate and foreign study. Applicants who
have attended more than one college or university must submit official
transcripts from each school if the grades do not appear on the transcript of
the school from which they graduated. Transcripts should have the school
seal and signature of the registrar but do not need to be mailed in a sealed
envelope. Photocopies of official transcripts
are acceptable; web-printed transcripts lacking the proper seal and signature are not. Candidates whose current
courses are not listed on their transcript are required to submit a list of
these courses on a separate sheet of paper. When emailing applications,
candidates are asked not to include the guide to grades often found on the back
of the transcript.
7. Two letters of reference. Each letter should address the accomplishments
and standing of the candidate; the candidate's interest and experience in peace and
security issues; the candidate's ability to communicate, both orally and in writing; the
candidate's maturity and judgment, and the candidate's potential to make a significant
contribution to peace and security issues. Signatures are preferred but
not required.
Submitting Applications
All application materials must be submitted via email. Documents should be
sent as attachments rather than in the body of the email. See the chart
below for titles of attachments.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit all application items as one
compiled Adobe PDF file or Microsoft Word document in the order listed above.
Items 1-5 must be emailed as a single PDF or Word document. We will not
accept any of these documents in paper form. Due to the large volume of
applications we request that items 1-5 not exceed 11 pages.
Although we prefer that candidates gather all required items and submit them as
a single document we understand that some reference writers and universities
prefer to send letters and transcripts directly to a potential employer.
In that case these items should be emailed to the fellowship. We will
reluctantly accept reference letters and transcripts in paper copies if they are
not available as emails.
Pay attention to the following when compiling and submitting an application:
$Attachments
exceeding 10 MB will not be delivered. Applicants may need to condense
items in PDF and/or scan transcripts in black and white rather than color to
minimize the email space. Scanned items should not exceed 150 dpi. Scanned
items may also be emailed in jpg format.
$Official
academic transcripts should be scanned and emailed rather than sent in the mail.
Applicants should scan and email multi-page transcripts as a single attachment
rather than send a separate attachment for each page of the transcript.
Transcripts from more than one university should be submitted in chronological
order in a single attachment. Do not send email copies of transcripts that
require a password to open as these are difficult to merge into a PDF document.
Applicants may need to rotate their transcripts 90 degrees so they can be read
on the computer.
$When
submitting both reference letters in the same attachment, place them in
alphabetical order by last name of reference writer.
$Applicants
are requested to list their name on each page of the application and to number
each page of a multi-page document.
$Board
members reviewing applications will only read items sent as attachments. Any
message to the program director may be sent in the body of the email.
$Applicants
should not submit blank pages or extraneous documents.
$Applicants
are requested not to submit materials more than one month prior to the deadline.
In order to expedite the processing of the applications we request that
applicants and others submitting materials on their behalf use the following
titles when naming attachments:
|
Application Item |
Title of attached document |
| All required items submitted in a single document | Last name of applicant-Application-Complete |
| Items 1-5 submitted in a single document | Last name of applicant-Application-1-5 |
| Items 1-5 submitted in a single document and transcript(s) | Last name of applicant-Application-1-6 |
|
Official transcript(s) |
Last name of applicant-Transcript-Name of university |
|
Two letters of reference |
Last name of applicant-Reference-Last name of letter writer |
There is no need to write Scoville Fellowship or the semester
for which you are applying in the title of each document.
Email required items to scoville@clw.org
On subject line type: Scoville Application -- Name of applicant
Reference letters and transcripts that are not available by email may be mailed
to
Paul Revsine
Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship
322 4th Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
The deadline for receipt of all application materials is:
Spring 2011 Fellowship--October 1, 2010
Fall 2011
Fellowship--January 14, 2011
The Fellowship's board of directors selects the top applicants for Washington interviews. The Fellowship pays for travel and accommodations for the finalists during the interview weekend. Interviews take place approximately 12-14 weeks after the application deadline. All unsuccessful applicants will be notified at that time.