FELLOWSHIPS, INTERNSHIPS AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH IN THE
PEACE AND SECURITY MOVEMENT
FELLOWSHIPS
Bulletin of Atomic
Scientists
Leonard M. Rieser
Fellowship in Science, Technology, and Global Security
The Board of Directors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists created the Leonard M. Rieser Fellowship in Science, Technology, and Global Security in 1999. Leonard Rieser (1922-1998) was an outstanding scientist, professor of physics, leader, and mentor. He was a vocal advocate for the peaceful resolution of conflict and served as the chair of the Board of Directors from 1984-1998. Rieser was also a champion of young people, their ideas, and their efforts to build a more peaceful world. The Leonard M. Rieser Fellowship in Science, Technology, and Global Security honors the belief he had in the ability of the next generation to play a critical role in the resolution of persistent global security problems. For more information, visit: http://www.thebulletin.org/about_us/rieser_fellowship.htm
Carnegie Endowment
Junior Fellows Program
Each year the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace offers 8-10 one-year fellowships to uniquely qualified graduating seniors and individuals who have graduated during the past academic year. They are selected from a pool of nominees from close to 300 colleges. Carnegie Junior Fellows work as research assistants to the Endowment's senior associates. For more information, visit:
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/about/index.cfm?fa=jrFellows
The Science, Technology and Public Policy program offers
fellowships for pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, and mid-career researchers for one
year, with a possibility for renewal, in the stimulating environment of the
Herbert Scoville Jr.
Peace Fellowship
The Scoville Fellowship provides stipends for college
graduates to spend six to nine months working for a nonprofit organization in
Idealist.org
Idealist.org provides a listing of fellowships in public service, nonprofit and public policy. For more information, visit: http://www.idealist.org/career/fellowship.html
The Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace awards
Senior Fellowships to enable outstanding scholars, policymakers, journalists,
and other professionals from around the world to conduct research at the U.S.
Institute of Peace in
http://www.usip.org/fellows/
New Voices Fellowship
New Voices is a national fellowship program which aims to help small nonprofit organizations bring new talent to their staffs. This two-year fellowship provides full salary support and fringe benefits the first year and 75 percent support the second year for the organizations and their fellows in addition to technical and financial assistance and leadership development opportunities. For more information, visit: http://newvoices.aed.org/
Open Society
Institute
The Open Society Institute (OSI) initiatives award grants, scholarships, and fellowships on a regular basis throughout the year. Applicants can determine their eligibility and view relevant initiatives and application guidelines. For more information, visit: http://www.soros.org/grants
Peace Scholar
Dissertation Fellowship
The Peace Scholar
Dissertation Fellowship is open to doctoral students who are studying at
American universities and are engaged in dissertation research on international
peace and conflict management. The
fellowship is awarded regardless of citizenship, but applicants must be
enrolled at American universities. For
more information, please visit:
http://www.usip.org/fellows/scholars.html
Social Science
Research Council Fellowships
Social Science Research Council (SSRC) fellowship and grant programs provide support and professional recognition to innovators within fields, and especially to younger researchers whose work and ideas will have longer-term impact on society and scholarship. These programs often target the spaces between disciplines, where new perspectives emerge and struggle for acceptance, thus ensuring the production of knowledge and expertise on key topics, regions, and social challenges. They promote the diversification of knowledge production, strengthening research by ensuring that it remains open to (and challenged by) a range of perspectives, backgrounds, and nationalities. For more information, visit:
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/
INTERNSHIPS
Americans for
Informed Democracy
Americans for Informed Democracy (AID) is calling for applications from globally conscious college
students who are interested in a dynamic and fast-paced spring internship that
will give them a hands-on introduction to the fields of global education,
non-profit management, and youth organizing. This internship program offers
students an unparalleled introduction to the diverse professional opportunities
within international NGOs. Interns help lead media outreach, grant-writing,
partnership development, fundraising, civic education, and long-term strategy
development. AID's internship is also unique in
involving college students directly in the highest levels of the organization's
management, allowing them to play influential roles in shaping the group's
agenda. Both full- and part-time internships are available, and although a
stipend is not available, it is possible for you to work from your current home
base. Interested applicants should send a resume and cover letter that
specifies their availability to Sarah Bush, Co-Executive Director, Americans
for Informed Democracy,
American Association
for the Advancement of Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science around the world by serving as an educator, leader, spokesperson and professional association. In addition to organizing membership activities, AAAS publishes the journal Science, as well as many scientific newsletters, books and reports, and spearheads programs that raise the bar of understanding for science worldwide. For information on internships and fellowships, visit: http://www.aaas.org/careercenter/
Arms Control
Association
The Arms Control Association (ACA) has a limited number of stipend intern positions. Interns are involved in many facets of ACA's work including: researching arms control and security issues for articles and fact sheets; assisting in preparing and editing ACA's monthly journal Arms Control Today; monitoring activity in the press and on Capitol Hill; and supporting the analysts in a variety of administrative tasks. Interns are encouraged to engage in substantive discussions with ACA analysts in order to gain a deeper understanding of the arms control field. For more information, visit: http://www.armscontrol.org/internships.asp
British American
Security Information Council
The British American Security Information Council’s (BASIC)
Center for American
Progress
One very important goal of American Progress is to inspire and educate the next generation of progressive Americans. American Progress offers full and part-time internships each summer and academic semester. For more information, visit: http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=9880
Center for Arms
Control and Nonproliferation
The Center for Arms Control & Non-Proliferation offers
full-time internship opportunities for students of political science,
international relations, peace studies, or related fields. Founded in 1980, the
Center was established to educate policy makers, the media, and the public
about weapons of mass destruction, conventional arms sales, military spending
and arms control alternatives. The Center supports projects researching various
aspects of
Center for Defense
Information
The Center for Defense Information (CDI)
offers full-time paid internships in research and computers/web editing. CDI's
internship program was created over 15 years ago, and interns are an integral
part of CDI's success. We usually only have a handful of openings for new
interns, and competition can be strong. First priority is given to filling
full-time paid internships lasting the customary length of the term. For more
information, visit: http://www.cdi.org/about/internships.cfm
Center for Strategic
and International Studies
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (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. For more information, visit: http://www.csis.org/index.php?option=com_csis_job&Itemid=55
Citizens for Global
Solutions
Citizens
for Global Solutions offers internships for undergraduates, graduate students, and recent
graduates. Interns carry out advocacy on
issues related to the five program areas of the organization: U.S. Global
Engagement, Peace and Security, International Law and Justice, International
Institutions, and Health and Environment.
Interns are provided a small stipend for daily work-related
expenses. For more information, visit:
http://www.globalsolutions.org/involved/interns_volunteers.html
The Eisenhower
Institute
The Eisenhower Institute offers both full and part-time volunteer internships in the fall, spring, and summer for motivated students-at both the undergraduate and graduate level-and recent graduates interested in foreign affairs. An internship at The Institute provides an excellent opportunity for aspiring students to acquire hands-on learning experience in various dimensions of security and international affairs and to gain a unique view on the functioning of a non-profit policy institute. Intern activities may include research and administrative tasks relating to current projects, outreach support, and the coordination of upcoming events such as policy workshops, dinners, and book-launchings. For more information, visit: http://www.eisenhowerinstitute.org/about/internship.htm
Friends Committee on
National Legislation
The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) is a Quaker lobby in the public interest that seeks to bring the concerns, experiences, and testimonies of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) to bear on policy decisions in the nation's capital. FCNL's internship is a great way to learn about the issues FCNL works on and the legislative process. For more information, visit: http://www.fcnl.org/young/intern.htm
The
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER) is a non-profit
technical institute dedicated to providing grassroots groups, journalists,
educators, students, and policy makers with thoughtful, clear, and sound
technical information on environmental, energy, and security issues. IEERs work is focused primarily on the health and
environmental effects of nuclear weapons production and testing, nuclear
disarmament and related security issues, and sound energy policy. IEER
occasionally offers internships tailored to the intern's interests and
strengths and to the organization's needs. Examples of intern projects
include developing materials for IEER's annual
technical training workshop and doing research and possibly writing for
technical reports. College/university students with a background in math
and science and a strong interest in the subjects IEER works on are welcome to
inquire about internship opportunities by emailing ieer@ieer.org.
IEER is located in
Institute for Policy
Studies
The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) is the nation's oldest and largest multi-issue think tank promoting progressive thought. As such, we have a number of "Public Scholars" with whom you can work to undertake challenging research, writing, and advocacy in a wide range of foreign and domestic policy issues. For more information on internships, visit: http://www.ips-dc.org/projects/internship.htm
Institute for Science
and International Security
The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), a Capitol Hill-based non-profit research organization concerned with nuclear arms reduction and non-proliferation, seeks qualified undergraduate and graduate students for full time internships. For more information, visit: http://www.isis-online.org/about/intern.html
Managing the Atom
The Managing the Atom (MTA) Project brings together an
international group of scholars and government officials to conduct
policy-relevant research on issues related to nuclear technology. Housed within
Nuclear Age Peace
Foundation
The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation provides internship
positions year-round for select college, university, and graduate students to
work with staff on current peace and security issues. Interns conduct research,
write analysis of issues, work on the website, facilitate discussions, deliver
presentations, and gain valuable insights into the nuclear policy field. Sites
include
Nuclear Studies
Institute at
For information on volunteer and internship opportunities with the Nuclear Studies Institute, contact Professor Peter Kuznick at: kuznick@american.edu or (202) 885-2408.
Peace Action
Peace Action interns research and write
campaign materials, organize events, develop web and e-organizing resources and
assist in grassroots mobilization. Peace Action interns gain professional
working experience with a not-for-profit committed to responsible
Physicians for Social
Responsibility
Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) offers internships for undergraduate and graduate students all year, with terms usually beginning in January, May, and September. Roles and responsibilities typically include assisting PSR staff with a full range of program activities, including outreach to members and other activists, and the development of fact sheets, position papers, and legislative alerts for health professionals and other activists. The intern conducts research on PSR issues, and attends coalition meetings and some congressional briefings and hearings as needed. Responsibilities may include some clerical and administrative tasks. For more information, visit: http://www.psr.org/home.cfm?id=internships
Project on Government
Oversight
The main job of Project on Government Oversight interns is to assist in researching government subservience to special interests. The intern's research often requires them to file Freedom of Information Act requests as well as go to congressional hearings, the Library of Congress and different government agencies. On occasion, interns work with whistleblowers. Sometimes the intern's research culminates in a POGO report. Besides research, interns also write opinion-editorial pieces for media release and assist in the writing and editing of testimony to be delivered at Congressional hearings. Of course, some of an intern's time, usually less than 20%, is spent doing administrative work --- from bulk mailings and answering the phone to filing. This work is shared by all the staff. For more information, visit: http://pogo.org/p/x/internships.html
Psychologists for
Social Responsibility
Psychologists for Social Responsibility is
searching for energetic, motivated, and peace-oriented undergraduate and
graduate students to serve as interns. Interns will have the opportunity
to work on a wide variety of projects, such as: researching current national
and international issues or policy, assisting with the publication of PsySR's newsletter, planning and organizing meetings and
conferences, website maintenance, and general administrative support.
Intern positions will be tailored to each intern's specific interests and
capabilities so that the internship experience will be a mutually beneficial
one. Interns may apply to work at PsySR for any
period of time. Both psychology students and non-psychology students are
encouraged to apply. To apply, please send a cover letter explaining your
interest in PsySR, a resume, and a short writing
sample on any topic that demonstrates your writing ability to Anne Anderson, PsySR Coordinator, at anderson@psysr.org or by snail mail
at: Psychologists for Social Responsibility
208 "I" Street NE, Washington, DC 20002
Reaching Critical
Will
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
created the Reaching Critical Will (RCW) project in 1999, in order to increase
the quality and quantity of civil society at international disarmament fora, such as those that take place at the UN. We believe
that nuclear disarmament will require coordinated and sustained effort on the
part of governments, non-governmental organizations and the United Nations.
Reaching Critical Will is WILPF's initiative to
encourage people to act and contribute to a variety of international fora. Reaching Critical Will collects,
packages and often translates disarmament related information into terms
ordinary people can understand. For information on internships, visit: http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/action/intern.html
Security Leadership
Program,
Center for International Trade and Security (CITS) Security Leadership Program offers top students the chance to develop the skills and knowledge needed for pursuing international careers in government, the nonprofit sector or the business world or preparing for graduate studies. This unique, two semester program at the University of Georgia offers intensive training on WMD-related security issues through required readings, regular briefings by researchers and government officials working in the area of nonproliferation and skills training workshops that teach open source research methods, hone writing and oral presentation skills, and develop information analysis capabilities. In the second semester, program participants work closely with Center faculty and staff on nonproliferation research and outreach projects, compiling information, helping to prepare reports and presentations, coordinating international conferences and training sessions. To apply, please submit a current transcript, a resume, letter of interest, and writing sample (preferably on a topic relevant to security) to Ms. Terrell Austin, 120 Holmes/Hunter Academic Building. For more information, email taustin@uga.edu, call 542-2993 or visit: http://www.ugaedu/cits/resources/internships.htm
Student Pugwash
As a student organization, Student Pugwash
Taxpayers for Common
Sense
Politically independent, Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS)
works with members of Congress and the Executive Branch, along with activists
of all political philosophies, to cut wasteful government spending and reduce
federal subsidies. TCS's dynamic approach bridges the
gap between liberals and conservatives to achieve common-sense solutions that
streamline government and make a positive contribution for the taxpayers of
today and tomorrow. For information on internships and fellowships, visit: http://www.taxpayer.net/about/employment.htm
UCS is an independent nonprofit alliance of more than 100,000 concerned citizens and scientists. We augment rigorous scientific analysis with innovative thinking and committed citizen advocacy to build a cleaner, healthier environment and a safer world. For information on internships, visit: http://www.ucsusa.org/ucs/about/internships.html
The Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control in
URL: http://www.wisconsinproject.org/aboutus.html#intern
Women’s Actions for
New Directions
Women’s Actions for New Directions (WAND) empowers women to
act politically to reduce violence and militarism and redirect excessive
military resources toward unmet human and environmental needs. WAND
offers internships in
Women’s International
League for Peace and Freedom
The Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom is
a 90-year-old international women's organization with sections in 37 countries
and 80 groups and branches in the
World Policy
Institute
The World Policy Institute's Internship Program, offers advanced undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to gain practical experience in policy research and advocacy on international issues by assisting with the production of the World Policy Journal and conducting research for the Institute's senior fellows. For more information, visit: http://www.worldpolicy.org/wpi/intern.html
NETWORKING
OPPORTUNITIES
Americans for
Informed Democracy
Americans for Informed Democracy (AID) is a non-partisan
501(c)(3) organization working to raise global
awareness on more than 250
The Roosevelt Institution takes students’
ideas out of the filing cabinet and places them on the desks of reporters,
civil servants, and politicians so that students’ ideas change public policy.
For more information, visit: http://rooseveltinstitution.org/
Student Peace Action Network
Student Peace Action Network (SPAN) is a grassroots peace
and justice organization working from campuses across the
Student Pugwash
Student Pugwash USA (SPUSA) is an educational, nonprofit organization that strives to add a dimension to scientific study that goes beyond formulas and figures. Activities force young people to probe the reasons for scientific advancement and the implications of technology on citizens' everyday lives. For more information, visit: http://www.spusa.org
Students Take Action for New Directions
Students Take Action for New
Directions (STAND) empowers young women to act politically: to
vote and connect with legislators across the country; to promote peace,
equality, and progressive social change. STAND offers a community of active
young leaders, united in the commitment to peace and justice. For more
information, visit: http://www.wand.org/stand
Think Outside the
Bomb National Network
Inspired by the need for a new generation of leaders working toward a nuclear-free world, the Think Outside the Bomb National Youth Network is comprised of individuals and organizations that communicate, interact, support, collect and disseminate resources through the internet and other channels. For more information, visit: http://www.thinkoutsidethebomb.org
Washington Network
Group
The Washington Network Group is an organization of
professionals in business, finance, technology, foreign and government affairs.
Diversity is our strength. The WNG places an emphasis on bridging the
boundaries between professional communities in the Greater Washington Region.
For more information, visit: http://www.washingtonnetworkgroup.com/
Young Nonprofit
Professionals Network
The Young Nonprofit Professionals Network promotes an efficient, viable, and inclusive nonprofit sector that supports the growth, learning, and development of young professionals. We engage and support future nonprofit and community leaders through professional development, networking and social opportunities designed for young people involved in the nonprofit community. For more information, visit: http://www.ynpn.org/
prepared by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation