Ithaca College

Applications are now available for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Junior Fellows Program, which offers graduating seniors and recent alumni the opportunity to serve as research assistants for senior associates working on a variety of projects. Junior Fellows work for one full year (August through July) immediately following their graduation from college. Positions are paid, offering a salary and full benefits package. 

Each year, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace holds a rigorous national competition to select approximately 8-10 graduating seniors to serve as research assistants. They are matched with senior associates – academics, former government officials, lawyers and journalists from around the world – to work on a variety of international affairs issues. Junior Fellows have the opportunity to conduct research for books, participate in meetings with high-level officials, contribute to congressional testimony and organize briefings attended by scholars, journalists and government officials.

The upcoming 2010 – 2011 projects are:

 *Democracy/Rule of Law – Political Science background preferred.

 *Middle East Studies – Native or near-native Arabic language skills essential.

 *Nonproliferation

 *South Asian Studies – Strong math skills required in additional to background in international affairs or political science.

 *Energy and Climate – Quantitative skills required.

 *Chinese Studies – Mandarin Chinese reading skills a huge plus.

 *Russian/Eurasian and Central Asian Studies – Excellent Russian language skills required.

 *US Role in the World

Applications for this highly-selective fellowship are available in the Office of Career Services and must be submitted to the Ithaca College nominating official by Monday, December 14 at 5:00pm. As completed applications include two essays, your resume, letters of recommendation and unofficial transcripts, students are encouraged to begin compiling their application as soon as possible. Please visit https://www.ithaca.edu/sacl/careers/blogs/opportunity_knocks/ or contact Career Services for additional information.

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