Difference between revisions of "Postgraduate fellowships"

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Although the Dean’s Office has a [http://www.williams.edu/dean/fellowsh/fellowshiplist.html pretty comprehensive list of fellowships], if you scan the [http://www.williams.edu/dean/fellowsh/index.html deadlines] or get the sheet that is handed out at information sessions, you might get the impression that all postgraduate fellowships are academic in nature and only winnable by those with stratospheric GPAs.  Certainly this is true with the ones that the office promotes (Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Fulbright, Gates Cambridge and the Williams UK Fellowships), but there are many others out there (organized roughly in order of deadlines):
 
Although the Dean’s Office has a [http://www.williams.edu/dean/fellowsh/fellowshiplist.html pretty comprehensive list of fellowships], if you scan the [http://www.williams.edu/dean/fellowsh/index.html deadlines] or get the sheet that is handed out at information sessions, you might get the impression that all postgraduate fellowships are academic in nature and only winnable by those with stratospheric GPAs.  Certainly this is true with the ones that the office promotes (Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Fulbright, Gates Cambridge and the Williams UK Fellowships), but there are many others out there (organized roughly in order of deadlines):
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== Archaeology ==
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===[http://www.bu.edu/acor/1page06-07.htm American Center for Oriental Research]===
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* Deadline: Feburary 1
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Williams undergrads potentially eligible for the Jennifer C. Groot Fellowship and the Pierre and Patricia Bikai Fellowship.
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== Journalism ==
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=== [http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=Writing+Fellowships American Prospect Writing Fellowships] ===
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* Length: 2 years
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* Deadline: February 15
  
 
== Politics ==
 
== Politics ==
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* Length: 1 year
 
* Length: 1 year
 
* Deadline: February 1
 
* Deadline: February 1
 
=== [http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=Writing+Fellowships American Prospect Writing Fellowships] ===
 
* Length: 2 years
 
* Deadline: February 15
 
  
 
=== [http://www.clw.org/scoville/ Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship] ===
 
=== [http://www.clw.org/scoville/ Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship] ===
 
* Length: 1 semester
 
* Length: 1 semester
 
* Next deadline: October 15, 2005
 
* Next deadline: October 15, 2005

Revision as of 13:44, February 14, 2006

Although the Dean’s Office has a pretty comprehensive list of fellowships, if you scan the deadlines or get the sheet that is handed out at information sessions, you might get the impression that all postgraduate fellowships are academic in nature and only winnable by those with stratospheric GPAs. Certainly this is true with the ones that the office promotes (Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Fulbright, Gates Cambridge and the Williams UK Fellowships), but there are many others out there (organized roughly in order of deadlines):

Archaeology

American Center for Oriental Research

  • Deadline: Feburary 1

Williams undergrads potentially eligible for the Jennifer C. Groot Fellowship and the Pierre and Patricia Bikai Fellowship.

Journalism

American Prospect Writing Fellowships

  • Length: 2 years
  • Deadline: February 15

Politics

Echoing Green Fellowship Program

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Junior Fellows Program

  • Length: 1 year
  • Deadline: January 4 (on-campus)

Must apply through the Office of Career Counseling. Contact Dawn Dellea for more information and an application.

Coro Fellows Program

  • Length: 9 months
  • Deadline: January 6
  • Cost: $3500

Dorot Fellowship

  • Deadline: January 13

Emerson Hunger Fellows Program

  • Length: 12 months
  • Deadline: January 15
  • Williams fellows: Shawn Powers ’04

Insight Fellowship Program

Williams in Africa

  • Length: 1 year
  • Deadline: February 1

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship

  • Length: 1 semester
  • Next deadline: October 15, 2005