Source: Herbert Scoville Foundation

Address: Mail applications to:
Paul Revsine
Program Director
Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship
322 4th Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002

Electronic Submissions:
Email required items to scoville@clw.org
On subject line type: Scoville Application -- name of applicant

Eligibility requirements: Do I have to be a college graduate when I apply to the Scoville Fellowship?
No, but you will need to have graduated by the time you would begin the fellowship.

Are graduate students eligible to apply?
Yes. However, they must be able to work full-time for at least six months.

I have been out of college/graduate school for several years. Am I still eligible to apply?
Yes, although most Scoville Fellows have graduated within two years of beginning their fellowship.

Do I need to have majored in a specific subject to apply?
No. While most fellows have majored in government, international relations, peace studies, political science or related fields, anyone may apply if he/she has a background in peace and security issues.

I am a non-U.S. citizen currently living in the United States. Am I eligible to apply?
Yes, provided that you obtain the proper work visa.

I am a non-U.S. citizen living outside of the United States. Am I eligible to apply?
No.

I am a U.S. citizen currently living outside the United States. Am I eligible to apply?
Yes.

I am currently working in Washington, DC on peace and security issues. May I still apply for the fellowship?
The program has a preference for individuals who have not had substantial prior public-interest or government experience in the Washington, DC area, and we do not generally select people who are working in DC.

During college, I spent a semester/summer working in Washington, DC. Am I still eligible to apply?
Yes.

Description: The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship is a competitive national fellowship program that provides college graduates with the opportunity to gain a Washington perspective on key issues of peace and security. Twice yearly, the Fellowship's Board of Directors selects a group of outstanding individuals to spend six to nine months in Washington. Supported by a stipend, the Fellows serve as full-time junior staff members at the participating organization of their choice. Issue areas covered by the Scoville Fellowship include the following: Arms Control/Disarmament, including Nuclear Test Ban, Ballistic Missile Proliferation/Defense, Conventional Arms Transfers, Weapons Proliferation--Nuclear, Biological and Chemical, Conflict Prevention/Resolution, Defense Budget, Dismantling Chemical and Nuclear Weapons in the former Soviet Union, Economic Conversion, Environmental Security, including Environmental Impact/Cleanup of Nuclear Weapons Production Complex, Export Controls, International Security, Regional/Ethnic Conflicts, including East Asia, South Asia, Former Yugoslavia, Middle East, Newly Independent States, and United Nations, including UN Peacekeeping.

APPLICATION INFORMATION & REQUIREMENTS

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 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 (e.g., Bosnia, Somalia), significance of environmental factors as sources of conflict, etc.  Essays must be titled.  Candidates may submit an essay 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.  Photocopies of official transcripts are acceptable; web-printed transcripts 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 signed 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.  Photocopies of letters are acceptable.

Due to the large volume of applications we request that items 1-5 not exceed 11 pages in total and that applicants not submit extraneous documents.

Application deadline: February 2, 2009