The following listing includes a sample of fellowships, scholarships, and training programs that may be of interest to students studying political science. Interested students should also visit the Office of Student Fellowships site for more information.
For Current Undergraduates
- Advancing Black Pathways Summer Fellowship Program
- Advocacy Project Summer Peace Fellows
- American Enterprise Institute Summer Honors Program
- Arab American Public Survey Leadership Program
- Center for Global Development Summer Delegates Program
- Civic Digital Fellowship
- College to Congress Capitol Internship Program
- County of Santa Clara Government Fellows Program
- Critical Language Scholarship
- CSCE - Max Kampelman Fellowships
- Equality California Institute Comcast Fellowship
- Equis Research
- First Generation Civil Rights Fellowship
- Foreign Affairs Information Technology Fellowship
- Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship
- Fulbright UK Summer Institutes
- Future Rising Fellowship
- Gilman Scholarship
- Global Social Benefit Fellowship (Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship at SCU)
- Goldwater Scholarship (Nomination required. Contact osf@scu.edu for details.)
- Google Public Policy Fellowship
- Greenlining Institute Summer Associate Program
- Green Program
- Hackworth Fellowship (Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at SCU)
- Henry Clay Center College Student Congress
- Hertog Fellowship
- Hudson Institute Political Studies
- Humanity in Action Fellowship
- Hurford Youth Fellowship
- IGNITE
- Independent California Colleges Advocate Program
- Jean Donovan Fellowship (Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education at SCU)
- Latinx44 Scholarship Program
- National Bureau of Asian Research
- Next Gen Service Corp (The Volcker Alliance)
- Panetta Institute for Public Policy Congressional Internship Program (SCU Political Science Department)
- Phi Beta Kappa Key into Public Service Scholars
- Public Policy and Int’l Affairs Junior Summer Institute Fellowship
- Single Portal for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) (SCU Provost Office)
- Stanford U.S.-Russia Forum
- Truman Center for National Policy
- Udall Scholarship (Nomination required. Contact osf@scu.edu for details.)
- UnidosUS Lideres Avanzando Fellowship
- United Nations Association of the USA
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Student Honors Program
- Walter J. Jensen Fellowship
- Washington Center Programs
- Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security: Pipeline Fellowship Program
- Young Peacebuilders in Latin America & the Caribbean
Graduate Fellowships
- Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) Congressional Fellowship
- APSA Minority Fellowship Program
- Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA)
- Beinecke Scholarship
- California Legislative Analyst’s Office Summer Graduate Internships
- California Capital Fellows Program
- Clinton Global Initiative
- Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
- Coro Fellowship
- Council on Foreign Relations Fellowships
- Daisy and Paul Soros Fellowship for New Americans
- Earl Warren Fellowship
- Environment America Fellowship
- Fair Trade Campaigns Fellowship
- FAO Schwarz Fellowship
- Freedom House Fellowship
- Fulbright U.S. Student Program
- Gaither Junior Fellows Program
- Gates Cambridge Scholarships
- Global Health Corps Fellowship
- Govern for America Fellowship
- Islamic Scholarship Fund Congressional Fellowship
- James Madison Graduate Fellowship
- Knight-Hennessy Scholars
- Library of Congress Fellowships
- Marcellus Policy Fellowship
- Marshall Scholarship
- Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellowship
- Mitchell Scholarship
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
- Payne International Development Fellowship
- Phi Beta Kappa Awards and Fellowships
- Pickering Graduate Fellowship
- Presidential Management Fellows
- Public Interest Fellowship
- Rangel Graduate Fellowship
- RAY Diversity Fellowships in Renewable Energy
- Rhodes Scholarship
- Rotary Global Grants
- Rotary Peace Fellowship
- San Francisco Fellows Program
- Schwarzman Scholars
- Scoville Peace Fellowship
- Smithsonian Institution Fellowships
- Soros Fellowship for New Americans
- Stanford U.S.-Russia Forum
- Truman Scholarship (Apply during Junior year. Nomination required. Contact osf@scu.edu for details.)
- United Nations Young Leaders for Sustainable Development Program
- USAID Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship Program
- U.S. Department of Treasury Fellowship
- Weil Legal Innovators Program
- White House Fellows Program
Training Programs and Service Opportunities for Graduates
- ACE Teaching Fellows
- AmeriCorps
- Bay Area Justice Corps Fellowship
- California Climate Action Corps
- City Year
- CivicSpark
- Equality California Mentorship Corps Program
- Global Health Corps
- Immigration Justice Corps
- Jesuit Volunteer Corps
- Lead for America
- Marina Orth Foundation
- Mercy Volunteer Corps
- Network Advocates for Catholic Social Justice NETWORK Associate Program
- Peace Corps
- Public Allies
- RAND Corporation
- Samuel Huntington Public Service Award
- SCU Excellence in Catholic Education and Leadership (ExCel)
- Service Year (general listing of various opportunities)
- Spadework
- Teach for America
- Teaching Assistant Program in France
- U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Fellowship
- WorldTeach