Dear Colleague,
It is my pleasure to announce that applications are open for the Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship for the spring 2026 semester. The Scoville Fellowship is a highly competitive national fellowship program that provides recent college and graduate school alumni with the funding and opportunity to work for six to nine months with one of more than two dozen participating institutions in Washington, DC, including leading think tanks and advocacy groups that focus on nuclear weapons risk reduction and other international security issues. Since its inception in 1987 our program has brought 232 people to work in Washington. In recent years we have awarded fellowships to fewer than 3% of applicants.
We have scheduled one more information session which will be hosted on Tuesday, October 7, at 6:00 PM EDT for prospective applicants to learn about the fellowship. Professors and career advisors are welcome to join as well. Registration is not required to join the call. The Zoom link to the information session is posted on our website at https://scoville.org/overview/information-sessions/
Scoville Fellows are supervised by senior-level staff members at their host institutions and may work on a range of issues, including nuclear and conventional arms control and nonproliferation; atrocity prevention, conflict resolution, and peacebuilding; diplomacy; emerging technology threats; environmental security; and global health security. They contribute to their host organizations' goals through research, public education, advocacy, and by writing articles, blog posts, fact sheets, letters to the editor, op-eds, and/or reports. In addition, fellows often help organize talks and conferences and attend coalition meetings, policy briefings, and congressional hearings. Benefits of this fellowship include salary, basic health insurance compensation, mentoring, moving costs to DC, meetings with policy experts, a modest stipend for professional development purposes, and an entrée into an increasingly influential network of alumni working for domestic and international NGOs, the federal government, academia, and media.
A list of the jobs and graduate school activities of former Scoville Fellows related to international peace and security may be viewed at http://scoville.org/post-fellowship-careers. |
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Current and recent Scoville Fellows on the National Mall |
Please share this information with interested students and your academic departments’ career advisors. The Scoville Fellowship is a small organization; as most of our resources are allocated to fund the fellowships themselves, we are unable to send staff to college career fairs and to post jobs on individual university websites.
Upcoming Application Deadlines
Spring 2026 Fellowship: October 20, 2025 (begin between January 15 and April 1, 2026) Fall 2026 Fellowship: January 9, 2026 (begin between July 15 and October 1, 2026)
We would be grateful if you would help us spread the word about the Scoville Peace Fellowship by:
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Scoville Fellows and alumni at the State Department in 2024 |
Or you may use one of the following tweets:
Apply to @ScovillePF by October 20 to work for 6 to 9 months with one of over two dozen NGOs in DC on international peace & security issues, including nuclear arms control, conflict resolution and peacebuilding, diplomacy, and emerging technology threats. http://scoville.org
- Are you a recent college or grad school alum looking to help reduce nuclear threats or resolve global conflicts? Apply to @ScovillePF by October 20 for a chance to work for six to nine months in DC. http://scoville.org
Please feel free to contact me with any questions. You can find more information through the following links: Website: www.scoville.org Facebook facebook.com/ScovilleFellowship Instagram instagram.com/scovillefellowship/ LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/herbert-scoville-jr-peace-fellowship/ Twitter @ScovillePF. |