Apply for the Beinecke Scholarship & Gaither Junior Fellows Program!

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For Graduating Seniors and Recent Alumni:


 

Apply for UW nomination to the Carnegie Endowment’s Gaither Junior Fellows Program: UW deadline Dec. 4, 2025!

 

Each year the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace offers approximately 15 one-year Gaither Junior Fellowships to uniquely qualified graduating seniors (in 2025-26) and individuals who have graduated during the past academic year (2024-25). Gaither Junior Fellows work as research assistants to the Endowment's senior associates on various international affairs topics and have the opportunity to conduct research for books, co-author journal articles and policy papers, participate in meetings with high-level officials, contribute to congressional testimony and organize briefings attended by scholars, journalists and government officials. Learn more about the Carnegie Endowment.

 

Key details (please visit the website for complete details):

  • Applicants apply to work with specific research teams on projects related to international affairs issues. Review the list of 2026-27 program areas and eligibility requirements.
  • Positions are paid, full-time positions for 10-12 months. Salary is $4,000/month with full benefits and relocation funds.
  • You need not be a U.S. citizen if you attend a university located in the United States. However, all applicants must be eligible to work in the United States for 10-12 months from Sept 1 through June 30 following graduation. Students on F-1 visas who are eligible to work in the United States for the full year may apply for the program.
  • This is open to Class of 2025 and Class of 2026 undergraduate students/alumni. Anyone who has started graduate studies is ineligible for consideration.

UW Applicant Information & Resources:

 

 

For students who are juniors/will graduate in 2026-27


 

Apply for UW nomination to the Beinecke Scholarship for juniors in arts, humanities & social science fields: UW deadline Jan. 20, 2026!

 

The Beinecke Scholarship seeks to encourage and enable highly motivated students to pursue graduate study in the arts, humanities and social sciences, and to be courageous in their selection of graduate programs. The scholarship provides $35,000 for a research-focused master's or doctoral program in the arts, humanities or social sciences to juniors (based on graduation date) who have financial need.

 

Eligibility requirements include (please visit the website for complete details):

  • Be a college junior (based on graduation date) pursuing a bachelor's degree.
  • Plan to enter a research-focused or creative-focused master's or doctoral program in the arts, humanities or social sciences.
  • Be a United States citizen, or a United States national from American Samoa or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
  • Have a documented history of receiving need-based financial aid during their undergraduate years.
  • Demonstrate superior standards of intellectual ability, scholastic achievement and personal promise during their undergraduate career.

UW Applicant Information & Resources:

 

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