2015 Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship
The application deadline is January 20, 2015.
The Payne
Program is designed to attract outstanding young people to careers in
international development as USAID Foreign Service Officers. The Payne
Fellowship Program provides:
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Benefits valued at up to $90,000 over two years toward a two-year master's degree,
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Arranges internships in Washington D.C. and at USAID missions overseas, and
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Provides professional development and support activities.
Fellows
who successfully complete the program become USAID Foreign Service
Officers. Fellows may use the fellowship to attend a two-year master's
program in a U.S. institution to study
an area of relevance to the USAID Foreign Service, including
international development, international relations, public policy,
business administration, foreign languages, economics, agriculture,
environmental sciences, health, or urban planning at a graduate
or professional school approved by the Payne Program. At the end of
the two-year fellowship, Fellows enter the USAID Foreign Service.
Applicants must be:
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College seniors or graduates looking to start graduate school in the fall of the year they apply,
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Have GPAs of at least 3.2 and
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Must be U.S. citizens.
The program welcomes applications from those
with any undergraduate major and encourages applications from members of
minority groups historically underrepresented in the USAID Foreign
Service and those with financial need. Information
and application materials for the program are available at www.paynefellows.org.
The application deadline is January 20, 2015. The Program is funded by USAID and managed by Howard University.
2015 Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship
Number of Fellowships Offered: 5
Eligibility Requirements: U.S. citizenship; GPA of 3.2/4.0; seeking to start two-year relevant grad program in fall 2015
Online Application Opens: October 14, 2014
www.paynefellows.org
Application Deadline: January 20, 2015 - Finalists selected by the end of February - Fellows selected by mid-March
Contact:
Tessa Henry, Program Officer
USAID Donald M. Payne Int'l Development Program
paynefellows@howard.edu; 202-806-4367, (877) 633-0002
Office: (202) 806-5952
tessa.henry@howard.edu
www.paynefellows.org
