Rangel and Pickering Fellowships are for students or professionals applying to a two-year graduate school program and wish to join the Foreign Service. Minority, women, or financial need candidates must be U.S. citizens with a 3.2 accumulative GPA or higher.
The fellowships come with a $42,00 per year tuition and stipend support, 2 paid summer internships (1 domestic, 1 overseas), a mentorship program, and a 5-year work commitment as a Foreign Service Officer. Graduate study can be in any field that supports the needs of the Foreign Service and the career tracks of its officers: consular (crisis response, citizen services, visas), economic (support U.S. business, trade, STEM diplomacy, entrepreneurship, economic trends and analysis), management (internal management of people, resources, and systems), political (internal/external political relations, human rights, democracy, security, socio-political trends and analysis), and public diplomacy (press, social media, education and cultural affairs, public outreach, exchanges).
The Rangel Deadline is October 14 and the Pickering Deadline is October 21.
Rangel: http://rangelprogram.org/graduate-fellowship-program/
Pickering: https://pickeringfellowship.org/
For students in the School of Global Integrative Studies if you wish to get started on the application or to learn more contact Dr. Emira Ibrahimpasic. You can sign up for an appointment with Dr. Ibrahimpasic via MyPLAN or you can email her at emira@unl.edu to set up an appointment.