The Need
Every day, Congressional staff advise Members on the conduct of U.S. foreign and defense policy. There is a critical need for both Members and their personal staff to be both up-to-date and well-versed in the nuances of a wide range of complex issues.
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The SoluTioN
The Woodrow Wilson Foreign Policy Fellowship Program helps fulfill this need by offering an exclusive six-week Seminar Series, conducted by leading scholars, analysts and policy practitioners.
All Fellows will be selected on a competitive, bipartisan basis from both House and Senate Congressional offices.
www.wilsoncenter.org/foreignpolicyfellowship
from left to right: Johnnie Carson, assistant seCretary of state for afriCan affairs; Janet napolitano, U.s. seCretary of homeland seCUrity; tom Brokaw, speCial Correspondent for nBC news; leon panetta, U.s. seCretary of defense; Christine lagarde, managing direCtor of the international monetary fUnd; tony Blair, former prime minister, great Britain
The Woodrow Wilson Foreign Policy Fellowship Program is generously supported by Carnegie Corporation of New York and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
During the Seminar Series, and after as alumni, Fellows will be invited to attend Wilson Center events, panels, and programs, including the National Conversations run in partnership with NPR. Fellows will also be able to draw on the expertise and knowledge of the 150 resident scholars a diverse, competitively-selected group of policymakers, academics and executives from both the public and private sectors the Wilson Center hosts each year from the U.S. and around the world. how To Apply Each seminar will be limited to thirty participants selected on a competitive, bipartisan basis from both House and Senate Congressional offices. Applications, including a recommendation letter from Members of Congress, are due March 4, 2013.
Applications including a recommendation letter from Members of Congress are due March 4, 2013. For more information about the application process and to download a copy of the application form, please visit:
www.wilsoncenter.org/foreignpolicyfellowship