Public Policy InfoChart

Mission/Purpose

Duration/value

Application Quarter, Year

Application Materials

Letters of Recommendation

Truman Scholarship*

Graduate School Funding for Public Service Career

$30,000 (possible to defer enrollment in school >4 years)

Fall Quarter (December),

3rd Year

Short Essays,

Memorandum

3, written to specific aspect of candidacy

PPIA Junior Summer Institutes

Academic preparation for Grad School

7 weeks (summer)/

minimum $5,000 to consortium graduate school

Fall Quarter

(November),

3rd Year

1 large essay (one page), supplementary essays (one to two paragraphs)

2

Carnegie Endowment

Junior Fellows*

Junior position at international think tank

1 year position after graduation ($38,000)

Fall Quarter

(December),

4th Year

1 Personal Statement (two pages),

1 Topic Paper (three pages)

2

Hertog Foundation Summer Fellowships

Intensive academic and cultural experience

7 weeks (summer), (housing, materials, $2,500 stipend)

Winter Quarter

(February)

1 Personal Statement (<1,000 words),

1 Writing Sample (<20 pages)

1

Udall Scholarship*

Environmental activism/policy; Native American Public Policy/Health

$7,000 for academic expenses

Winter Quarter (January),

2nd and 3rd Year

Short Essays, Udall Essay

3