Each year, through the James C. Gaither Junior Fellows program, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace offers approximately 12-14 one-year fellowships to uniquely qualified graduating seniors and individuals who have graduated during the past academic year. They are selected from a pool of nominees nominated by several hundred participating universities and colleges. James C. Gaither Junior Fellows work as research assistants to Carnegie’s senior scholars.
Junior Fellows spend one year (beginning August 1st) at the Carnegie Endowment in Washington, DC. Positions are full-time and include a salary and benefits package.
2020 – 2021 Projects
Democracy, Conflict, and Governance
U.S. Foreign Policy and Diplomacy – The Junior Fellow will support Carnegie Endowment PresidentAmbassador William J. Burns on research and writing that seeks to shape American diplomacy.Applicants should have coursework in U.S. foreign policy, broad-gauged regional lens, an interest inpolicy analysis and formulation, and superb writing skills.
Nuclear Policy
Technology and International Affairs (including the Cyber Policy Initiative)
Middle East – Strong reading fluency and the ability to perform academic as well as on-line research in
Arabic essential. Strong background in Middle East politics and/or history is a huge plus.
South Asia – A strong academic background in international relations theory, political theory, or international political economy is essential, along with an interest in military issues. The ability to perform quantitative data manipulation is required and a strong mathematical background is a plus.
Asia Program (China) – Mandarin Chinese reading skills a huge plus.
Asia Program (Japan) – Japanese reading skills required.
Asia Program (Economics) – Mandarin Chinese reading skills a huge plus. Strong background in economics essential.
Please note: Applicants for the Asia program with skills in two or more of the above areas (Chinese language skills, Japanese language skills, strong economics background) will be at an advantage when applying, regardless of their essay selection.
Russia and Eurasia – Excellent Russian reading skills required.
Geoeconomics and Strategy - The Junior Fellow will support research on how the future of U.S. foreign policy is shaped by economic challenges, as well as direct program coordination, including budgets, travel and events. Applicants should have coursework related to U.S. foreign policy and international economic policy, and interest and skills in research, data collection and analysis, and program administration.
The application for Nomination for the 2020 competition is available HERE.
Campus Deadline: December 12, 2019 at 8:00 pm.
For more information, contact: LuAnn Saunders-Kanabay at luann.saunders-kanabay@uconn.edu