Fellowship support: Institute for International Public Policy (IIPP) Fellowship Program - DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 3/1/02

[Scott McGinnis]

> Established in 1994, the IIPP is funded by the U.S. Department of
> Education with a vision of
> advancing America's global leadership role by assisting in the development
> of a diverse
> pool of well-trained language proficient international service
> professionals. It is 
> administered by the United Negro College Fund Special Programs.
> 
> The IIPP Fellowship program provides students from under-represented
> minority groups with
> specially designed education and training experiences beneficial to entry
> and
> advancement in international affairs careers. Students are recruited from
> across the
> nation and apply as sophomores to participate in a five-year sequence of
> summer 
> policy institutes, study abroad, intensive language training, internships,
> and graduate
> study.
> 
> Priority will be given to students that interested in pursuing advanced
> language and
> area studies in targeted world areas who are supported by Title VI
> Fellowships.
> Targeted languages include Arabic, Azeri, Armenian, Dari, Hindi, Kazakh,
> Kyrgyz,
> Persian, Pashto, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek, and Urdu and other
> languages spoken
> in Central and South Asia, the Middle East, and Russia/Eastern Europe.
> 
> Applications may be downloaded from the web site of www.uncfsp.org/iipp.
> The deadline
> for applications for the class that will begin in the summer of 2002 is
> March 1, 2002.
>