Fulbright Grants
Deadline: September 18

Established in 1946, the Fulbright Program aims to increase mutual understanding between the peoples of the United States and other countries, through the exchange of persons, knowledge, and skills. Awards are available in all fields of study.

U.S. citizens who will hold at least a bachelor's degree or its equivalent prior to undertaking the grant are eligible. In most cases, candidates must be proficient in the language of the proposed host country. The type of grants available are: (1) Fulbright Full Grants are available to graduating and graduate students, and alumni who present a clear program of study to be carried out in a particular academic setting abroad. (2) English Teaching Assistantships in 50+ countries. More are added each year. Each country has slightly different requirements. (3) See Fulbright website for mtvU Awards, Business Grants, Journalism Grants, and Critical Language Enhancement Awards.

Applications are due by September 18, 2012.

How to Apply:

All candidates must go through the Center for Undergraduate Excellence for the endorsement process. Students interested in applying for a Fulbright Grant may set up an appointment at the Center to discuss the application process.

Funding Opportunities on GOOD Maker

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More fellowship opportunities coming soon!

International Service Learning: Changing the World One Adventure at a Time
Deadline for Costa Rica: May 30
Deadline for Tanzania: June 2

Do you want to experience field clinical work firsthand in villages of Costa Rica or Tanzania? Interested in dentistry, public health, nursing, pediatric or prenatal care? Spend one to two weeks over summer break setting up medical clinics in underprivileged villages with fellow U.Va. students.

How to Apply:
E-mail isl.at.uva@gmail.com for more information.

Virginnia Farmers Market Association Internship
10-week internship to begin mid-June

Students who take PLAC 5500: "Farmers Markets and Applied Food Systems Research" as part of the Morven Summer Institute are eligible to apply for an internship with the newly formed Virginia Farmers Market Association. Interns will travel to selected farmers markets throughout Virginia and collect data across a number of metrics on farmers markets’ structure, operations, and impacts. The data collected will be used to help assess farmers market performance, assist partnering farmers markets with communication of impacts, and create best management practices for farmers markets throughout the Commonwealth.

Internships will begin in mid-June and run for up to 10 weeks. Interns will present their research at one or more events in the fall. This internship is unpaid and course credit is not available.

The Virginia Farmers Market Association is not a part of or an agency of the University of Virginia; the University does not direct, supervise or control the organization and is not responsible for its contracts, acts or omissions.

How to Apply:
For application information, please contact Leanne DuBois at the Virginia Farmers Market Association.

Internship Opportunities on GOOD Maker

Please note: GOOD Maker is an external organization separate from the University of Virginia. Learning in Action has no control over their content and the existence of any link does not imply endorsement of the site by Learning in Action. Users are advised to exercise the same caution they would normally apply in visiting any unknown web site.

Submit to the Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research
Submissions will be accepted from now through June 30

The Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research is a refereed, multi-disciplinary, online undergraduate journal open to all undergraduate students in the U.S. and across the globe. The journal is dedicated to publishing intellectual and reflective work by undergraduates on service learning, community-based research, and all related curriculum- and/or research-based public community engagement activities. These go by many additional names, such as community-based learning, public scholarship, publicly-engaged learning/teaching, etc. The editorial team of Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research encourages undergraduates to pursue their own intellectual projects and to join the academic conversation.

How to Submit:
For more information, visit the website. Please direct all inquiries and questions to the editor, Dr. Laurie Grobman,
at leg8psu.edu.