The Congressional Fellows Program is the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's (CBCF) premier leadership development program for persons with graduate or professional degrees. The congressional office placement component of the program affords Fellows the opportunity to gain invaluable experience and insight as they assist in the development of legislative and public policy initiatives while working as congressional staff. Fellows work 40 hours per week on a range of staff assignments including, but not limited to, conducting research and analysis, responding to constituent mail, drafting legislation, and coordinating logistics and public testimony for congressional hearings. In some instances, Fellows are also placed in the offices of federal agencies or public policy institutes during the summer. This supplemental experience illuminates how such agencies interface with Congress and affords Fellows with new opportunities to apply the knowledge and skills learned on Capitol Hill.
Deadline: March 31, 2008
The deadline date is the date by which applications must be postmarked.
Amount Note: The award amount is unspecified. Fellows work 40 hours per week for the nine months of the academic year. Fellows are responsible for their own travel arrangements, expenses, and housing.
Eligibility: To be selected, an applicant must have a demonstrated an understanding of, and a commitment to, the process of Black political empowerment. The CBCF Fellows Program is open to individuals who are full-time graduate or law students, recent graduates, professionals with five or more years of experience who are pursuing part-time graduate studies, or college faculty members who have an interest in the legislative policy-making process.
Citizenship or Residency: United States
Requirements: Graduate Student
Minority
Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Contact Address:
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
Congressional Fellows Program
1720 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, District of Columbia
20036
Contact Phone: +1 (800) 784-2577; +1 (202) 263-2800
Contact Fax: +1 (202) 775-0773
info@cbcfinc.org
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