2016 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program
The Bureau of Human Resources, Office of Recruitment, Examination and Employment (HR/REE), of the US Department of State announces an open competition for one assistance award to conduct all programmatic, financial and administrative activities for the 2016 Thomas R.
Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program.
This program is one of the Department of State’s premiere diversity recruitment programs and fundamental to increasing the representation of diverse groups in the U. S. Foreign Service.
Women, members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, and students with financial need are strongly encouraged to apply.
Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program.
This program is one of the Department of State’s premiere diversity recruitment programs and fundamental to increasing the representation of diverse groups in the U. S. Foreign Service.
Women, members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, and students with financial need are strongly encouraged to apply.
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2016 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program
Additional Information of Eligibility:
By statute, grants under this program may be awarded to states, federally recognized Indian tribal governments, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, units of local government, and nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations (including tribal nonprofit and nongovernment organizations).
For the purposes of this program, a unit of local government is any city, county, township, town, borough, parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a state, territory, or federally recognized Indian tribal government.OVC welcomes applications that involve two or more entities; however, one eligible entity must be the applicant and the others must be proposed as subrecipients.The applicant must be the entity with primary responsibility for administering the funding and managing the entire project.
Applicants may submit more than one application, and may be included as subrecipients in multiple proposals.OVC may elect to make awards for applications submitted under this solicitation in future fiscal years, dependent on the merit of the applications and on the availability of appropriations.For additional eligibility information, see Section C.
Eligibility Information.
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Date Posted:
2015-04-17
Application Due Date:
2015-06-22
Archive Date:
2015-07-22
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