Let Your Students Know About These Int’l Fellowship, Scholarship Opps

FAIT Fellowship – We’re pleased to announce the opening of the 2022 application cycle for the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Affairs Information Technology Fellowship program.

Applications are being accepted through January 31, 2022

Funded by the State Department, this two-year prestigious fellowship program is a unique opportunity for individuals pursuing an IT-related bachelor’s or master’s degree, and who want to use their tech skills to serve diplomacy in the U.S. Foreign Service.

The FAIT Fellowship provides academic funding (up to $75,000 for two years), two summer internships (with stipends), professional development and mentorships, and culminates in an appointment in the Foreign Service as an Information Management Specialist.

Designed to attract the best tech talent to the Foreign Service that reflects the diversity of the United States, the FAIT Fellowship program values varied backgrounds, including ethnic, racial, gender, and geographic diversity. Members of minority groups underrepresented in the Foreign Service, women, and individuals with financial need are encouraged to apply.

Boren Scholarship – The Institute of International Education (IIE), on behalf of the National Security Education Program (NSEP), is pleased to offer the Boren Awards program which provides U.S. undergraduate and graduate students with resources and encouragement to acquire language skills and experience in countries critical to the future security and stability of the United States. In exchange for funding (up to $25,000 for overseas study), Boren Award recipients agree to work in the federal government for a period of at least one year. “The National Security Education Program,” according to Dr. Michael A. Nugent, Director of DLNSEO, “is helping change the U.S. higher education system and the way Americans approach the study of foreign languages and cultures.”

Since 1994, over 7,000 students have received Boren Awards and contributed their vital skills to careers in support of the critical missions of agencies throughout the federal government. “To continue to play a leadership role in the world, it is vital that America’s future leaders have a deep understanding of the rest of the world,” says former U.S. Senator David Boren, the principal author of the legislation that created the National Security Education Program and the scholarships and fellowships that bear his name. “As we seek to lead through partnerships, understanding of other cultures and languages is absolutely essential.”

Several NOVA students have been awarded the prestigious Boren Scholarship. You could be next!  If interested in applying for the Boren Award, please contact the NOVA Boren Campus Representative, Leeza Fernand – Associate Director OIESP or IIE at boren@iie.org or visit www.borenawards.org. The Boren Scholarship deadline is February 2, 2022.

Submitted by:
Leeza Fernand, OIESP, LFernand@nvcc.edu