Department of Political Science

Information on Off Campus Opportunities: 
Summer Programs, Internships, Etc.

Some files are in PDF and require the Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing   Announcements are posted when they are received by the
department.  As soon as the new announcements for 2007-2008 arrive they will be posted for the ongoing opportunities.

Internships 

Illinois Legislative Staff Intern Program & Graduate Public Service
     Internship Program

Other Summer and Year Long Internships in State Government in
     Springfield

DOW Jones 2008 Summer Business Reporting Intern Program

NEW PROGRAM The Fund for American Studies and Georgetown University 
     are expanding their summer internship programs to the regular fall and spring 
     semesters.  The new program, called Capital Semester, is similar to the Washington Semester Programs at 
     American University

Georgetown University Public Affairs Seminar: Internship Program

Summer Programs

Ralph Bunche Summer Institute a five-week, academically intensive summer program
    designed to stimulate the graduate school experience, provide mentoring, and expand academic 
    opportunities for minority students

Graduate School

Carl Albert Center's Graduate Fellowship Program in Congressional Studies

David Boren Graduate Fellowships under the National Security 
     Education Program

Graduate Public Service Internship at University of Illinois Springfield

The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship

Davies-Jackson Scholarship for St. John's College, Cambridge University

Ford Minority Scholarships for graduate study

James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation 
       offers a fellowship of up to $24,000 for those committed to a career in teaching 
         American history, American government, or social studies at the secondary level. 

Conferences and Papers

General Social Survey Student Paper Competition

American Undergraduate Journal of Politics and Government

The Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics

Illinois Women in Government Conference Scholarship Awards

 Twelfth Annual Illinois Conference for Students of Political Science
      http://www.politicsandgovernment.ilstu.edu