New Graduate Fellowship in Community Building
The Nonprofit Management & Leadership Program and the Community Partnership Project at the University of Missouri–St. Louis are pleased to announce a new Graduate Fellowship Program titled, “Community Building Fellows."
This particular fellowship is designed to give financial support to the recipients as well as offer them a unique educational and academic program experience.
The Fellowship Program is intended to support graduate students who are committed to pursuing careers in community development in the nonprofit and/or public sectors. This includes students interested in leading or managing social or economic community development or community based organizations, and exhibit promise to be effective in such positions. Preference will be given to students intending to pursue such professional work in the St. Louis bi-state metropolitan region.
Fellowship awards will be $3,000 and based on merit. The Fellowship includes other benefits such as mentoring, monthly conversations with community building leaders, an internship/practicum, and related learning activities.
ELIGIBILITY: Only current UM–St. Louis graduate students or individuals who have already applied for graduate admission are eligible. Students must be pursuing either a Master’s in Public Policy Administration, Master’s in Social Work, and/or graduate certificate in Nonprofit Management and Leadership.
SELECTION PROCESS AND CRITERIA
Applications will be evaluated on the basis of merit. Merit will include both academic performance, with a minimum eligibility requirement of a 3.0 GPA in graduate and undergraduate studies, as well as commitment to and promise of effectiveness in professional work managing and leading community building efforts.
The application deadline is December 4. F inalists for the Fellowship will be required to participate in an interview with the Community Building Fellowship Selection Committee, composed of UM-SL faculty and leaders from our region’s nonprofit and public sectors. Finalists must be available for an interview on campus on Monday, December, 11. Fellowship recipients will be announced by December 15, and the Fellowship awards will apply beginning with the Winter Semester, 2007. The Fellowship Program activities will begin in January and conclude in December, 2007.
FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION MATERIALS
Fellowship Application click here
Letter of Recommendation Form click here
If you have questions, please call (314) 516-6713