Young Explorers Grants
National Geographic
Description:
Young Explorers Grants (YEG) offer opportunities to individuals between the ages of 18 and 25 to pursue research, conservation, and exploration-related projects consistent with National Geographic's existing grant programs, including: the Committee for Research and Exploration (CRE), the Expeditions Council (EC), and the Conservation Trust (CT).
Qualifications:
- Between 18-25
- Advanced Degrees Unnecessary, but encouraged
- Foreign Nationals May Apply
The JET Program
The Japan Exchange and Teaching Program
Description:
The Japan Exchange and Teaching Program seeks to help enhance internationalization in Japan by promoting mutual understanding between Japan and other nations. The program also aims to improve foreign language education in Japan and to encourage international exchange at the local level by fostering ties between Japanese youth and foreign youth.
Qualifications:
- Be a US citizen to apply using this application (if not, see note below to non-US citizens);
- Earn your Bachelors degree by July 1, 2009;
- In principle, be less than 40 years of age as of April 1, 2009;
- Not have lived in Japan for 3 or more years in the past 8 years (since 2001);
- Not have been a former JET participant in the last 10 years;
- Have excellent English skills (both spoken and written);
- Have a genuine interest in Japan.
Fulbright Program
U.S. Department of State
Description:
- Is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
- Is the largest U.S. international exchange program offering opportunities for students, scholars, and professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools worldwide.
- Was established in 1946 by the U.S. Congress to "enable the government of the United States to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries."
- Awarded approximately six thousand grants in 2007, at a cost of more than $262 million, to U.S. students, teachers, professionals, and scholars to study, teach, lecture, and conduct research in more than 155 countries, and to their foreign counterparts to engage in similar activities in the United States.
- Receives its primary source of funding through an annual appropriation from Congress to the Department of State. Participating governments and host institutions in foreign countries, and in the United States, also contribute financially through cost-sharing and indirect support, e.g., through salary supplements, tuition waivers, and university housing.
- The U.S. Student Program grant numbers are subject to the availability of federally appropriated funds. The United States Department of State reserves the right to alter, without notice, participating countries, numbers of awards, terms of agreement, and allowances.
- Check with your Alma Mater for more information
Junior Professional Associates
The World Bank
Description:
In your JPA assignment, you'll use your strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, your knowledge of technology and the web, and your research abilities - working with more senior colleagues and project teams in their operational work. You'll have an opportunity to hone your skills and acquire new ones while gaining first-hand exposure to the challenges of development and poverty alleviation. Your experience as a JPA can then be used as a stepping stone to a career in government, consulting, the private sector, or academia.
Qualifications:
- You are no more than 28 years old
- Hold the equivalent of a Bachelor's degree (with some relevant experience), a Master's, or be a PhD candidate with a superior academic record.
- The World Bank Group welcomes applicants from all over the globe regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic background, and disability.
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