Urban Institute/National Congress of American Indians Summer Research Fellowship

For the summer 2009 program, the Urban Institute Summer Academy is strengthening its collaboration with the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) by designating one of the summer fellowship slots as a joint UI/NCAI summer fellowship.  NCAI leadership, along with the UI Summer Academy’s Program Director, will serve as the selection committee for this fellow.  In addition to all of the benefits of the UI Summer Academy fellowship, NCAI will sponsor this fellow to attend their national Tribal Leader/Scholar Forum – a component of NCAI’s Mid-Year Conference – in early June (Niagara Falls, NY).  NCAI researchers will additionally serve on this summer fellow’s guided research mentor team. Upon successful completion of the UI Summer Academy, the NCAI fellow will be provided with career placement assistance to identify a position with a local, regional, or national Native organization when he/she graduates from college the following spring if desired.

Eligibility

The UI/NCAI Summer Research Fellow must meet all of the eligibility requirements of the UI Summer Academy.  In addition, the applicant must be American Indian or Alaska Native.

Deadline

No applications are being accepted for the UI/NCAI Fellowship at this time. Please check back soon.

Application Instructions:

If you wish to apply as a joint UI/NCAI Summer Fellow:

1. Include the additional highlighted text in the application address:

Review Committee 2009

Urban Institute Summer Academy for Public Policy Analysis and Research

UI/NCAI Summer Fellowship

The Urban Institute

2100 M Street, NWWashington, DC 20037

2. Check the appropriate box on the application form

3.   Please include information in your two personal statements that addresses why you would like to be an Urban Institute/National Congress of American Indians Summer Research Fellow*.  Strong preference will be given to students who propose research projects that align with the mission and research areas addressed by the NCAI Policy Research Center.

 For more information on the NCAI Policy Research  Center, please go to:  http://www.ncaiprc.org

For more information on the NCAI Tribal Leader/Scholar Forum, please go to: http://www.ncaiprc.org/tribal-leader-scholar-forum 

*Applicants not selected for the UI/NCAI Summer Fellowship will be placed automatically in the main UI Summer Academy applicant pool for further consideration.  If you do not wish to be considered for a UI Summer Academy Fellowship, please indicate this in a written note on your application.

summeracademy@urban.org

The UI Summer Academy is supported by a generous grant from the Ford Foundation