PPIA Junior Summer Institute Programs

The PPIA Junior Summer Institute is a seven-week program structured to introduce or strengthen skills in economics, statistics, policy analysis, writing, public speaking and organization/time management. At the end of the seven-week program, students will prepare and present a comprehensive group report on a current policy issue that will encompass the skills acquired in their coursework, including the seminar on the intercultural dimensions of policy making, field research, policy analysis, and writing and computer workshops.

Curriculum:
Required coursework will include seven weeks of classroom instruction in:

• Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis
• Economics for Policy Analysis
• Policy Workshop (International and Domestic)
• Policy Writing and Analysis
• Intercultural Dimensions of Policy Making

Programs:
PPIA Junior Summer Institute at UC, Berkeley
PPIA Junior Summer Institute at Carnegie Mellon
PPIA Junior Summer Institute at Maryland
PPIA Junior Summer Institute at Michigan
PPIA Junior Summer Institute at Princeton University

Mellon Fellowship in Humanities

The Mellon Fellowship is a generous fellowship which can be used at any humanities graduate program in the US and Canada. The fellowship is designed to support students who plan to pursue a career in teaching and research at the university level. Eligible fields of study are: American studies, art history, classics, comparative literature, cultural anthropology, English literature, foreign language and literature, history, history and philosophy of science, musicology, philosophy, political science, and religious studies.

• Eligibility: Seniors or recent graduates who have not been enrolled in any graduate program.
• Selection Process: Applications are available directly from the Mellon Foundation only. Applications are available in the fall through the first of December; applications must be returned by December 31. Candidates must take the GRE prior to December 1 and submit their scores. Written applications are screened and semifinalists are invited to one of a series of regional interviews. Finalists are selected from those interviewed. Winners are announced during the first week of April.
• Deadline: December 31, see above.
• Faculty Representative: William Pritchard, Department of English
• Website: http://www.mellon.org/grant_programs/programs
• Contact: The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
  Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies
  P.O. Box 5329
  Princeton, NJ 08543-5329
  Tel: (609) 452-7007
  Efax: (866) 422-3169