John Gardner Public Service Fellowship

Gardner Fellowships provide opportunities for graduating seniors to invest their talent, energy and training in public service. Six fellows, three from Stanford and three from UC Berkeley, are selected each spring. Each is provided with a $27,500 stipend plus reimbursement for health insurance for ten months full-time work with a government or nonprofit agency beginning no later than October 1 after graduation. Travel and other related expenses are provided as appropriate. Each fellow is matched with a distinguished leader in public service who works fulltime at the placement organization and guides the student's professional growth and development, and provides opportunities and exposure that exceed what is normally available to a recent graduate. Hear from 2010 Fellows by viewing this short video.

Through the Gardner Fellowship, recent fellows have

• Represented the State Department’s Feed the Future Initiative as part of the U.S. delegation to a food security and climate change conference at The Hague.
• Published an Op Ed and produced persuasive videos and blogs to combat discrimination
• Contributed to a chapter on the world economy in the 2011 Economic Report of the President
• Served as a main blogger for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and staffed the Presidential Awards bestowed upon our nation’s most outstanding scientists
• Led the development of a diabetes-focused patient activation campaign using SMS cell phone technology
• Managed the congressionally mandated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service

Selection process is complete for 2012.  Please watch for February 2013 deadline. For more information, please contact Megan Swezey Fogarty.

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