Deadline:
December 01, 2024
Location(s)
United States of America
New York, NY
Overview
The Bohnett Fellowship, sponsored by the David Bohnett Foundation, allows outstanding masters students the opportunity to engage in the challenges of governing at the city level.
Details
Bohnett Fellows network with mayors from across the country and Bohnett Fellows from other schools when they attend the annual winter meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington DC accompanied by a faculty.
Fellows also participate in a summer internship at the highest levels of NYC government or in the Mayor's office of another US city through the US Conference of Mayors, which has an ongoing partnership with NYU Wagner.
HOW TO APPLY
- Submit your Fellowship Application Essay along with your online application to NYU Wagner. Fellowship applicants must also submit the one-minute video essay in order to be considered for fellowship.
THE DAVID BOHNETT FOUNDATION
The mission of the David Bohnett Foundation is to improve society through social activism. David Bohnett is a philanthropist and technology entrepreneur.
ABOUT NYU WAGNER
“Public service is the highest good, and, when done honorably and well, the most rewarding.”
Robert F. Wagner, Mayor of New York City 1953-1965
NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service prepares public service leaders to translate ideas into actions that have an effective and lasting impact on the public good. Our faculty’s research changes the way people frame, understand, and act on important public issues. We provide our students with critical skills, access to all that New York City has to offer, and a deep understanding of context surrounding public service challenges—which they use to improve cities and communities across the globe.
Since 1938, NYU Wagner has been educating the world’s future public service leaders.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
FELLOWSHIP CRITERIA
- An explicit interest in working for municipal governments to solve our most urgent social issue.
- Highly articulate in both speaking and writing
HOW TO APPLY
- Submit your Fellowship Application Essay along with your online application to NYU Wagner for Fall 2024. Fellowship applicants must also submit the one-minute video essay in order to be considered for fellowship. Applications are due by the December 1 deadline.
- Those selected as fellowship semi-finalists will be invited to participate in Skype interviews in mid-to-late February 2024.
- Those selected as fellowship finalists will be invited for an in-person interview with the Selection Committee in New York City in early April 2024. Those finalists who cannot travel to New York will be able to interview via Skype. This panel of judges will be comprised of representatives from sponsoring organizations, faculty and NYU Wagner alumni.
Dates
Deadline: December 01, 2024
Cost/funding for participants
The Bohnett Fellowship Program provides a full tuition scholarship, as well as a $5,000 summer stipend and internship opportunity for two incoming MPA or MUP students each academic year.
Un-save Opportunity
Internships, scholarships, student conferences and competitions.
