Print and Online Resources for Fellowships

General Websites

• PSLawNet.org
  online database of fellowships, internships, and permanent public interest employment opportunities; searchable by geographic area and subject matter
• Symplicity
  Georgetown's online job listing database includes many fellowship announcements

 

Selected Project Fellowship Websites

• Equal Justice Works Fellowship
• Indendence Foundation
• New Voices Fellowship
• Skadden Fellowship
• Soros Justice Fellowship
• echoing green

 

General Print Resources (available in the OPICS Resource Library)

• PSLawNet Comprehensive Fellowship Guide
• Serving the Public: A Job Search Guide, Volume 1 – USA (published by Harvard's Office of Public Interest Advising)
  includes chapter on fellowships, government honor programs and grants
• Fellowship file
  includes written material on many fellowships and sample project proposals for Equal Justice Works and Skadden fellowships

 

Other Funding Resources

The Foundation Center – Includes extensive information on potential funding sources:

• Foundation Grants to Individuals: comprehensive listing of private US foundations that provide  assistance to individuals
• Funding Human Rights: international directory of funding organizations and awards
• Foundation Fundamentals: A Guide for Grantseekers: contains strategies for grantseekers
• Need a Grant? The Individual's Guide to Grants: provides advice on developing successful proposals
• From Idea to Funded Project: Grant Proposals that Work: listing of useful resources and data on forms and required information for proposal submissions
• Winning Grants Step by Step: step-by-step instructions for successful proposal development
• Public Interest Entrepreneurs: Conceptualizing, Organizing, and Forming a Non-Profit Agency: handbook on starting a non-profit organization
• The Foundation Center's Guide to Proposal Writing: step-by-step instructions for writing proposals; includes insights on how grantmakers do their work