Sorensen Fellowship

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The deadline for the 2010 Sorensen Fellowship (formerly called the Ethics Center Student Fellowship – click here for details on the name change) has now passed. The 2011 Sorensen Fellowship application will be available in the summer of 2010. To check out the 2010 application, click here.

Conserve the rainforest. Help fight AIDS. Spread literacy. Teach art to orphans.

Given the chance, how would you change the world?

Become a Sorensen Fellow and spend next summer working on issues that matter to you in the organization of your choice.

A Three-Part Experience

  • Spring 2010: Take a course of your choosing as academic preparation for your internship.
  • Summer 2010: Implement a project of your own design as an intern in the organization of your choice, anywhere in the world. Tackle issues of international importance like coexistence, human rights, international law, hunger relief, gender equity, development, education, global health, AIDS prevention, refugee assistance, or something even we haven't thought of!
  • Fall 2010: Take a course with the other Fellows to put the internship experience in perspective.

Award
Sorensen Fellows receive a $4000 stipend ($3500 if internship is in the U.S.) intended to cover travel and modest living expenses for a summer internship.

Eligibility
Sorensen Fellows must be Brandeis sophomores or juniors in the fall of 2009. Students from any major are eligible. We are pleased to consider applications from those who have previously applied.

Deadlines
Wednesday, October 7 - Preliminary project proposals due (optional, but strongly encouraged)
Monday, November 2 – All applications must be complete in the Ethics Center office by 5 p.m.

Click here for the Sorensen Fellowship 2010 application (deadline now passed).

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 Benjamin Bechtolsheim, a 2008 Fellow, in Uganda