Fox International Fellowship Eligibility and Selection Criteria, Incoming

The Fox International Fellowship Program aims to identify and contribute to the education of outstanding students and identify “citizen scholar ambassadors” who, by virtue of their academic and extracurricular record, can be expected in the future to participate in guiding the world toward a more peaceful order.

By `citizen scholar ambassador` we mean a student whose research furthers the goal of the fellowship to expand and sustain global civic discourse and who possesses both the ability to communicate with a wider audience and the potential to become a leader in or out of academia. Due to this, the Fox International Fellowship is awarded on account of both the research proposal and the personal leadership qualities of the candidate.

When ranking candidates, please the following eligibility and selection criteria in mind.

Eligibility: Graduate level students pursuing Doctoral or Masters level degrees. The Fox International Fellowship is NOT open to postdoctoral applicants. US citizens are not eligible to apply, unless they have citizenship of another country and have never studied (Undergraduate and Graduate level) in the US.

Selection criteria:

· Personal characteristics. Candidates must demonstrate commitment to serious research and a capacity for leadership and civic engagement.

· Field of focus. Candidates should be engaged in a relevant social science (including political science, sociology, anthropology, economics, psychology and geography) or humanities discipline (including philosophy, history and law). Training in some type of substantive interdisciplinary fields such as business/management, public administration, international relations, environmental policy and public health are especially attractive.

· Language skills. The candidate’s language skills must be sufficient both to succeed in their research project and to engage in the intellectual and social community of the host university. Candidates for the Yale International Fox Fellowships at Yale University must an excellent command of the English language in conversation, reading and writing.

· Research Proposal. Candidates will be given preference for demonstrating excellence in their field of study.