Background:
The Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan educational organization dedicated to building leadership and public policy knowledge within the Asian Pacific American (APA) community. Its mission is to promote APA interests and success in public service careers, to provide information and education on policy issues affecting the APA community, and to serve the APA community at-large.
$3,500 stipend
Description:
CAPAL's Public Service Scholarship Program awards scholarships of $3,500 undergraduate or graduate students serving in unpaid public service internships (nonprofit or government) this summer in the Washington, DC metropolitan region. Recipients of the CAPAL scholarships are responsible for securing their own public service internships. Students will be considered based on financial need and will be required to disclose other funding sources received.
The Public Service Scholarships are intended to enable outstanding students with leadership potential to work full-time and learn about ways to influence public policy in their local communities and the APA community. The scholarship program includes participation in CAPAL's Washington Leadership Program, our flagship weekly summer seminar series.
Qualifications:
Demonstrated commitment to public service, including service to the Asian Pacific American community; GPA of 3.0 or higher. All current students and all majors are welcome to apply.
Early consideration will be given to applications received by Friday, February 14, 2014.
Regular deadline is Friday, March 7, 2014. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
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