Fellowship ProgramJunior Fellowship Program

Program Guidelines - Harrisburg

Application Process

Our application is designed to bring together interested fellowship candidates with organizations seeking to host a Junior Fellow. The process has four steps:

  1. Partner organizations submit to Stoneleigh Foundation a description of the project they are interested in pursuing with a Junior Fellow.
  2. We advertise Selected Projects through our website and email distribution.
  3. Interested candidates apply directly to the partner organization using the Individual Application.
  4. Each partner organization selects a candidate and together they submit to Stoneleigh a Joint Application (the application form will be posted
    mid-February, 2011).

Program Guidelines & Eligibility Criteria

Organizations eligible to host a Junior Fellow

The Junior Fellowship Program in Harrisburg is a pilot program.  Stoneleigh initially selected three organizations to participate in the 2011 - 2012 cycle.  More organizations may be invited to participate in the future, pending initial results.

Projects eligible for fellowship consideration must:

  • Provide a valuable professional development experience for the Junior Fellow.
  • Give the Junior Fellow an opportunity to help design and carry out a discrete project or phase of a project within a one-year time frame.
  • Focus on issues connected to child welfare and juvenile justice.
  • Provide the Junior Fellow with an opportunity to conduct research, test new ideas, build programs, develop social policy and/or create strategies for system improvement.

 Candidates eligible for a Junior Fellowship

  • Junior Fellow candidates should have completed an undergraduate or graduate degree within the last three years.
  • Candidates who are completing graduate degrees are eligible to apply.  The candidate must demonstrate that s/he can effectively balance a full-time fellowship and partial coursework. 
  • Current employees of the applicant organization are not eligible to apply for a Junior Fellowship at that organization. 

 Timeline

  • February 28, 2011 -  Individual Applications due to organizations
  • April 18, 2011 - Joint Application due to Stoneleigh Foundation
  • Mid-June, 2011 - Announcement of Awards
  • July 1, 2011 - Fellowship Begins

 

For further details on the program, please contact us directly at info@stoneleighfoundation.org or (215) 735-7080.