If you are thinking about applying to a graduate program for the start of the Fall 2015 semester, this is a fellowship opportunity that you should consider applying to by the January 20, 2015 deadline.

Here is a link and a brief description of this fellowship: USAID Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship Program – http://www.paynefellows.org/?session.areaid=2&contentid=941

The USAID Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship Program seeks to attract outstanding young people who are interested in pursuing careers in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). If you want to work on the front lines of some of the most pressing global challenges of our times — poverty, hunger, injustice, disease, environmental degradation, climate change, conflict and violent extremism – the Foreign Service of the U.S. Agency for International Development provides an opportunity to advance U.S. foreign policy interests and reflect the American people’s compassion and support of human dignity. The Payne Fellowship, which provides up to $90,000 in benefits over two years for graduate school, internships, and professional development activities, as well as provides a unique pathway to the USAID Foreign Service.