Earning While You Learn

Posted by ERUDIO in Inspiration on Mar 21st, 2011

Jobs, Internships, Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants, Apprenticeships and Cooperative Education.

The success of this Government, and thus the success of our Nation, depends in the last analysis upon the quality of our career services.--- John F. Kennedy

Isn’t this what every student needs? But in this downer economy, how do you find a job while you study?

How do you find an internship, and learn while you earn? How do you find a scholarship, a fellowship? How do you obtain a grant?

All of these are available within government systems. No way, you say? Way. It’s there for the taking.

Every government needs qualified, highly educated civil servants, to serve it’s multitude of functions.

In the USA, federal educational opportunities span the full range— to students all the way from high school, up to the bachelor’s and master’s levels, on through doctorate level and beyond, even to career professionals.

Why? Because the US government has an enormous need to staff its immense agencies.

All federal bureaurocracies must continually attract talented professionals, people who are working for their degrees, and those with degrees already earned.

Class picture at the Civil Service College in Singapore

Many other nations have similar programs. Wherever you live on this globe, contact your state or federal employment offices online, explore these powerful educational options.

Let’s take a look at some of the categories offered…

Apprenticeships – along with pay, these government programs provide an individual the opportunity to learn and obtain qualifications in a specified trade or craft. These opportunities vary in length from agency to agency. Here are a few—

NAVSEA Philadelphia Science and Engineering Apprentice Program (SEAP) Program
NAVSEA West Bethesda Science and Engineering Apprentice Program (SEAP)
Research and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (REAP)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Student Educational Employment Program Managers

Cooperative Education – this provides a wonderful opportunity for the student, educational institution, and a Federal department or agency to enhance a student’s career through a combination of classroom studies and on-the-job training. Students can serve their nation while receiving experience for future employment opportunities.

Cooperative Grants Program
Global Change Education Program – Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS)
Laboratory Research Cooperative Program (LRCP)
Naval Research Laboratory Student Volunteers
Short-Term Analytical Services (STAS)
United States Secret Service, Stay in School Program

Fellowships – these provide an individual the opportunity to serve in an ideal setting for advanced subspecialty training.
Individuals are given the opportunity to study and gain invaluable insight into a particular field of study.

(These programs can last six weeks on up to several years.)
Here are a few, but there are MANY…

Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (AF/SFFP)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Institute of Physics State Department Science Fellowship program
American Planning Association (APA) Congressional Fellowships
American Psychological Association Congressional Fellowship Program
American Psychological Association William A. Bailey AIDS Policy Congressional Fellowship
American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Minority Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Association of Public Health Laboratories Emerging Infectious Disease Post-Doctoral Laboratory Research Fellowship Program
Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC/ATSDR) Public Health Fellowships
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Congressional Fellows Program

Congressional Fellowships on Women and Public Policy Grants – these provide funds to an individual, a group of individuals, or an organization, usually for a specific project. Monetary grants are given to assist in paying for education, or research and development projects.

In some cases, grant awards do not require repayment.
(check out USA grant opportunities on www.Grants.gov. for the FULL LIST.)

Collaborative Research Grants, National Endowment for the Humanities
Department of Education DC Choice Incentive Program
Department of Education Early Childhood Educator Professional Development Program
Department of Education Early Reading First
Department of Education Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Programs
Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – US Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program
Department of Education Improving Literacy through School Libraries Program

Internships – these provide an individual with a monitored or supervised work or service experience. You receive intentional learning goals and reflect actively on what you are learning throughout the experience.

These learning goals can include: academic learning, career development, skill development, and personal development.
(For the full list, click on http://www.studentjobs.gov/e-scholar.asp.)

American Advantage Capital Scholars Program
American University American Indian Program -Washington Internships for Native Students (WINS) – Summer Program
Arizona, City of Phoenix
Association of Schools of Public Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ASPH/CDC/ATSDR) Internship Program
Association of Schools of Public Health Reports Internship
Brookhaven National Laboratory International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Internship

Scholarships – these provide funds to an individual who has demonstrated high academic achievement, and the desire to further their education in a field of study. Scholarships may be awarded up to four years to an individual.

Babcock Graduate School of Management
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program
Central Intelligence Agency Undergraduate Scholar Program
Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Programs
Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service
Henry Alfred Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations Program at Library of Congress
The Jeffrey D. Rubenstein College of Criminal Justice

Again, for the full list, click on http://www.studentjobs.gov/e-scholar.asp The full scholarship list is LONG!

Governments worldwide emphasize fairness in their hiring practices, and in their awarding of scholarships, internships, and other educational opportunities.

This means you have more than a fair chance of getting the educational thrust you need— if you really explore EVERY possibility.

And, as JFK said, inside the government is where change often really takes place, within the quality and morality of it’s civil servants.

It means that, if you apply yourself, there is opportunity for EVERYONE!!!