ARTHUR SIST FELLOWSHIP

SUNY/CID annually awards one Arthur Sist Fellowship to a worthy graduate student from the SUNY system. Sist Fellows work in a SUNY project abroad. These multi-year projects have been established in cooperation with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and are chiefly directed towards assisting national parliaments to strengthen their capacity to represent constituencies, participate in drafting and passing laws, and oversee the performance of executives in government.

Sist Fellows have gained valuable experience for careers in international development or have begun a piece of more substantial academic research during their work abroad. In recent years, SUNY students have worked in Jordan, Peru, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda, and Brazil. Each placement provides a unique set of possibilities that emerge from the CID project’s particular program of work. SUNY provides each Fellow with office space, overall guidance and assistance, and supervision in project related work.

Arthur Sist’s distinguished career began with a doctorate in political science from Yale University and has segued into over 20 years experience promoting the consolidation of democracy through teaching democratic theory and directing programs for strengthening legislative and judicial systems in Latin America and Africa.

Applications are encouraged from political science, public administration, public finance, business, public health, sociology, economics, history, and other social sciences, physical sciences or humanities.

Students who are interested in a Sist fellowship are invited to send their resume or CV, a cover letter explaining their reasons for applying and the dates of your availability, and a sample of their writing to
CIDfellowship@cid.suny.edu.

Please download the Application Package: Summer Fellowship at SUNY's Center for International Development.