Scholarships and Opportunities

Note: These scholarships and opportunities are not provided by the Acton Institute.

Heritage Foundation and familyfacts.org
The Heritage Foundation in conjunction with familyfacts.org is pleased to announce a new fellowship for graduate students in social sciences with an interest in writing theses in the area of religion and religious institutions, particularly as they relate to the family and domestic public policy. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. For more information, and instructions on how to apply, please see the website: http://www.familyfacts.org/fellowship.cfm

Master of Fine Arts
IHS Film & Fiction Scholarships award up to $10,000 for tuition and expenses. Open to all students who will be pursuing an MFA full-time in the 2009-2010 school year. More information is available at www.TheIHS.org/mfa The application is online; the deadline to apply is January 15.

Undergraduate and Graduate Studies
The Humane Studies Fellowships award up to $12,000 to outstanding undergraduate and graduate students, including the fields of law and journalism, who are exploring the principles, practices, and institutions necessary to a free society through their academic work. Open to all students pursuing a degree full-time in the 2009-2010 academic year. The deadline to apply is December 31. www.TheIHS.org/hsf

Positions

Strategic Communications Director:
The David Horowitz Freedom Center is an ideologically conservative, non-profit education and advocacy institution (Organization) located in Los Angeles. The Organization is seeking a highly skilled marketing and public relations professional.
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Tenure-Track Faculty in Economics:
The Biola University Crowell School of Business is accepting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Economics. The position will begin in the 2009-2010 academic year. Teaching responsibilities will include courses in the undergraduate and/or MBA programs, including micro- and/or macro-economic principles, along with advanced courses.
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Internships

Journalism
IHS Journalism Internships provide a stipend, housing allowance, and travel allowance. Placements are available for spring, summer and fall. The deadline for spring placement is December 1, the deadline for early decision for the summer is November 1. For more information, please visit www.theihs.org/journalism

  • Newspaper & Print track: Interns are placed at daily newspapers across the country and participate in an opening career building workshop. The internship offers real reporting assignments -- interns this summer averaged 30 clips.
  • Broadcast Journalism track: Broadcast Journalism internships offer hands-on internships at major media networks or news production houses. Last year we sponsored internships at CNN in Atlanta, ABC's "20/20" in Manhattan, and Fox News in Los Angeles, among others.

Production
IHS Production Internships offer placements in feature film, documentaries, video game development and animation. Spring placements are available in New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC, and other major media centers across the country. Past internship hosts have included Warner Brothers, Focus Features, Big Mouth Productions, and more. We consider applicants at all levels of experience -- from extensive camera work and training in Final Cut Pro to simply a general interest and desire to work in the film and media industry. Find out more at www.TheIHS.org/production

Public Policy and Nonprofit Leadership
The Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program offers internships for students and recent graduates interested in public policy. All placements offer participation in the Washington DC opening and closing workshops, a $1,500 stipend, travel reimbursement, and housing (or a housing allowance). DC based interns will attend weekly lectures, panels, and small group discussions on current policy topics. Application Deadline: January 31, 2009.

Seminars

Spring Seminar: Liberty & Society
IHS Seminars offer students an opportunity to explore the ideas of liberty in a friendly, fun environment. The Liberty & Society seminar goes beyond the basics to explore more sophisticated arguments for liberty. This year our Spring Seminars will be March 7-12, 2009 at UC - Santa Cruz and March 14-19, 2009 at Emory University. Participation is free. IHS covers the cost of housing, meals, and books for the seminar. The application deadline is January 5, 2009. To find out more, please visit www.theihs.org/springseminar

Other Resource Links

Bureaucrash
Bureaucrash, a non-profit whose mission is to act as a catalyst to create a cultural shift toward freedom by facilitating creative activism, guerrilla marketing and the use of new media, have launched a powerful platform called Bureaucrash Social. The site was developed to empower you to promote freedom and connect you to other freedom activists from around the world. Think of Bureaucrash Social as your online home for sharing ideas and collaborating with others to spread the ideas of individual liberty, personal responsibility, and free markets. Become active today to bring about a freer world tomorrow.

Institute For Humane Studies
The Institute for Humane Studies is a unique organization that assists undergraduate and graduate students worldwide with an interest in individual liberty. Please check their website for current opportunities.

Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Intercollegiate Studies Institute is a non-profit educational organization whose purpose is to educate college students on the values of a free and virtuous society.

Mercatus Center
Mercatus Center at George Mason University is a research and educational organization that works to connect economic understanding to real world practice.

The Witherspoon Institute
The Witherspoon Institute works to enhance public understanding of the political, moral, and philosophical principles of free and democratic societies. It also promotes the application of these principles to contemporary problems. To see a complete listing of Witherspoon announcements, visit http://www.winst.org/ and click on “upcoming events”.