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USIP Areas
of Research
Current
USIP Fellow/Research Topics
Immediate
Openings
Each year the Jennings
Randolph Fellowship Program of the United
States Institute of Peace (USIP) hosts a group of distinguished academics
and practitioners as Senior Fellows. Senior Fellows spend from a few months
to a year at the Institute, conducting research on various aspects of
non-military alternatives to the resolution of international conflict.
The CUWMA/USIP Research Assistantship Program offers student research
assistantships with the USIP's Jennings Randolph Fellows Program.
USIP also has occasional openings for Research Assistants in its other
departments, such as Rule of Law, Education, Training, Communications,
Research and Studies, and Publications and Marketing. Openings for those
positions will also be posted on this page as they become available.
Working through the Consortium assures that highly qualified students
are recruited to meet the agency's research needs on an ongoing basis.
This program is an excellent way to expand the opportunities available
for students to participate in research pertinent to their academic programs.
Further, it provides graduate students enrolled at member institutions
with the rare experience of working directly with internationally known
peace scholars from all over the world.
Immediate Openings for 2005
United States Institute of Peace
Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program
USIP seeks area students to work as part-time (approximately 20 hours
per week) Research Assistants to Senior Fellows. Each Research Assistant
is assigned to support a specific Senior Fellow's project by conducting
research (such as conducting literature searches, compiling bibliographies,
checking facts and sources, translating materials, and transcribing tapes)
and providing administrative support (such as arranging for project presentations
and preparing project-related travel vouchers).
The information listed for project dates and desired foreign language
skills is based on that available as of June 2005.
Pay is based on student status (years of education completed, and degrees
held). Applicants should be enrolled in or affiliated with a member institution
of the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area.
Positions are open until filled.
To apply for a Research Assistantship, please send a cover letter stating
the Fellow or Fellows you wish to work with, a copy of your resume, and
a brief (2-4 page) writing sample to:
Programs Department
Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area
One Dupont Circle, N.W., Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036-1131
Phone: 202.331.8080
Fax: 202.331.7925
Email: faulkner@consortium.org
What should I use for a writing
sample when I apply for an RA position?
An excerpt from a research paper written for one of your classes is usually
a good choice. Preferred length is no more than four pages. Please include
pages with footnotes. If you use endnotes, please add the page of notes
referred to in the excerpted pages. When Jennings Randolph staff review
your writing sample, they are looking for evidence of your intellectual
and research abilities. A decent writing sample shows that you can write
at a graduate level and know how to find, use, and cite research sources.
A strong writing sample also shows that you know something about your
field, and are capable of putting data and/or theories together and analyzing
them. You may submit a sample of journalistic work or other non-academic
writing, if you wish. However, this may put you at a disadvantage when
we compare your sample to those from other applicants. Keep in mind that
you're applying for a research assistant position. RAs are expected to
provide senior fellows with support for scholarly research projects.
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