McHenry Fellowship at Georgetown University 2025

The Program:

The Donald F. McHenry Global Public Service Fellows Program seeks to enhance Georgetown University School of Foreign Service’s (SFS) recruitment of exceptionally qualified graduate students from widely diverse backgrounds and experiences who are committed to careers in transformational global public service. It is open to students accepted by any of the eight SFS Master’s degree programs and is conferred at the time of acceptance. The Fellowship program features activities for the development of the fellows’ abilities to integrate lessons and tools from across disciplines and to develop strategic intellectual skills. These skills in turn empower McHenry graduates to tackle both emerging and, as yet, unknown global challenges holistically.

Eligibility for the McHenry Fellowship:

• Applicants must show their acceptance and enrollment in the desired SFS Program.
• Candidates should have a commitment to a career in transformational global public service.
• Students must be in the process of applying to a SFS Masters program to be eligible for consideration, applications from students already enrolled in a graduate program will not be considered.

Benefits:

• A scholarship covering full tuition and mandatory fees.
• Individual mentoring to enhance analytic writing, oral briefing, and professional, and personal skills.
• Inter-disciplinary exchanges on creative solutions to public service problems.
• Interaction with senior practitioners at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy and the larger SFS community.
• Events to complement and expand the fellows’ Master’s degree academic learning.
• Assistance with internship search for practical experience and networking.
• Counseling on career employment search.