Top 10 Overseas Internships & Conferences This Fall

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

The educational project has collected for you ten of the most interesting proposals where you can go for an internship or conference this coming fall.

1. In the USA, if you are an artist

• Program in a modern art residence.
• Grant for training for a period of 1 month.
• Deadline - 12 September.

If you are a professional painting artist and want to live in America next year, the Golden Foundation's one-month internship is for you. To take part in the competition, you need to send the organizers photos of eight completed works, a resume and three letters of recommendation (for more details, see the instructions). All the necessary materials, canvases and paints are provided to the artists, and each individual grant can be up to $ 3,000, covering up to 85% of the cost of the program. The residence itself is located in the countryside of New York State.

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2. To Myanmar if you are a diplomat

• International conference for undergraduate and graduate students.
• Travel and accommodation grant.
• Deadline - September 3rd.

If you are now studying at university, speak English fluently and are captured by the ups and downs of international relations, dream of feeling like a foreign minister, or definitely want to get to know one of them, you are welcome to the eighth ASEM model, which will be held November 15-20 in Yangon and Naypyidaw. Selected participants are not required to pay any organizational fees and will be assisted with room, board and travel expenses.

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3. To Spain if you are a manager

• Refresher courses.
• Payment of part of the cost of training.
• Deadline - September 30th.

At the European School of Economics in Madrid, there are special short courses in management for students from all over the world who already have a bachelor's degree or equivalent. The courses take place over three months, plus an internship. The program starts in January, the language of instruction is English. The scholarship covers up to 70% of the tuition costs.

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4. To Germany if you are a human rights defender

• For representatives of anti-fascist and anti-racist organizations.
• Partial payment of travel and visa costs.
• Deadline - September 3rd.

If you are interested in the topic of human rights protection and you have thought about such an urgent issue now as hate crimes, you are at the UNITED conference, which will be held on November 19-24 in Berlin. UNITED is the largest European anti-racist network in support of migrants, refugees and minorities, holding a couple of conferences a year for participants from Council of Europe member states. For participants from Russia, the fee is 80 euros, but the organizers promise to cover part of the travel and visa costs.

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5. In the USA, if you are a security professional

• For graduate students and researchers.
• Grant - $ 500.
• Deadline - September 5th.

If you are interested in the topic of international security and want to share your research with a dozen future PhDs like you, apply to the Harvard International Security Conference. The conference will be held October 14-15 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The organizers provide grants of $ 500 to cover travel and accommodation costs.

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6. To Switzerland if you want to do an internship at the WTO

• For students and graduates of the magistracy (economics, law, political science, international relations).
• Internship with a payment of 1,500 euros per month.
• There is no deadline.

The World Trade Organization calls trainees to its headquarters in Geneva for up to 24 weeks (the exact time depends on the unit's needs). If you are not yet 30 years old, you want to gain practical experience and understand deeper in the field of world trade - you are welcome.

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7. To Denmark or Austria if you are a researcher

• For graduate students of political science, law and international relations.
• Paid internship.
• Deadline - October 1st.

A six-month internship from May 1 at the International Secretariat of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly - what could be more interesting and useful for future political scientists, lawyers or diplomats? If you are between 21 and 26 years old, you have a good education, you are fluent in English and are interested in research in the field of international relations, then you can go to Vienna or Copenhagen. Selected participants are entitled to a scholarship of 650 euros per month, accommodation and, of course, invaluable experience.

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8. In the USA, if you are a writer

• Availability of published books.
• Home and office for 9 months plus $ 45,000.
• Deadline - November 1st.

If you are a writer or research scientist, you have published work (dissertation does not count), you are interested in American history and culture and are ready to devote 9 months to writing, traveling around America, teaching students, and then presenting your book to the general public. then this grant is definitely for you. The S. Starr Center for American Experiences, located in Chestertown, three hours from New York, accepts applications every year.

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9. To South Korea if you are a medic

• For medical graduates.
• Payment of expenses ranging from $ 2,000 to $ 4,000.
• Deadline - November 15.

South Korean universities are opening their doors to certified doctors under 40 who wish to undertake an internship in ultrasound research next year. The ten scholarships will cover living expenses, flights and basic living expenses from two to four weeks. To complete the training, you must be fluent in English or Korean and send a resume and letter of recommendation to the President of the Korean Society for Medical Ultrasound.

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10. To any country of Eurasia, if you are a worker of culture and art

• For artists and workers of museums and galleries, critics and researchers.
• Grant up to EUR 1,200.
• Deadline - November 15.

Well, if you are an artist or art researcher, writer or critic, exhibition curator or museum worker and you have a desire to go to some conference in Europe or Asia, feel free to apply for the Mobility First grant, recently established by ASEF. It is designed to support cultural mobility for residents of the ASEM region who want to take part in workshops, work in residences, do cultural research, or simply travel for inspiration.

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