Students interested in state and local government can gain valuable experience and prepare for careers in public service through a variety of undergraduate and graduate experiential learning opportunities that we offer each semester.

Experiential Learning Scholarships

The Office of Experiential Learning offers scholarships to support students' experiential learning activities. Awards are in amounts of up to $2,500. The Vinson Fellows Program, PROPEL Rural Scholars and Georgia Legislative Internship Program are all EL-approved non-course activities.

Students must be eligible and activities must be on the approved list of any college to be considered for funding. For more information, contact us at [email protected].

Learn more about the Experiential Learning Scholarship.

Our Student Opportunities

Opportunity	Eligible Students	Applications Accepted	Program Begins	Duration	Contact
Vinson Fellows Program	Undergraduate students from any UGA school or college who hold a 3.0+ cumulative GPA	Each August-September for the following Spring, Each January-February for the following Fall	Begins with the Fall/Spring semester	One semester	Institute of Government Student Programs & Initiatives: [email protected]
Georgia Legislative Internship Program	Undergraduate students with 60+ credit hours at the start of the internship	Each Fall semester, applications typically open in September	In January with the legislative session	Spring semester/length of legislative session	Madison Drummond & Dr. Audrey Haynes
PROPEL Rural Scholars	Undergraduate students from any UGA school or college	Each Spring semester, applications typically open in February	Fall semester	One academic year (Fall and Spring)	Madison Drummond
PSO Student Scholars	Undergraduate students from any UGA school or college who have completed at least one year of university study prior to the start of the program	Each Spring semester	Fall semester	One academic year (Fall and Spring)	Josh Podvin

 

 

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