Global Experience Graduate Resources

As MSFS students, you have a unique opportunity to be chosen to engage in the Raisina Dialogue, organized by the Observer Research Foundation, one of India’s leading think tanks. This conference represents India’s flagship annual event on geopolitics and geo-economics. You will collaborate in teams with exceptional graduate students from top universities across the globe to address a pressing policy challenge. Your commitment will involve approximately three weeks of online engagement in February and March, followed by a one-week immersive experience in India. Raisina will fully cover all travel and accommodation costs in Delhi.

For more information, contact msfsinfo@georgetown.edu.

The Kakehashi Program aims to enhance Japanese relations. It invites open-minded MSFS students to explore Japan and promote its culture, whether formally or informally. The program typically selects four to five MSFS students annually and covers round-trip economy class tickets, overseas travel insurance, accommodation, transportation and meals. Be sure to submit your application by October or November, as the trip takes place in January. This opportunity is exclusively for U.S. citizens. 

For more information, contact msfsinfo@georgetown.edu. 

The MSFS summer funding supports unpaid or low-paid domestic or international opportunities. 

SSP students may use these funds to study a language abroad or attend international professional conferences. 

GHD students complete a 10- to 12-week internship in a low- to middle-income country during the summer between their first and second year in the program. The GHD program provides extensive support during the internship search process and has numerous official internship partners.

MAAS students have the opportunity in the summer between their first and second years to have global experiences to study, research or work abroad. 

Funding for MAAS students is available for travel and other expenses related to attending a professional meeting. Requests can be made in advance or retroactively for one semester.

Open to both graduate and undergraduate students, the Barkanic Award was founded in memory of a Georgetown alumnus, Peter Patrick Barkanic (SFS’80). The award provides financial support of up to $1,000 for living and/or travel expenses for a student participating in an internship or language study program in Asia. 

Students may have the opportunity to intern at the Pacific Forum in Honolulu, Hawaii. Typically, calls for applications are sent early in the spring semester to MASIA students. The deadline is usually early March. Finalists are forwarded on to the Pacific Forum for the final selection.

Contact asianstudies@georgetown.edu for more details.

Open to all Georgetown University graduate and undergraduate students, the Henry Chen Memorial Scholarship is awarded annually by the Asian Studies faculty to a student who exemplifies the qualities and ideals to which Professor Chen’s life was devoted. 

MAERES summer funding is open to first-year students looking to study a language abroad or to conduct capstone projects abroad. Stipends vary and may not fully cover the cost of the opportunities. 

The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) offers an academic summer program for graduate students interested in Latin America and the Caribbean. The program is three or six credits and the cost is the tuition for the credits plus a mandatory international insurance charge. As part of this program, CLAS works to pair students with professional internships in the region. SFS students who take advantage of the internship option are thereby eligible for their program’s SFS opportunity funds.

Contact clas@georgetown.edu, for more details.

The Center for Latin American Studies offers competitive funding for student research and applications are reviewed each semester.

Contact clas@georgetown.edu, for more details. 

The MA-IBP curriculum includes six one-week, in-person modules, two of which take place internationally (with the remaining four taking place on campus). In past years, the international module destinations have been Brussels, Belgium and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Merit scholarships awarded through the admissions process apply toward tuition for all modules.

• For more details, contact ma.ibp@georgetown.edu 
• See a blog post about a student’s international course module experience

Spend the fall semester of your second year at the Hertie School, a private international school of public policy located in Berlin.

As a first year student, you can apply to spend your summer completing one of our six signature international internships.