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The deadline for 2024 Summer Fellowship applications is January 28, 2024.

Applications are accepted starting January 3, 2024.

Undergraduates from Barnard, Brown, Bryn Mawr, Harvard, Princeton, Spelman, Stanford, and Yale are eligible to apply for Liman Summer Fellowships. Graduate students from Princeton are also eligible. At Yale, all undergraduates—with the exception of graduating seniors—may apply.

Each participating school has its own application process, deadlines, and requirements for the Liman Summer Fellowship. See your school’s program contact below for more information.

Yale undergraduates: Submit your application online through Yale Student Grants and Fellowships (CommunityForce).

Incomplete applications will not be accepted. You must include:

  1. Résumé (Two-page limit)
    Include both academic and work experiences, including volunteer work and public service projects.
  2. Reflective essay (1,000-word limit)
    Help us learn about you and understand your commitments. Write about topics, ideas, or projects that engage you. Please do not repeat your resume.
  3. Two letters of recommendation from Yale faculty
    Letters should come from individuals who know your work. Ladder faculty or faculty visiting Yale from other institutions, rather than teaching assistants or graduate students, are preferred.
  4. Current college transcript (Unofficial copies are fine.)
  5. Potential host organizations (One-page limit)
    Describe the organizations you have contacted or will contact for placement. Indicate if you are interested in placement at Legal Action Center or All Our Kin

You need not secure an internship before you apply for a Fellowship. However, some summer internship application deadlines pass before we select Fellows.

When possible, we recommend first contacting organizations to ask whether they can offer you an internship. You can explain that you have a pending Fellowship application. Once we select Liman Fellows, you can follow up with them.

If you do not have an internship after being selected as a Liman Fellow, we will help you find one.

Liman Summer Fellowship Program Contacts

Barnard College

Gregory Triandis
Director, Partnerships and Employer Relations Beyond Barnard
212-854-7748
gtriandis@barnard.edu

Stephanie Malak
Senior Associate Director, Internship Programs & Special Initiatives
212-854-5262
smalak@barnard.edu

Website

Brown University

Mary Jo Callan
Stark Family Executive Director
Swearer Center
401.863.2338
mjcallan@brown.edu

Joshua Rodriguez
Assistant Director, Co-Curricular Learning
Swearer Center
401.863.1825
joshua_rodriguez@brown.edu

Website

Bryn Mawr College

Katie Krimmel
Associate Dean, Leadership, Innovation & Liberal Arts Center
267-222-2044
610.562.5172 (o)
kkrimmel@brynmawr.edu

Website

Harvard University

Samantha de Melim
Interim Director of Pathways to Practice, Center for Public Service and Engaged Scholarship
617-496-5788
samantha_demelim@fas.harvard.edu

Website

Princeton University

Elizabeth Choe
Director, Undergraduate Program
609.258.4818
liz.choe@princeton.edu

Website

Spelman College

Stacy Washington
Special Academic Programs Manager, Instructor,
First Year Experience, Sophomore Leadership Seminar
404-270-5771
swashi37@spelman.edu

Website

Stanford University

Valerie Chow
Program Director, Undergraduate Fellowships
650-723-3307
vychow@stanford.edu

Website

Yale University

Jennifer Taylor
Liman Center Director
203-436-3530
jennifer.taylor@yale.edu

Anjelica Gonzalez
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Faculty Director of Tsai CITY, and

Head of Davenport College
anjelica.gonzalez@yale.edu