Undergraduate Global Scholars Program

Application Timeframe: Fall

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We're looking for undergraduates to join the Einaudi Center as student leaders in the campus community’s yearlong exploration of freedom of expression. Apply now to be a Global Scholar in the spring 2024 semester!

Scholars receive a stipend of $500 for the semester.

New in 2024: Einaudi Global Scholars

Launching in spring 2024, this competitive fellowship program is open to students from all colleges and majors with a passion for big global questions and speaking across differences. The Global Scholars program provides a toolkit of resources for weighing challenging questions and builds your practical skills in public debates. By the end of the semester, you'll be an active global citizen and champion for social impact.

Speak Up for Global Free Speech

Make your voice heard as a student leader in Cornell's freedom of expression theme year. We welcome applications from writers, scholars, activists and artists, poets and podcasters, hands-on practitioners, and more. As an Undergraduate Global Scholar, you'll advocate for freedom of speech on campus and around the world—and expand your reach through Einaudi, Global Cornell, and campus channels.

You'll connect with fellow students and partner with Global Public Voices faculty mentors to design your own capstone project on global free speech. Your campus engagement will be as unique as your interests. Your capstone may feature public speaking or presentations, social media posts, a campus awareness campaign, artistic expression, a student event, or content for student media outlets.

What You'll Learn

The Global Scholars program creates a space for studying and practicing how individuals and communities can engage about, with, and across difference and disagreement to work toward collective understanding and action on challenging global issues. Our focus will be on skills of discourse, empowering you to thoughtfully address big questions on campus and beyond. You will learn how to:

Determine the nature of complex global issues.
Understand crucial issues from multiple perspectives.
Test your ideas through research.
Respectfully interact with communities impacted by an issue.
Responsibly engage in advocacy to create valuable public discourse.

Mentors and Networking

As a Global Scholar, you'll meet and engage with prominent experts and leaders visiting the Einaudi Center, including this years’ speakers at the Lund Critical Debate.

You'll attend participatory workshops led by our Global Public Voices (GPV) faculty fellows—who are focusing this year on freedom of expression—and join their work producing public commentary and global perspectives on free expression. You'll also help plan and contribute to a campus symposium on global free speech with the GPV fellows.

Deadline

Applications for next year are due September 9, 2024.

Amount

Stipend amount to come.

How to Apply

Check back to find out about the online application. Selected students will be notified in fall 2024.

Questions?

If you have questions about the Global Scholars program or your application, email Einaudi Center academic programs. Check out the range of opportunities for undergraduates at Einaudi.