"The Scholars in the Nation's Service Initiative is a direct response to the critical need in this country to attract greater numbers of talented students to careers in the federal government."

"'Princeton in the Nation's Service,' Princeton University's informal motto, encompasses many different kinds of service -- but at the core of public service, as Woodrow Wilson knew, is government service. This is the training the Woodrow Wilson School provides at the graduate level; this is the commitment we now seek to foster at the undergraduate level through this new program."

Anne-Marie Slaughter
Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School

The Scholars in the Nation's Service Initiative is designed to encourage more of the nation's top students to pursue careers in the U.S. federal government, especially in international relations. This highly selective scholarship program aims to give exceptional students both the best possible education in public policy and a practical experience in federal government service that will launch enduring careers of public service, with a core of government service. 

Please click here for information about this year's undergraduate cohort!

Applications for the 2009 Scholars in the Nation's Service will be accepted in Fall 2008. 

Information sessions on the Scholars Initiative will be scheduled early in the fall semester. 

The Scholars in the Nation's Service Initiative is made possible through the generous financial support of: The Robertson Foundation, Frederick P. Hitz '61, Martha Darling *70, Gilbert Omenn '61, Tom and Andrea Bernstein '80, Frank C. Carlucci '52, Howard J. Krongard '61, James Shinn '73 *01, Elizabeth and Jeffrey Peek '69, and James D. Zirin '61 and Marlene Hess. The Scholars' post-undergraduate government service and graduate study will be supported by the Robertson Foundation. At that stage, the recipients will be known as Charles and Marie Robertson Government Service Scholars.