The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship, established in 1987, is a highly-competitive national fellowship program that provides recent college and grad school alumni with the opportunity to gain a Washington perspective on key issues of peace and security.

Fellows spend six to nine months in Washington, DC, serving as full-time junior staff members at the participating organization of their choice. Applications are especially encouraged from candidates with a strong interest in peace and security issues who have prior experience with public-interest activism or advocacy.

Fellows receive a salary, travel expenses, and funds for professional development. The program also arranges meetings for the Fellows with policy experts. Many former Scoville Fellows have gone on to pursue graduate degrees in international relations and related fields and taken prominent positions in the field of peace and security with public-interest organizations, the federal government, academia, and media.