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Peter's Fellowship - Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)

Who: Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)

What: As one of the only fellowships of its kind across the country, the Peters Fellowship provides a graduate student with a paid work and enrichment experience in one of the nation's largest metropolitan areas at a major regional planning agency – the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning.

Qualifications:

  • Enrollment in a Master’s degree graduate program in urban and regional planning; public policy and administration; environmental science, planning or engineering or a related field.
  • Priority will be given to those students midway through their graduate program. Interest in a career in regional planning.
  • Recommendation by a faculty member in the students Master’s degree graduate program.
  • See more here.

Apply here. Application deadline is February 19, 2021.