2008 KFB Foundation for Agriculture Fellowship Programs

The application deadline for the 2008 KFB Foundation for Agriculture Legislative and Congressional Fellowship Programs is December 21, 2007.

The 2008 Congressional Fellowship will provide two selected applicants with the opportunity to spend two weeks in Washington, D.C. to work with staff members of Senator Pat Roberts and Representative Jerry Moran.

A Legislative Fellowship is also available for one selected applicant to spend a week in Topeka with Governmental Relations staff visiting executive, judicial and legislative offices and other state government agencies.

Both programs have been established to provide participants a better understanding of how policy affecting agriculture and the state of Kansas is formulated, and to gain an up-close view of the day-to-day duties of congressional staff and legislative leaders. Each fellowship also includes a stipend to offset out-of-pocket expenses.

ELIGIBILITY
Applications will be accepted for consideration from:

1) Any student at a Kansas university or Kansas four-year college who has completed at least two years of postsecondary education with priority consideration given to those applicants majoring in agriculture, political science or journalism;

and/or;

2) Any voting member of Kansas Farm Bureau.

APPLICATION
To apply, please complete and submit the application form. All applications must  be postmarked by December 21, 2007 for consideration of 2008 fellowships. Additional copies of the application form may be made as needed.

SELECTION PROCESS
Following review of all applications, finalists will be selected to interview at the KFB state headquarters in Manhattan during late January 2008. Notification to all applicants and an announcement of the selections for the 2008 fellowships will be made by January 31, 2008.

MORE INFORMATION
If you have questions, or would like more information on this fellowship program, please contact Harry Watts, (785) 587-6914 or wattsh@kfb.org.