Info Session: September 24, 2025
Application Deadline: November 1, 2025
The 2026 Embedded Scholars Application is now open for UT students to apply for Summer 2026 internships in democratic and constitutional development in the Balkans, Central Asia, Europe, and Latin America. This is a partially funded international internship open to undergraduate and graduate students from any major at UT.
The program provides unparalleled opportunities for students interested in democracy to work with CID Gallup and International IDEA in Latin America, with International IDEA in Europe, and with the National Democratic Institute, Transparency International, and the United Nations Development Programme in the Balkans, Central Asia, and Eurasia. Students receive training at UT in the spring before going abroad for the summer to support democracy assistance programs in the field.
Join us for an information session on September 24, 2025, from 12:30-1:30pm, in RLP 1.302D (details here). Program directors and prior fellows will share more about the program and fellows’ work in the field.
Applications are due November 1, 2025. For more information, read prior fellows’ blogs about the variety of projects and experiences fellows have in the field, and contact program directors Zachary Elkins and Ashley Moran with any questions.