THE HERBERT SCOVILLE JR.
PEACE FELLOWSHIP
The following are brief descriptions of each of the organizations that participate in the program. Scoville Fellows may only work with one of these groups.
Because the fellowship has a rule prohibiting organizations from hosting fellows in consecutive semesters, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Arms Control Association, Partnership for a Secure America, and Henry L. Stimson Center will not be eligible to host a fellow during the spring 2011 semester.
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Arms Control Association
British American Security Information Council
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Center for Defense Information
Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Citizens for Global Solutions Education Fund
Federation of American Scientists
Friends Committee on National Legislation Education Fund
Global Green USA
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
Institute for Science and International Security
National Security Archive
National Security News Service
Natural Resources Defense Council
Nuclear Threat Initiative
Partnership for Global Security
Partnership for a Secure America
Peace Action Education Fund
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Henry L. Stimson Center
Truman National Security Project Educational Institute
Union of Concerned Scientists
Women's Action for New Directions
ALLIANCE FOR NUCLEAR ACCOUNTABILITY
322 4th Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 544-0217
The Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA) is a national coalition of over thirty
peace and environmental organizations representing citizens who live in the shadows of the
nuclear weapons complex and are directly impacted by U.S. nuclear weapons activities
working on nuclear weapons, waste, health and environmental cleanup issues. Current
priorities include opposing a return to nuclear testing, opposing new and modified nuclear
weapons and new weapons production facilities and supporting quality environmental
cleanup. ANA has an office in Seattle and an office in Washington, DC.
Scoville Fellows work in our Washington, DC office, located in the same building as the
Council for a Livable World, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and
Women’s Action for New Directions. As a small office, we offer Fellows numerous
opportunities to be involved in our issue advocacy, research and organizing work. Fellows
assist in tracking and reporting on federal and congressional developments, perform
background research and develop position papers, assist with targeted education of Members
of Congress, help coordinate grassroots organizing activities, help maintain the ANA
website, and participate in coalition meetings and activities.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE
Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy
1200 New York Avenue, NW, 11th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 326-6400
The Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy (CSTSP) was established
by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) through the
generous support from the Science, Technology & Security Initiative at the
MacArthur Foundation. The goal of the Center is to encourage the
integration of science and public policy for enhanced national and international
security. The Center acts as a two-way portal that facilitates
communication between academic centers, policy institutes, and policymakers.
A Scoville Fellow would work on a dedicated project to examine a specific area
of science and security, such as radiation portal monitors, to discover what the
federal government is doing to promote the deployment of existing technology and
the development of future devices. A Fellow might keep track of what is
happening in the DC-based science and security world by attending briefings and
writing summaries of those events, and tracking some legislation. They
would also look at what is happening in the university research community to
track cutting edge research. The specific project depends on the
background of the Fellow. The Center is also very interested in
international collaboration among scientists, particularly in Asia and the
Muslim world and have some ideas for projects there. Fellows with strong science
backgrounds are preferred.
ARMS CONTROL ASSOCIATION
1313 L Street, NW
Suite 130
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 463-8270
The Arms Control Association (ACA) is a non-partisan organization committed to
promoting public understanding of arms control issues and policies. The Association
through its media program, publications, and its monthly journal Arms Control Today,
provides the media, Congress, research institutions, and civic groups with information and
analyses on arms control and its contribution to national security. A Scoville Fellow
would work at ACA as a junior staff member assisting with the publication of Arms Control
Today, providing support for the media program or working with senior analysts on existing
research projects.
BRITISH AMERICAN SECURITY INFORMATION COUNCIL
110 Maryland Avenue, NE
Suite 205
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 546-8055
The British American Security Information Council (BASIC) is an independent
transatlantic organization with a commitment to multilateral nuclear disarmament
and non-proliferation. BASIC facilitates the exchange of information and
analysis on these global security issues in order to foster informed debate.
With offices in Washington and London, we engage with policy makers and opinion
shapers in a constructive manner, and serve as a trusted source of information
for politicians, government officials and other decision-makers.
Scoville Fellows help the rest of the staff manage this flow of information and
can also expect to have a research project of their own, resulting in the
publication (most likely Web-based, but possibly hardcopy) of a fact sheet or
report.
CENTER FOR ARMS CONTROL AND
NON-PROLIFERATION
(sister organization of Council
for a Livable World )
322 4th Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 546-0795
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is dedicated to enhancing
international peace and security and protecting the American people from the threat of
nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. The Center seeks to reduce and ultimately
eliminate nuclear weapons as a tool of U.S. national security policy, halt the spread of
all weapons of mass destruction, stop the deployment of a national missile defense system,
and redirect national spending to better address the genuine threats facing the United
States.
A Scoville Fellow working at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation would play
an important role in researching and developing informational materials that would serve
not only to educate the general public but to provide Congress with the technical
information necessary to make informed decisions on arms control issues. The Center
focuses on the policy makers in Washington, D.C.: Members of Congress, their staffs,
reporters and foreign policy experts.
CENTER FOR DEFENSE INFORMATION
1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 615
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 332-0600
Founded in 1972, the Center for Defense Information is a nonpartisan, nonprofit
organization committed to independent research on the social, economic, environmental,
political and military components of global security. Its central aim is to educate
the public and inform policy-makers about issues of security policy, strategy, operations,
weapons systems and defense budgeting, and to produce creative solutions to the problems
of today and tomorrow.
CDI has a great deal to offer a Scoville Fellow. CDI is engaged with Congress,
journalists, academics, activists, and embassies. Furthermore, we offer Fellows an
opportunity to work in print media (The Defense Monitor and through published Op-Eds),
electronic media (our website), radio, and television. Depending on the Fellow's
interests, he or she will be assigned to write a series of issue updates for the website,
or an issue of our quarterly publication, The Defense Monitor. In recent years,
Scoville Fellows have researched and produced a full-length monograph, printed and
distributed by CDI.
A Scoville Fellow at CDI will also work on some smaller research projects, such as writing
fact sheets and position papers for the website. Like all other members of the
staff, a Fellow will be expected to participate in staff meetings and help answer public
inquiries.
CENTER FOR NONPROLIFERATION STUDIES
Monterey Institute of International Studies
1400 K Street, NW
Suite 450
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 842-3100
The Center for Nonproliferation Studies is a research and training institution
focusing on global and regional nonproliferation issues. The Center undertakes
research on a wide range of nonproliferation topics, conducts seminars and
training sessions for scholars, governmental officials, and the media and issues
a variety of publications on nonproliferation, including a triennial journal,
The Nonproliferation Review, the
monthly WMD Insights, and the monthly
International Export
Control Observer. The Washington, D.C., office is home to senior scholars in
nuclear, chemical, biological, and missile proliferation.
Current priority activities to advance the nonproliferation agenda include:
encouraging efforts in NIS countries to minimize the use of weapons-grade
uranium in civilian activities; containing the adverse impacts of opening U.S.
nuclear trade with India; analyzing the growing use of financial controls as a
sanction to slow proliferation; refining options for international nuclear fuel
supply guarantees as an alternative to national uranium enrichment programs;
evaluating export control programs in states of particular concern; defining the
key elements of biological weapons (BW) know-how that need to be controlled to
slow BW proliferation; and monitoring the global proliferation of cruise
missiles and promoting means for constraining their further spread.
A Scoville Fellow can expect to engage in research and writing on
nonproliferation developments as part of CNS projects led by senior staff and
will also have the opportunity to pursue independent research, leading to one or
more publications. In addition, a Fellow will participate in and help organize
various seminars and training programs conducted by the Center; take part in
briefings with foreign governmental officials and scholars, and U.S.
congressional staff; and attend Congressional hearings and events at other
Washington, DC, think tanks.
CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND BUDGETARY ASSESSMENTS
1667 K Street, NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 331-7990
The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) is a nonprofit, public policy research institute established to continue and expand upon the research and public education activities conducted by the Defense Budget Project since 1983. CSBA exists to make clear the inextricable link between military planning and defense investment strategies over both the near and long term. CSBA's research provides data-based analyses of defense budget trends and examines defense strategy options using cutting-edge assessment techniques designed to foster a more efficient defense. CSBA works with policymakers in the Executive and Congressional branches of government, military service officials, industry executives, media, and academic and other analysts.
A Fellow working with CSBA would assist staff analysts in gathering resource materials and data for reports, backgrounders, and updates; assist in preparation of materials for the media; and provide support for congressional staff briefings and other conference and workshop briefings. The Fellow would have the opportunity to be active in all aspects of CSBA's work.
CITIZENS FOR GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
EDUCATION FUND
(formerly World Federalist Association)
420 Seventh Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
(202) 546-3950
In today's interdependent world, our lives, our jobs and our families are
increasingly affected by global problems, such as terrorism, climate change, war
and infectious diseases. Because these problems are global in scope, it is vital
that countries work together to solve them.
Citizens for Global Solutions, a grassroots membership organization, envisions a
future in which nations work together to abolish war, protect our rights and
freedoms, and solve the problems facing humanity that no nation can solve alone.
Our programs address U.S. global engagement, peace and security, international
law and justice, health and environment, and international institutions. We have
focused projects on UN peace operations, non-proliferation, the International
Criminal Court and United Nations reform.
Scoville Fellows work primarily with the program director or directly with the
CEO. We will work with each Fellow to design an individualized project that
addresses their particular interests and builds on their skills while also
allowing them to play an essential role on our team. Fellows most often work on
peace and security issues and focus specifically on UN peace operations,
disarmament and non-proliferation, norms of humanitarian intervention and
specific conflicts, as well as providing information on the role of
international organizations and cooperation in combating terrorism and WMD. The
Fellow would undertake the following tasks, among others: research and writing
for multiple audiences, web updates, meeting coordination, and policy analysis.
FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS
1725 DeSales Street, NW
6th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 546-3300
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) was founded in 1945 by the
atomic scientists associated with the Manhattan Project. FAS has been in the
forefront of research and analysis in reducing nuclear dangers, improving
biological security, calling for responsible government policies on secrecy and
classification, monitoring the conventional arms trade, developing educational
technologies, and enhancing energy efficiency in buildings. Recently, FAS has
begun a new program area in earth systems, including the interactions among the
systems of energy, land, water, and food. The objective is to identify more
effective government and corporate policies to protect the environment and
provide for greater security in energy and other resources.
A Scoville Fellow with FAS would work in our downtown Washington, DC, office and
have the opportunity to participate in the policy making process by assisting
staff scientists and other experts in a range of activities tailored to the
fellow’s strengths. The fellow would have the choice of working on any of our
initiatives including controlling nuclear, biological or chemical weapons,
monitoring and analyzing the conventional arms trade, or assessing earth
systems. The fellow would be given his or her own project, which could involve
the development of educational materials as well as research and writing about
policies to address specific security issues. Fellows will have ample
opportunity to attend Washington briefings and seminars in addition to hearings
on Capitol Hill. Our goal is to introduce talented young people into the policy
arena and provide a solid background in security studies using scientific
analytical methods although fellows are not required to be scientists
themselves. Candidates should have strong computer skills and an interest in the
technical or political
aspects of national and international security.
FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL
LEGISLATION EDUCATION FUND
245 Second Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 903-2517
The FCNL Education Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that conducts
research, publishes information on legislation and government policy for the
public and members of Congress, and trains constituents to conduct effective
advocacy. FCNL Ed Fund has a nationwide network of more than 50,000 active
constituents and fifty years of experience in leading nuclear disarmament
campaigns.
Recent activities have included successfully opposing the proposed nuclear
“bunker buster” and the “Reliable Replacement Warhead,” and the U.S.-India
nuclear cooperation agreement, and supporting increases in the nuclear
nonproliferation programs. In 2009, FCNL Ed Fund will focus on support for U.S.
ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and increased funding for
nuclear nonproliferation programs.
A Scoville Fellow assumes many substantive projects at FCNL Ed Fund, which are
geared to help the Fellow learn the legislative process, understand how to
conduct effective legislative and grassroots advocacy, and network for a career
in the field.
These projects include:
-Researching, writing, and distributing materials on the Comprehensive Test Ban
Treaty, the START agreement, the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), and
other nuclear nonproliferation issues;
-Publishing articles (in the Fellow’s name) on nuclear weapons issues in
national and local media outlets and in FCNL publications for constituents;
-Managing the FCNL Nuclear Calendar, a chronicle of nuclear weapons-related
events in DC and around the country with 12,000 subscribers;
-Organize briefings for the NGO community and FCNL constituents with high
profile speakers;
-Network with constituents, grassroots activists, and local leaders in key
states to educate them about nuclear weapons issues and help them coordinate
advocacy campaigns;
FCNL has successfully placed all past nuclear disarmament Scoville Fellows and
program assistants in positions at other NGOs and in the government.
GLOBAL GREEN USA
Security and Sustainability Program
1100 15th
Street, NW
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 222-0700
Global
Green USA (GGUSA) is a non-profit, public interest organization founded in 1994.
We are headquartered in Santa Monica, California, and are the U.S. affiliate of
Green Cross International (GCI) in Geneva, Switzerland. Our founder and
president is Mikhail Gorbachev. We have more than 30 national affiliates around
the world in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America.
The founding of the organization originated from NGO discussions at the 1992
Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro; a year later, five countries -- US, Russia,
Japan, The Netherlands, and Switzerland -- established Green Cross in Kyoto,
Japan. The overarching goal of Green Cross and President Gorbachev is to promote
a "value shift" in how humanity manages the earth. Within that broad vision, our
international peace and environmental programs include energy and resource
efficiency, reforestation, water and conflict, recycling, environmental
education, and weapons cleanup and destruction.
Our Security and Sustainability Program work is a combination of arms control,
disarmament, peace, and environmental security issues. The program is aimed at
promoting and facilitating the safe and environmentally sound destruction of
weapons stockpiles, the cleanup of military lands, and the full implementation
of arms control and disarmament agreements.
We have been very active over the past decade in facilitating the destruction of
chemical weapons (CW) in both the U.S. and Russia; this has included promotion
of ratification of the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention in both Washington and
Moscow, public outreach and stakeholder involvement at Russian and U.S. CW
stockpile sites, and international facilitation of Cooperative Threat Reduction
and G8 Global Partnership programs. We have also been engaged in nuclear,
biological, and conventional weapons issues (such as unexploded ordnance [UXOs],
landmines, strategic rocket motors, and military base cleanup).
The Security and Sustainability Program includes Green Cross affiliates in the
US, Russia, Switzerland, Belarus, and the Ukraine. Our work is thus very
international in scope and is supported by U.S. and European governments,
corporations, foundations, and individual donations. We network at all levels --
international, national, regional, and local -- and seek to promote full
stakeholder involvement, consensus building, and safe demilitarization
procedures.
Scoville Fellows would have the opportunity to work in our Washington, DC office
on Security and Sustainability Program issues. This would involve research,
writing, and/or organizing events on nuclear, chemical, biological and/or
conventional weapons issues most often related to nonproliferation and weapons
demilitarization. We have ongoing projects on Russian nerve agent destruction;
buried, "non-stockpile" chemical weapons in the US; dismantlement and storage of
nuclear warheads and fissile materials; environmental impacts of military
training; biological threat reduction; and the environmental legacies of war.
The specific Scoville Fellow project would be worked out based on mutual
interests and needs.
INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
6935 Laurel Avenue, Suite 204
Takoma Park, MD 20912
(301) 270-5500
A Scoville fellow working at IEER would be involved in one or both of IEER’s main projects: Technical Support to Grassroots Groups on Nuclear Issues, or the Global Outreach Project for Reducing Post-Cold War Nuclear Dangers. Depending on a fellow's qualifications, work might include research and writing on technical topics related to nuclear weapons production -- including forthcoming reports on the ecological effects of modern war, nuclear power phase-out, and threats to water resources around nuclear sites; research and writing for IEER's newsletter on issues such as disarmament, de-alerting nuclear weapons, and plutonium disposition; and/or preparing materials for and presenting at IEER’s technical training workshop on nuclear power decommissioning and waste management. Depending on the fellow’s language skills and other capabilities, work may include writing, research and possibly travel in association with our global project, which focuses on nuclear issues in Russia, France, Britain and to a lesser extent China, Japan and South Asia.
INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
236 Massachusetts Avenue, NE
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 547-3633
The Institute for Science and International Security is a non-partisan, non-profit research organization that provides the public, media and policy makers with clear analyses of scientific and policy issues affecting national and international security. Since its inception in 1993, ISIS has award-winning and internationally recognized technical assessments of proliferant state efforts to get the bomb, including detailed evaluations of South Africa's and Iraq's nuclear weapons programs. ISIS has compiled comprehensive estimates of plutonium and highly enriched uranium inventories worldwide, and continues to seek a global cutoff of the production of these nuclear explosive materials. ISIS has also provided critical information in support of efforts to reduce the size of the U.S. nuclear arsenal and production complex, to end nuclear testing, and to prevent the future development of new types of nuclear weapons by all countries. ISIS works regularly with government officials and independent experts and scientists both in the U.S. and internationally to further its goals of creating more effective nuclear nonproliferation strategies and reducing the size of existing nuclear arsenals.
A Scoville Fellow at ISIS would be involved in one or both of the organization's research efforts: the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Project and the Nuclear Weapons Production Project. In particular, he or she would gather information, help set up ISIS-sponsored conferences, and events, and provide other important research assistance in close cooperation with ISIS staff to further the completion of existing tasks.
THE NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVE
2130 H Street, NW
Suite 701
Washington, DC 20037
(202) 994-7000
The National Security Archive, founded in 1985, is an independent, non-profit research institute, library facility and publisher in Washington, DC With a staff of 30 and a budget of $1.3 million, the Archive provides scholars, journalists, librarians, students and other researchers with unclassified and declassified government documents -- the primary source documents -- that are indispensable for research and informed public debate on important issues of foreign, intelligence, defense and international policy.
The Archive obtains documents for its series The Making of U.S. Policy, from a wide variety of source including: requests made under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Mandatory Declassification Review process, donations, Presidential libraries, official court records, Congressional reports and testimony and oral histories.
As a leading advocate of the FOIA, the archive enlists major Washington law firms to perform pro bono FOIA representation. The Archive's lawsuits have broken down the fee barrier used by agencies as a threat against reporters and researchers to deter them from using FOIA. The Archive brought the first lawsuit to preserve and obtain access to government electronic mail. Other cases have forced the release of thousands of previously classified documents including the complete list of all documents ever declassified by the CIA and the FBI's internal memos on the attempted recruitment of librarians as informants.
A Scoville fellow would work in tandem with analysts on one of more current research projects. This would include building chronologies of events, helping obtain, analyze, and index government documents, and performing research in libraries, archives and on Capitol Hill.
NATIONAL SECURITY NEWS SERVICE
1100 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 1310
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 466-4310
The National Security News Service (NSNS) works to increase and improve the major news media's coverage of military, arms control and international security stories. The News Service investigates and documents stories and provides the information to reporters and producers on a one-on-one basis. The News Service also arranges briefings by experts, scientists, Administration officials, Members of Congress, and diplomats for reporters and editors.
A Scoville Fellow would work with one of the full-time journalists in our Washington bureau, researching news stories. S/he will interview sources and obtain documents through the Freedom of Information Act requests, and from the Pentagon, CIA, State Department, Library of Congress and other research facilities and pass it along to journalists. Candidates should have an interest in journalism, international relations, science, or a related field.
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
Nuclear Program
1200 New York Avenue, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 289-6868
For 35 years, NRDC’s Nuclear Program has sought to reduce the risks from both
the military and civil applications of nuclear energy. It is the only U.S.
environmental NGO to have continuously maintained a program of scientists,
seasoned policy analysts, and litigators dedicated to drastically reducing and
ultimately eliminating the security and environmental risks from nuclear
arsenals worldwide. The Program played a key role in the citizen scientist
diplomacy that helped to end to the Cold War and nuclear weapons test
explosions, and it was NRDC litigation that established the judicial precedent
that brought DOE’s nuclear weapons complex under the jurisdiction of the
nation’s environmental laws. The Program remains a leading nongovernmental
authority on world nuclear forces and the history and operations of their
supporting nuclear weapons complexes, and a prominent voice in the academic and
policy debates over the future of nuclear power and proliferation in an era of
climate
change.
The Scoville Fellow will join NRDC's nuclear program team of six technical
experts, policy analysts, and attorneys working on one or more of the following
projects: (1) creation of a International Nuclear Fuel Agency (INFA) to control
the spread of sensitive nuclear fuel cycle facilities with inherent capacity for
producing nuclear weapons-usable materials; (2) U.S.-Russian cooperative
monitoring of nuclear test-site activities to promote U.S. ratification and
entry-into-force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT); (3) Transforming
the US nuclear posture and weapons complex for transition to a
nuclear-weapons-free world; (4) Critical assessment of global nuclear power
programs (including in the U.S), proliferation risks, and their potential for
cost-effective carbon-displacement in relation to other low-carbon electric
power technologies; (5) Preventing environmental harms from weakly regulated
In-Situ Leach (ISL) uranium mines in the Rocky Mountain West.
Working closely with program staff, the Scoville Fellow will have opportunities
for research, analysis, writing, advocacy and mentoring commensurate with the
fellow's experience, creativity, capabilities, and interests. The fellow will
have an opportunity to gain exposure to the full range of the Nuclear Program’s
activities, and to work with experts in related areas of NRDC, such as the
International, Energy, and Climate programs.
Founded in 1970, NRDC now has a staff of more than 300 attorneys, scientists,
economists and other professionals working on a broad range of environmental
challenges. NRDC has more than 1.2 million members and online activists and
major offices in New York, Washington, DC, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
and Beijing.
NUCLEAR THREAT INITIATIVE
1747 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 7th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 296-4810
The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) is a non-profit organization with a mission
to strengthen global security by reducing the risk of use and preventing the
spread of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, and to work to build the
trust, transparency and security which are preconditions to the ultimate
fulfillment of the Non-Proliferation Treaty’s goals and ambitions.
NTI can provide a unique educational experience to Scoville Fellows by assisting
in developing leadership skills that can serve the Fellow throughout a career in
the peace and security field and by facilitating their contribution to the
critically important work of NTI.
Depending on interest and expertise, a Scoville Fellow could work on one of the
following topics: identification of indicators and methods of tracking progress
on nuclear materials security, research and participation in efforts to promote
transparency and cooperation in nuclear security, and identification of
mechanisms to strengthen U.N. 1540 implementation. The Fellow would also attend
relevant local meetings and Congressional hearings, and support a range of NTI
activities.
PARTNERSHIP FOR
GLOBAL SECURITY
(formerly the Russian American Nuclear Security Advisory Council)
1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 1106
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 332-1412
The Partnership for Global Security (PGS) is an independent,
non-governmental research organization dedicated to increasing the security of weapons of
mass destruction and reducing proliferation risks. PGS's priority is supporting the
cooperative threat reduction agenda between the U.S., Russia, and the other former Soviet
states and promoting its expansion to address global proliferation dangers.
PGS regularly monitors and evaluates threat reduction cooperation, programs, and
legislation; cooperates with governments involved in threat reduction efforts, including
the U.S., Russia, and other G-8 nations; utilizes the significant technical and political
experience of its board, staff, and partners to produce and disseminate analyses,
recommendations, and reports; and works with academic institutions, non-governmental
organizations, and the media around the world.
The primary responsibilities of a Scoville Fellow working at PGS would be to conduct
original research and produce reports (for both internal and external consumption) on
issues affecting U.S.-Russian and international cooperative threat reduction efforts,
including tracking and analyzing political and economic developments inside Russia, or
monitoring related regional nonproliferation concerns. The Scoville Fellow would also
attend relevant meetings, conferences, and congressional hearings, and prepare summaries
of these events. Lastly, the Fellow would assist the PGS Washington Office Director and
the Executive Director in their research on major threat reduction and nonproliferation
policy issues.
PARTNERSHIP FOR A SECURE AMERICA
2000 P Street, NW
Suite 505
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 293-8580
The Partnership for a Secure America (PSA) was created in 2005 by a group of
senior Democrats and Republicans to lead by example, demonstrating that
bipartisan progress on the toughest foreign policy and national security
challenges is possible. Over the past five years, we have succeeded in fostering
and promoting bipartisan consensus on dozens of important policy issues, often
through high profile public statements by our distinguished bipartisan Advisory
Board. In addition, PSA administers a bipartisan Congressional Fellows Program,
which provides mid-level Hill staffers from both parties with substantive
foreign policy education, negotiation and communication trainings, simulated
national security decision making exercises, and social activities designed to
build relationships of mutual trust and respect across party lines.
The PSA Advisory Board, chaired by former Senator Warren Rudman (R-NH) and
former Congressman Lee Hamilton (D-IN), consists of 23 highly distinguished
foreign policy officials from previous administrations, including six former
Senators, four former National Security Advisors, former Secretaries of State
and Defense, three former UN Ambassadors, and a former Governor. Of this group,
roughly half are Democrats and half Republicans. A complete list of PSA Advisory
Board members, and links to PSA statements, is available at www.PSAonline.org.
A Scoville Fellow would serve as a Research Assistant with PSA. In this
capacity, the Fellow would:
• Undertake a supervised research and writing project on a case study of
bipartisanship in the national security and foreign policy process;
• Help research, draft, and revise bipartisan policy statements;
• Draft press releases, talking points and other materials supporting PSA
initiatives;
• Work with the media to promote coverage of PSA’s activities;
• Help plan and organize events promoting PSA Advisory Board statements
and the Congressional Fellows Program;
• Attend and report on relevant Washington briefings and seminars as well
as hearings on Capitol Hill;
• Help manage the organization’s online presence and advocacy tools;
• Contribute to the PSA blog, “Across the Aisle.”
PEACE ACTION EDUCATION FUND
1100 Wayne Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 565-4050
Peace Action is the nation's largest grassroots peace organization with
nearly 30 state affiliates, over 100 local chapters, 31 Student Peace Action
Network (SPAN) chapters, over 100,000 dues-paying members and official NGO
status with the United Nations. For over 50 years, Peace Action has organized to
eliminate the threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction, strengthen human rights and
democracy by halting the arms trade, increase international cooperation and cut
wasteful Pentagon spending.
A Scoville Fellow working with Peace Action will have the unique experience of
transforming policy knowledge into grassroots activism and grassroots activism
into political change. Peace Action plays a lead role in facilitating
collaborative partnerships between our allies on Capitol Hill, our colleagues in
the peace and security policy community, and our network of grassroots peace
activists across the country. As a fellow at Peace Action, you will have unique
opportunities to forge relationships with allied organizations in the Washington
area, while translating the latest congressional strategies and policy
developments to our activists in the field for their grassroots outreach,
education and advocacy on issues related to the occupation of Iraq and
Afghanistan, Iran, nuclear nonproliferation, human rights and international
cooperation. Peace Action is the only organization working on these issues that
uses all the tools in the social change tool box: From working with Senators,
Representatives and senior congressional staff to civil disobedience, and from
grassroots organizing and coalition building to electoral strategies. A fellow
will get to see all these tools and learn how to use them strategically to
affect policy change.
Peace Action's national office has a staff of sixteen persons and is located
just a block from the Silver Spring metro stop in downtown Silver Spring, MD and
25 minutes from the Capitol. Several Peace Action grassroots affiliates are in
the area and travel to conferences or events within the U.S. is likely.
PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 1012
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 667-4260
Scoville Fellows at Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) will be valued
partners on a team of doctors, public health professionals, peace and security
experts, and grassroots organizers. The combination of policy and grassroots
work, which enabled PSR to share the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985, is still a
central focus of our enduring advocacy on issues of nuclear non-proliferation
and disarmament.
Central to a Scoville Fellow’s experience at PSR will be working on the
continuing advocacy for the Comprehensive Test Ban and Strategic Arms Reduction
Treaties. PSR’s respected position in the nuclear arms community helps us
coordinate closely with many partner organizations in DC and around the country.
A Scoville Fellow should expect to be working on substantive research, writing,
and outreach objectives during their fellowship. We view it as both our
responsibility and privilege to act as mentors to our Fellows.
Founded in 1961, PSR is a nationwide network of 32,000 members and 31 chapters
affiliated with the global federation of International Physicians for the
Prevention of Nuclear War.
THE HENRY L. STIMSON CENTER
1111 19th Street, NW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 223-5956
The Stimson Center concentrates on particularly difficult national and
international security issues where policy, technology and politics intersect.
Its aim is to produce research that is relevant to policy makers, rigorous by
academic standards, and understandable by the public at large. Our projects deal
with regional security (South Asia, the Middle East, East Asia), countering the
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and institution building
(peacekeeping, homeland security, Congress). At this time there are ten active
research and policy analysis projects housed at the center. The Stimson Center
has a full-time staff of 40, which is complemented by interns, visiting fellows,
and adjunct scholars.
A Scoville Fellow would be assigned to work with one of the center's senior
associates or the president. In their capacity as a junior researcher at the
Stimson Center, a Scoville Fellow would be tasked to research particular issues,
to prepare publications that summarize public forums, to arrange press briefings
in Washington and around the United States, to participate in collaborative
programs the center undertakes with other think tanks and advocacy
organizations, and to assist with the strategic dissemination of center findings
and recommendations through its web page and other means.
TRUMAN NATIONAL SECURITY PROJECT
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE
1420 K Street NW
Suite 250
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 216-9723
The Truman National Security Project Educational Institute is a national
security leadership training institute, the nation’s only organization that
recruits, trains, and positions a new generation of progressives across America
to lead on national security. Our mission is to provide the skills, knowledge,
and network to create an influential force of leaders across the country who
advance strong progressive national security policy. As staff in the Executive
and on Capitol Hill, our trained leaders are the individuals who will advocate
for progressive policy ideas from within the halls of power. And as trained
spokespeople, our leaders add the unique credibility of their national security
and military service to support progressive ideas in tough parts of the country.
We offer separate training programs for summer interns, congressional staff, and
elected leaders:
• Congressional Security Scholars: Senate and House staff must be nominated by
the Chief of Staff to take part in our twelve-week training, which deepens their
background on national security, foreign policy budgeting in Congress,
communication training, and the foundational concepts of progressive security
thought.
• National Security Bootcamps: Full-day workshops for state and local leaders,
candidates, and other progressive organizations to provide a backbone of
military knowledge, local homeland security information, professional
communications training, and an introduction to the progressive security
worldview.
• Summer Springboard: A five-week training for summer interns to build a
generation of progressive activists across the entire progressive infrastructure
who have a sophisticated understanding of security issues.
• Backgrounders: Short, well-messaged policy pieces to train Congressional staff
and other leaders in how to advocate for and message a crucial policy issue.
• Truman Security Fellowship: Our flagship program is a highly selective
year-long leadership development program for rising stars ages 27-40 operating
in ten cities nationwide.
One of the most crucial issues that next generation leaders must address is the
new security environment surrounding nuclear weapons. In January 2007, George
Shultz, Henry Kissinger, William Perry, and Sam Nunn published a groundbreaking
op-ed. These four recognized security leaders wrote, “Reliance on nuclear
weapons for [deterrence] is becoming increasingly hazardous and decreasingly
effective. U.S. ….Leadership will be required to take the world to the next
stage – to a solid consensus for reversing reliance on nuclear weapons globally
as a vital contribution to preventing their proliferation into potentially
dangerous hands, and ultimately ending them as a threat to the world.” They
quoted Ronald Reagan, who “called for the abolishment of “all nuclear weapons.”
And they laid out a strategy for moving to an approach we term “getting to
zero”.
Thanks to a generous grant from the Carnegie Corporation, the Truman Project
will create a “Getting to Zero” curriculum module across all of our training
programs. The program will be advised by Advisory Board Member William Perry,
former Secretary of Defense, and the curriculum will draw on the work of leading
thinkers in the field. A Scoville Fellow will work on the Getting to Zero
curriculum development project. S/he would assist us in creating and, once
piloted, improving curriculum. The Fellow would interact with leading thinkers
in the nuclear non-proliferation field and undertake significant research to
assist in building these trainings. S/he would work with our senior staff to
create curriculum materials based on that research, including lectures,
interactive trainings. Finally, the Scoville Fellow would be involved in the
creation of scenarios which serve as training tools to help others understand
the tough policy issues involved in Getting to Zero, the interagency activities
necessary, and methods to improve messaging on Getting to Zero to assist
advocates in Washington and around the country.
UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS
Nuclear Weapons & Global Security Program
1825 K Street, NW
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20006-1232
(202) 223-6133
An independent, nonprofit organization with 200,000 activists and members, the
Union of Concerned Scientists is the leading science-based nonprofit working for
a healthy environment and a safer world. UCS combines independent scientific
research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to
secure responsible changes in government policy, corporate practices, and
consumer choices.
UCS's Global Security Program, where Fellows would work, endeavors to bring
about a safer world by eliminating the risks posed by nuclear arsenals and
nuclear terrorism, improving nuclear power plant safety, preventing the
deployment of anti-satellite and space-based weapons, and enhancing
international dialogue on security issues. UCS's policy goals include stopping
the deployment of new nuclear weapons, limiting the deployment of unworkable
missile defenses, preventing the spread of nuclear weapons material and
technology, securing deep cuts in world nuclear arsenals leading to their
elimination, and increasing arms control expertise in China.
Scoville Fellows do not need a technical background to work here. Fellows work
primarily with the Global Security Washington Representative/Senior Analyst, who
is responsible for presenting UCS's positions to Congress, the administration,
and the public. They also work with the Project Manager for U.S. Nuclear Weapons
Policy Initiative, a new nationwide program designed to work toward the goal of
a world free of nuclear weapons, focusing on the 2008 presidential election.
Tasks include research, analysis, and writing on one or more security issues;
representing UCS at meetings and seminars; monitoring Congressional action on
arms control and security issues; and helping to develop briefings, educational
materials, and information for UCS members. Ample opportunities are provided for
Scoville Fellows to attend educational seminars and briefings and otherwise
benefit from their Washington experiences.
UCS gets involved in all aspects of issue advocacy: research, writing, media
work, lobbying, grass roots education. Scoville Fellows who come to UCS are
exposed to the widest possible range of activities and skills
WOMEN'S ACTION FOR NEW DIRECTIONS
322 4th Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 544-5055
Women's Action for New Directions (WAND) was founded in 1980 as a women's
political initiative for the elimination of the threat of nuclear war. WAND's
mission since the 1990s has broadened to include increasing women's political
power nationwide for the purpose of eliminating weapons of mass destruction and
redirecting unnecessary funding for cold war weapons to human needs. WAND is a
national membership organization with chapters across the country.
The Women Legislators' Lobby (WiLL), a project of WAND, is a national network of
women state legislators with members in every state. WAND community leaders and
WiLL members engage in grassroots lobbying, community education, and work
actively on election campaigns. A Scoville fellow would work with the
Washington, DC staff of WAND and WiLL to research and write on disarmament and
federal budget issues, track legislation, and assist with projects such as our
biennial lobby day, media outreach and education to state legislators and
grassroots.
