GPS Fellows: Solving Global Problems
You are inheriting a world characterized by pressing challenges. As a global citizen and scholar, you must be prepared to confront global problems ranging from human rights abuses, unequal access to resources and opportunities, health crises, to climate change and environmental degradation and many more.
George Mason University has created the Global Problem Solving Fellows Program to prepare a select group of Mason students to address the global challenges and others through a unique and specialized yearlong experience that combines engaging coursework with international intellectual engage opportunities with partner universities across the globe. The program encourages participation in an optional study abroad experience by awarding $500 scholarships to GPS fellows.
Are you interested in becoming a Global Problem Solving Fellow? We are currently recruiting the inaugural group of Fellows for the Fall 2013 term. Students from any major may apply. Fellows will be chosen based how closely they fit the eligibility criteria—especially their demonstrated interest in a specific global problem as it falls under the current academic year’s themes.
The GPS program is part of the George Mason University invited a select group of institutions to form the Global Problem Solving Consortium (GPSC) in 2012. This unique grouping of global universities, representing almost every continent, shares the goal of creating programs for their students and faculty that offer multiple perspectives on common global challenges and solutions being developed in different parts of the world.
Program Benefits
- Funding for Study Abroad! Up to $500 is available for fellows studying abroad in a program related to their interest in a global problem.
- Meet Global Problem Solvers. Learn from global problem solvers working on the most pressing issues of today by interacting with important practitioners and scholars.
- Work closely with Faculty: at Mason and abroad
- Participate in special international events on campus that include s annual global summits with students and faculty from global Problem Solving Consortium universities, other symposia and workshops.
- Develop research, writing, and presentation skills
- Develop global connections for a lifetime
Who Should Apply?
- OPEN TO ALL MAJORS AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
- Students interested in a multi-disciplinary approach to resolving a specific global problem
- Students planning to study abroad
Eligibility Criteria:
- Completed a minimum of 45 credits (at least 15 at Mason)
- Have a minimum 3.0 cumulative G.P.A.
- Demonstrated interest in a specific global problem
2013-2014 Themes:
Human Rights and Social Justice
Climate Change and Resources
States and Citizens