The PMF Program is a great leadership training ground. You'll perform valuable service to the American people while jump-starting your career, whatever you envision that to be. You'll get full salary and benefits as well as challenging assignments, rotations, feedback on your work plus an opportunity to make government work better. Agencies can hire very competitive individuals from a network of graduate schools that nominate their best students. Finalists are pre-qualified at the GS-9 level, although agencies may initially appoint at the GS-9, GS-11 or GS-12, or equivalent.

CHCI's nine month Public Policy Fellowship Program, conducted from September to May, seeks to enhance participants' leadership abilities, strengthen professional skills and produce more competent and competitive Latino professionals in public policy areas. The program provides college graduates with national, hands-on public policy experience in a congressional office, federal agency, nonprofit sector, or corporate setting. Travel, healthcare and monthly stipend are provided. The Public Policy Fellowship Program application deadline is February 18, 2011.