Georgetown University Office of Fellowships

Congratulations to Georgetown University's 2021 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Program Fellows Piyusha Mittal (School of Foreign Service ‘18) and Said Bilani (Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies ‘20)!

Previously, Piyusha was awarded a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study in India and a Fulbright award to teach English in Andorra. Meanwhile, Said was awarded a Gates Millennium Scholars Program / GMSP Scholarship and is pursuing a Master’s in International Education Policy at Harvard University.

We are proud to announce that Harrison Nugent (School of Foreign Service ‘20) is one of 18 The Henry Luce Foundation Scholars for 2021-2022! Harrison aspires to work in national security, addressing complex legal questions regarding the state’s role in balancing security with the right to privacy. Through his yearlong residency in Asia on the Luce, he looks forward to working alongside legal scholars and security experts to address security issues that impact countries across the Pacific region. Georgetown University

We’re proud to announce that three of Georgetown University’s Marshall scholars are featured in the Report!

Congratulations Ben Buchanan, Rebecca Kuang, and Devika Ranjan!

We’re excited to announce that Georgetown University is the #1 Producer of Fulbright Program Awardees for the second consecutive year! We are incredibly proud of all the current students and Georgetown University Alumni awarded Fulbright grants this year. Read more about the awardees here: https://bit.ly/2ZmV5OM.

GOFAR is thrilled to announce and congratulate Georgetown University's two 2021 Schwarzman Scholars: Lucia He (School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University '15) and Alex Heintze Georgetown McDonough School of Business '19)! Through the fully-funded master's program in Global Affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing, Lucia and He will join a cohort of 154 future global leaders to examine China's changing role in the world. For more information about the Schwarzman Scholarship and other fellowship opportunities, please visit our website.

We are excited to announce that Joshua Levy (School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University ‘20) has been selected as a member of the Carnegie Endowment’s James Gaither Junior Fellows program! Joshua will serve as a research assistant to the senior scholars at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Mia Vanderwilt (School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University '19), one of Georgetown University's 2020 Rhodes finalists, is no stranger to extreme environments. Her research into extremophiles - microorganisms adapted to these environments - has taken her from the Juneau Icefield to East Antarctica, as she has sought to explore the extent of human environmental impacts on these ecosystems. Read more about Mia and her research at

Recent Alumna Focuses on Environmental Impacts, Polar Research - Georgetown University Alumna Mia Vanderwilt (SFS’19), who has studied snow hydrology in Alaska, fisheries in Iceland, and soil microbiomes in Antarctic permafrost, is a 2020 Rhodes Scholarship finalist.

We are excited to announce that Georgetown University alum Stefano Daniele (Georgetown College - Georgetown University ‘12) has been awarded The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans! Stefano is currently pursuing an MD/PhD at Yale, where he is working on developing the BrainEx technology and investigating its ability to restore circulation and cellular function in the brain hours after death. Read more about Stefano and his work at

Brain Researcher, Soros Fellow Makes Forbes List, Cites Georgetown Mentors As one of eight Georgetown alumni named to this year’s Forbes 30 Under 30 list, Stefano Daniele (C’12) researches what happens to the brain after cardiac arrest.

Congratulations to Anna Landre (School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University ‘21) on being named a 2020 Truman Scholar! The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation supports graduate study for outstanding leaders interested in public service careers.

Alumna Researching Women’s Role in Global Change Wins Gates Cambridge Scholarship - SFS - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University Rebecca Turkington (SSP'17) has won a prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue a Ph.D. in history.

Georgetown Alumna, Google Social Advocate Awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship - Georgetown College Anita Williams (C’17), who now works for Google, will use her recently awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue a degree at the University of Cambridge that will help her continue advocating for increased and diverse safeguards in technology to help protect vulnerable communities online.

Kawther Berhanu is a proud Eritrean American from Snellville, Georgia. Driven by her interests in international migration and peace and security, she majored in government and double-minored in Arabic and justice & peace studies at Georgetown University.

Outside of the classroom Kawther was deeply embedded in campus community-building including in the capacities of Muslim Student Association President, Campus Ministry Interfaith Intern, and Student of Color Alliance—African Society representative. Off campus, she co-coordinated a college prep program at Catholic Charities for refugee youth and volunteered for Sawiyan at the 7Hills Skatepark during a semester abroad in Jordan.

Kawther is pursuing her passion for public service as a Hill staffer where she has appreciated the opportunity to learn about the intersection of congressional politics and international affairs. Kawther is also a Gates Millennium Scholars Program / GMSP Scholar and Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation Scholar.

As a Rangel Fellow, Kawther looks forward to learning from a cohort of individuals driven by a commitment to service. Join us in welcoming her to the 2020 U.S. Department of State Rangel Fellowship cohort!