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Postgraduate public interest fellowships enable recent graduates to contribute to public interest organizations and communities around the world while continuing their learning and research and exploring career paths. For Princeton graduates, fellowships are a large source of entry-level public interest jobs, with the majority of positions in non-profit organizations that otherwise might not have the resources to hire them. Placements for fellows are arranged by various Princeton programs, such as the Pace Center, and programs affiliated with Princeton, such as Princeton Project 55 and Princeton in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Fellowship positions are in organizations that focus on addressing issues of public concern such as the environment, criminal justice, education, public health, and more. Fellowships are for terms of one to two years.

The Pace Center advises seniors and recent graduates on the educational and professional value of a public interest fellowship. The two fellowship programs managed by the Pace Center include the High Meadows Fellowships, a program providing postgraduate two-year placements with select public interest organizations focused on the development of environmental science and policy and support of environmental sustainability, and the Charles W. Puttkammer ’58 Prisoner Reentry Fellowship, which places graduating seniors and recent Princeton graduates in a two-year position, working with clients and legal and policy staff with the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice in Newark, NJ.