The application deadline for ALL 2009-2010 Fellowships has passed.

Applications and brochures for the 2010-2011 Fellowships should be available in mid-October.

The Center administers the following fellowships:

• Jesse M. Unruh Assembly Fellowship
  
• Executive Fellowship
  
• Judicial Administration Fellowship
  
• California Senate Fellows

These programs, known collectively as the Capital Fellows Programs, are nationally recognized. The 18 Assembly Fellows, 18 Senate Fellows, 18 Executive Fellows and 10 Judicial Administration Fellows receive an outstanding opportunity to engage in public service and prepare for future careers, while actively contributing to the development and implementation of public policy in California. The ranks of former fellows and associates include a Justice of the California Supreme Court, members of the United States Congress and the State Legislature, a deputy director of the Peace Corps, corporate executives, and local government and community leaders.

•  Frequently Asked Questions

•  Fellowship Poster (PDF)

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What happens after the Fellowship is through?

Click HERE view some of the notable former Fellows.

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Below are links to some recent campus articles about the Capital Fellowship programs that highlight individual experiences of several fellows in their placements.

• Black Voice News


• UC President's Report


• CSU East Bay


• State Hornet, Sacramento State


• Capital University Journal, Sacramento State


• California College Republicans


• CSU Monterey Bay


• UC Berkeley

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Fellows in each program work for 11 months, receive health benefits and a monthly stipend of $1972 and are considered employees of Sacramento State. They work as full-time members of a legislative, executive, or judicial branch office, and are typically given assignments with a significant amount of responsibility and challenges. Fellows also enroll as graduate students at Sacramento State and receive 12 graduate credits from the Sacramento State Government Department or Public Policy and Administration Program.  The enrollment fees are paid by the programs.

The selection process for the fellows programs starts in the late fall when the application period opens. Anyone with a degree from a four-year college or university is eligible to apply. Fellows are selected in the spring and start their programs in the early fall with an intensive four-week orientation conducted by the program faculty advisors, after which they interview with various offices before being placed. They attend weekly graduate seminars conducted by their program's academic advisors.

The Center also administers the Federal-State Relations Fellowship which places a fellow with the California Institute for Federal Policy Research in Washington, DC.