Who: The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) and the Advisory Committee of the Phillip D. Peters Regional Planning Fellowship Program offer this annual fellowship. As one of the only fellowships of its kind across the country, the Peters Fellowship provides a graduate student with a paid work and enrichment experience at a major regional planning agency in one of the nation's largest metropolitan areas.
What: The fellowship is awarded each year to a qualified Master's degree graduate student in urban and regional planning or a related field. The objective is to open the fellowship to a broad range of applicants representative of the full scope of regional planning. A 400 hour work experience at CMAP is provided under the guidance and mentoring of a senior staff member. The fellowship is scheduled for a mutually convenient, consecutive period between May and December of each year, with the fellow compensated at the rate of $20.00 per hour.
Fellowship projects may include work in any of the following areas of planning:
land use, transportation, environment and natural resources, housing, and/or economic development, and involve local planning, community engagement, policy analysis, communications, and/or data research and analysis. Many past Peters Fellows have worked on projects within CMAP's Local Technical Assistance (LTA) program or on development of the comprehensive regional plan. Every effort is made to match up the education and interest of the fellow with the agency's work program activities, including participation in networking and enrichment opportunities.
Selection is based upon a combination of educational attainment, relationship of past coursework and employment to the current work and needs of CMAP, and an indication of a career interest in regional planning. Priority is given to those students who are midway through their graduate program.
Find further info and application guidelines here.
Deadline to submit all materials is Friday, February 8, 2019.
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