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Gap Year Opportunities
Are you considering taking time between graduating from Haverford and starting graduate school or full-time employment? Check out these gap year resources and programs!
The CCPA staff would be glad to chat with you about gap year opportunities as you explore your post-college options.
What is a Gap Year?
- GoGrad: Taking a Gap Year Before Graduate School
- USA Gap Year Fairs (with searchable database)
Gap Year Programs
Fellowship | Category | Focus Area | Location |
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Venture for America | Business | Entrepreneurship | Domestic |
AmeriCorps | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Domestic | |
Green Corps | Environment/Sustainability | Advocacy/Organizing/Lobbying | Domestic |
World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) | Environment/Sustainability | Food/Farming | International |
Open Space Institute's Conservation Diversity Fellowship | Environment/Sustainability | Domestic | |
Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) Young Fellows Program | Government/Law/Policy | Advocacy/Organizing/Lobbying | Domestic |
Immigrant Justice Corps Community Fellowship | Government/Law/Policy | Advocacy/Organizing/Lobbying | Domestic |
Christ House | Health | Domestic | |
Global Health Corps | Health | International | |
MedServe | Health | Domestic | |
National Health Corps | Health | Domestic | |
Project Horseshoe Farm | Health | Domestic | |
Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship | International Affairs | Peace and Justice | Domestic |
Insight Collaborative | International Affairs | Peace and Justice | International |
Quaker United Nations Office | International Affairs | Peace and Justice | Domestic/International |
New York Times Fellowship | Journalism | Domestic | |
Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for Young Professionals | Professional | Cultural Exchange | International |
American University in Cairo Presidential Internship Program | Professional | Higher Education | International |
Jewish Organizing Fellowship | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Advocacy/Organizing/Lobbying | Domestic |
Capital Fellows Programs | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | City Government | Domestic |
NYC Urban Fellows Program | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | City Government | Domestic |
San Francisco Fellows Program | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | City Government | Domestic |
Alaska Fellows | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Community Development | Domestic |
Baltimore Corps Fellowship | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Community Development | Domestic |
Challenge Detroit Fellow | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Community Development | Domestic |
Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellowship | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Community Development | Domestic |
Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Community Development | Domestic |
Haverford House | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Community Development | Domestic |
Impact America | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Community Development | Domestic |
InterExchange Christianson Grant | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Community Development | International |
Lutheran Volunteer Corps | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Community Development | Domestic |
Middle East and North Africa Regional (MENAR) Fellowship Program | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Community Development | International |
Peace Corps | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Community Development | International |
Pittsburgh PULSE: Pittsburgh Urban Leadership Service Experience | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Community Development | Domestic |
Princeton in Africa | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Community Development | International |
Princeton in Asia | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Community Development | International |
Princeton in Latin America | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Community Development | International |
Public Allies | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Community Development | Domestic |
Quaker Experiential Service and Training (QuEST) | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Community Development | Domestic |
Quaker Voluntary Service | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Community Development | Domestic |
AVODAH Jewish Service Corps | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Hunger/Poverty | Domestic |
Emerson National Hunger Fellowship | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Hunger/Poverty | Domestic |
Leland International Hunger Fellowship | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Hunger/Poverty | International |
Repair the World | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Hunger/Poverty; Education | Domestic |
Children's Corps | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Youth | Domestic |
Catholic Volunteer Network | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Domestic | |
Samuel Huntington Public Service Award | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Domestic/International | |
Service Year Alliance | Social Impact/Public Service/Volunteering | Domestic | |
Teaching Assistant Program in France | Teaching/Education | English Teaching | International |
Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme | Teaching/Education | English Teaching | International |
LanguageCorps | Teaching/Education | English Teaching | International |
Teach Thailand Corps | Teaching/Education | English Teaching | International |
FoodCorps | Teaching/Education | Food/Farming | Domestic |
Friends' School Boulder Teacher Preparation Program | Teaching/Education | Residency/Certification | Domestic |
LA Urban Teacher Residency | Teaching/Education | Residency/Certification | Domestic |
MATCH Teacher Residency | Teaching/Education | Residency/Certification | Domestic |
Mississippi Teacher Corps | Teaching/Education | Residency/Certification | Domestic |
New York City Teaching Fellows | Teaching/Education | Residency/Certification | Domestic |
Teach For America | Teaching/Education | Residency/Certification | Domestic |
Teach Kentucky | Teaching/Education | Residency/Certification | Domestic |
The New Teacher Project | Teaching/Education | Residency/Certification | Domestic |
UCDS Resident Teacher Program | Teaching/Education | Residency/Certification | Domestic |
Urban Teachers | Teaching/Education | Residency/Certification | Domestic |
Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowships in STEM | Teaching/Education | Residency/Certification | Domestic |
Blueprint Fellows | Teaching/Education | Domestic | |
Citizen Schools | Teaching/Education | Domestic | |
City Year | Teaching/Education | Domestic | |
Massachusetts Promise Fellowship | Teaching/Education | Domestic | |
SAGA Education | Teaching/Education | Domestic | |
Search Associates International Teaching Interns | Teaching/Education | International | |
Arden Theatre Professional Apprentice | Theatre/Arts | Domestic | |
Berkeley Repertory Theatre Fellowship | Theatre/Arts | Domestic |