The CALS Global Fellows Program supports CALS undergraduate students from any major in pursuit of challenging, professionally-focused summer internships and research placements that enhance and complement their career goals and academic progress, while enriching their undergraduate experience with diverse cultural and international immersion. Through key partnerships, the Global Fellows Program provides a platform for students to make positive and definable contributions to global organizations and communities.

Acceptance to the program is competitive and a limited number of students are selected each year. 

Students who are accepted into the CALS Global Fellows Program will be required to complete 3 parts to the program:

• 3 in-person Spring 2025 pre-engagement workshops focusing on health and safety, cultural awareness and logistics; 
• a continuous 7–8-week internship or research placement in an international setting,
• and a post-engagement course in the first 7 weeks of the Fall 2025 semester (ALS/GDEV 3105).

Info Session:

Tuesday, October 29th at 7pm via Zoom
Register here:  https://cornell.joinhandshake.com/events/1636747/share_preview 

Placement Opportunities

Placements: 1-2 (in-person)

About the Harvest Fund: Kafue, Lusaka Province, Zambia

The Harvest Fund is dedicated to alleviating extreme poverty in Zambia by bettering the lives of marginalized female farmers throughout the country. By helping them acquire equipment, technology, and financial resources today, we put them on the path for a more prosperous tomorrow. Our mission is to better the lives of female farmers through improved income, food security, and nutrition.

Students must have an agricultural / sustainability academic focus, willing to work in a group or independently.  Advanced computer skills (Word, Excel, databases), work with others on rural agricultural development program extension projects, assist in women skills building work, other agricultural duties as needed.

Students should submit a paragraph describing their interests along with their statement of interest.  

About Zambia:

Zambia, landlocked country in south-central Africa. It is situated on a high plateau and takes its name from the Zambezi River, which drains all but a small northern part of the country.  Large parts of Zambia are thinly populated. Much of population is concentrated in the country’s most developed area—known as the Line of Rail—which is served by the railway linking the Copperbelt with Lusaka, the capital, and with the border town of Livingstone.

Students should submit a paragraph describing their interests along with their statement of interest.  

We encourage you to apply to your first-choice program only. There is a space within the application to indicate if you have a second choice. If you are interested in two opportunities that are very different from one another and would prefer to write two statements of purpose, you may upload both to the same application in ONE document. Make sure they are clearly titled with the correct placement opportunity IF you are writing two statements. For reference, click here to review examples of statements from past participants.    

You may preview the application without starting an application by clicking on the “preview application” button next to the apply button. All applications contain the same questions and all information related to the program can be found within the experience page. There is no additional information within the application.