North American Scholarship Program Description

The Naples Council on World Affairs (NCWA) will offer summer scholarships in 2025 to high school students for international relations or national security studies at Georgetown and American Universities in Washington DC, Tufts University in Boston, and Putney at Harvard University. These programs are offered to Collier and Lee County students and to students who have participated in Model UN in Charlotte County. Students must have completed their junior year in high school, show a strong interest in international relations, and have a solid academic record. 

Students stay in college dorms on the respective campuses and will have a full college life experience. The NCWA scholarships cover the full cost of tuition, room and board and travel to and from the university location and Southwest Florida.

The deadline for application for 2025 summer programs is December 15, 2024, and for teacher recommendations is January 10, 2025. Application instructions are at the bottom of this page. 

Georgetown University

Students attend the one-week Summer Academies on the Georgetown historic campus in Washington DC. They can attend either the International Relations or National Security Academy. The Academies take the student on an accelerated, hands-on learning experience. They will examine a single subject area through collaborative exercises and simulations, group discussions, presentations from industry leaders, and field trips to some of D.C.’s top institutions. For more information, click here. 

American University

Students attend the highly regarded Community of Scholars program, operating under the auspices of American University’s School of International Service (SIS) on the AU Campus in Washington D.C. They enroll in a three-credit course designed for high school students and attend briefings at the U.S. Department of State, various embassies in Washington DC, the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and other international organizations. Click here for more information about the American University summer program.

Tufts University

Students will attend the Pre-college Intensive Program in International Relations on the Tufts University campus in Medford, Massachusetts. Drawing from the renowned Tufts Fletcher School of Global Affairs, students will learn from a world-renowned international relations faculty, study a foreign language, and broaden their perspective on the world.  Click here for information about the Tufts program.

Putney Student Travel Program at Harvard University
Youth Summit on Climate, Equity and Health

Our scholarship recipients will dive into issues of climate change, equity, and public health alongside peers, educators, and leading professionals from the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard Chan C-CHANGE). They will choose an action focus based on their interests and explore how climate change is intertwined with public health, medicine, social justice, equity, economics, and policy. Also, they will gain perspective from scientists, health practitioners, policymakers, youth activists, climate creatives, and clean energy innovators at the forefront of tackling the climate crisis. Click here for more information.

The NCWA Scholarship Application Process 

• Complete scholarship application and submit, along with essay, transcript and resume, to Martha Williams at mwilliams@wnmn.org by December 15 for programs in the summer of 2025.
• Have two faculty, counselor or administrator letters of recommendation sent to Martha Williams by January 10, 2025.
  
• If selected, complete an interview with NCWA during January 2025.
  
• If awarded a scholarship, apply directly to the university program selected.
  

Requirements Upon Completion of the Program

• Complete an essay about your program experiences and submit it to NCWA within two weeks of program completion.
  
• Participate in a feedback video conference with NCWA members.
  
• Become an active participant in the NCWA Alumni Association.
  
• Other activities as requested by NCWA.

All students are required to submit scholarship requests from the program they are attending and if a university scholarship is granted, it will reduce the program's scholarship by the amount awarded by NCWA by that amount.

Click here to view a scholarship application form 

Contact Martha Williams for more information at mwilliams@wnmn.org.