Fellowship & Volunteer Opportunities
Fellowships
Organization | Fellowship Opportunity |
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American Political Science Association (APSA) | Minority Fellows Program |
Association of Public Health Laboratories | Laboratory Fellowships |
Associations of Schools of Public Health | ASPH/EPA Fellowship Program |
California Senate Fellowship Program | California Senate Fellows |
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Junior Fellows Program |
Center for California Studies | Capital Fellows Programs |
Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs | Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs |
East-West Center | Asia-Pacific Leadership Program |
Environmental Defense Fund | EDF Fellowships |
El Pomar Foundation | El Pomar Fellowship |
Environmental Protection Agency | Environmental Protection Agency Intern Program (EIP) National Network for Environmental Management Studies Fellowship Program |
Families USA | Villers Fellowship for Health Care Justice Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice |
Greenlining Institute | Academy Fellowship Program |
Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship Program | Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship |
IDEX Fellowship | Fellowship in Social Enterprise |
Indiana Governors Fellowship Program | Governor's Fellowship |
John Gardner Foundation | John Gardner Fellowship |
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab | Jobs Listings (search for keyword "fellowship") |
NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services | Urban Fellows Program |
Presidential Management Fellows Program | PMF Program |
Profellow | Profellow |
Smithsonian Institution | Office of Fellowships |
Smithsonian Institution - National Air & Space Museum | A. Verville Fellowship |
UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy | UCPPIA Fellows Program |
UC Berkeley Human Rights Center | Human Rights Summer Fellowship |
US Aid | Global Health Fellows Program |
The Villers Fellowship | Families USA |
Wellstone Fellowship | Families USA |
Pre-Health & Nursing Volunteer Opportunities
Health Clinics
The SF Department of Public Health has a listing of health clinics.
The Southeast Health Center is currently looking for volunteer clinical scribes. Interested students should contact Matt Bonomo, Scribe Program Coordinator, at matthew.bonomo@sfdph.org for more information.
Some additional clinics:
Agencies
- Maitri Residential Care for People Living w/ AIDS
- St. James Infirmary
- Circle of Care - East Bay Agency for Children
Medical Centers
- California Pacific Medical Center
- Kaiser Permanente SF Medical Center
- Kaiser Permanente South SF Medical Center
- San Francisco General Hospital
- St. Francis Memorial Hospital
- St. Mary's Medical Center
- UCSF Medical Center
- Alameda County Medical Center
- Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
- Eden Medical Center
- Oakland Children's Hospital
- Kaiser Permanente East Bay
- Stanford Hospitals and Clinics (including Lucile Packard Children's Hosp)
- Mills-Peninsula Health Services
Nonprofit Organizations
- American Cancer Society
- American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter
- Asian Health Services
- Child Abuse Prevention Center
- LifeLong Medical Care (LMC)
- Women's Cancer Resource Center
- Aids Emergency Fund & Breast Cancer Emergency Fund
- HealthRIGHT 360
- National MS Society - Northern California Chapter
- The Shanti Project
- Peer Health Exchange
International Health Opportunities
Volunteer Programs Abroad - Short Term (2 weeks - 3 months)
- Amigos de los Americas - Public Health, Nutrition and Premed opportunities
- Cross-Cultural Solutions - Opportunities in Health Clinics and Hospitals
- Global Crossroad - Various Health Projects
- International Service Learning - "Hands-on", multi-disciplinary humanitarian health programs in Central and South America, the Caribbean, Mexico, and Africa
- United for Sight Global Impact Corps - Eye care for patients living in poverty
- World Endeavors - Opportunities in Health care and Health education
Volunteer Programs Abroad - Long Term (3 months)
- Child Family Health International - Opportunities in community health clinics and hospitals
- Global Volunteers - Opportunities in Health care and Medicine
- International Studies Abroad - Health Opportunities
- Jesuit Volunteer Corps - Opportunities in nonprofit health care organizations national and internationally
- Operation Crossroads Africa - Medical outreach projects in villages and towns
- Peace Corps Volunteer - Opportunities in Hospitals and Clinics addressing HIV/AIDS
- Project Concern International - Opportunities in health and medicine
- ProjectsAbroad - Opportunities in Medicine
- Rural Community Development Program - Nepal - Opportunities in underdeveloped and understaffed hospitals and clinics
- Visions in Action - Opportunities in medical clinics
Internship Programs Abroad
- Cross-Cultural Solutions Internship - Opportunities in Health
- Global Crossroad Internship - Opportunities in Community health
- IES Abroad - Opportunities in Health and Medicine
- International Studies Abroad Internship - Opportunities in Health
- UC Education Abroad Program - Health Internship Placement upon request
- World Endeavors Internship - Opportunities in health
Volunteer Centers
- Volunteer Match
- Bay Area Volunteer Information Center
- HandsOn Bay Area
- Volunteer Center of San Francisco
- Volunteer Center of the East Bay
Health Fairs
- Bone Health – Fair to raise awareness about osteoporosis
- SF Impact Health Fair
Health Related Charity Fundraisers
- Ride for the Cure
- Ride for Heart
- Race for the Cure – Susan G. Komen
- Team in Training
- Revlon Run/Walk for Women
USF
- Health Outreach Team – Health Promotion Services
Internships
Other Volunteer Opportunities
Organization | Description |
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ACE | Alliance for Catholic Education |
Action Without Borders/Idealist.org | The most extensive clearinghouse for numerous valuable resources on volunteering, year-of-service opportunities, and internships throughout the world. |
American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter | Trains volunteers to help prevent, prepare, and respond to disasters immediately. |
AmeriCorps | Opportunities to serve through a network of partnerships with local and national nonprofit groups helping to meet critical needs in the community. |
Bay Area Volunteer Information Center | Information about volunteer opportunities in the greater Bay Area. |
California Volunteers | This is the state office that manages programs and initiatives aimed at increasing the number of Californians engaged in service and volunteering. |
Catholic Network of Volunteer Service | CNVS is a membership organization of 200 domestic and international volunteer programs. |
Catholic Relief Services | Working through local offices and an extensive network of partners, CRS operates on five continents and in 99 countries to aid the poor by first providing direct assistance where needed, then encouraging people to help with their own development. |
ExCEL | Excellence in Catholic Education and Leadership (ExCEL). |
Explorations in Travel | Vacations for women introducing you to life around the globe. |
Good Works | A national directory of social change organizations. |
Hands On Bay Area | Sign up for different kinds of volunteer projects around the Bay. |
Idealist | Interactive site where people and organizations can exchange resources and ideas, locate opportunities and supporters. |
Love In Action: SF Volunteer Organizations | List and description of volunteer organizations in San Francisco. |
McCarthy Center's Office of Service Learning Community Partner database | Service placements for USF students, faculty, and staff. |
NGOAbroad | A unique service that helps you enter or advance in international humanitarian work & provides frugal, customized international volunteer opportunities. |
One Brick | Enables people to get involved, have an impact and have fun, without the requirements of individual long-term commitments. |
Opportunity Knocks | Opportunity Knocks is a national online job site, HR resource and career development destination focused exclusively on the nonprofit community. |
Peace Corps | Live and work in developing countries. |
Presidio Visitor Center | Volunteer opportunities at Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Muir Woods National Monument, and Fort Point National Historic Site. |
San Francisco Public Library | SFPL’s Volunteer Program includes a wide array of volunteer opportunities that meet the needs of our public library and its surrounding communities. |
Streetside Stories | Streetside volunteers assist staff in the classroom as auxiliary storytellers, listeners, writing assistants, and mentors. |
Teach for America | Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates of all academic majors and career interests who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools. |
The Pallotti Center | Provides information about lay volunteer service opportunities in church-based programs. |
The Volunteer Center | Serving SF and San Mateo - connects individuals, nonprofits and businesses with opportunities and resources needed to support local communities. |
United Way of the Bay Area | Nonprofit programs building pathways out of poverty. |
United Way Silicon Valley | United Way partners with over 90 community service agencies in Santa Clara County to improve stability for those in crisis by supporting basic needs and healthcare, counseling and support. |
Universal Giving | Volunteer with the top-performing, vetted projects all over the world. |
Volunteer Match | A listing of both short and long term volunteer opportunities. |
Worldwide NGO Directory | Identify national and international NGO's and then go to the organization's website to research job or volunteer opportunities. |
YNPN | Volunteer as an ad hoc committee member for a YNPN National Board Committee or Task Force. |