Richard D. Lombard Public Service Fellowships

With the Tucker Foundation, the Dickey Center administers the Richard D. Lombard, '53 Public Service Fellowship program. The Lombard Fund supports up to a dozen young alumni each year to undertake six to twelve month volunteer community service projects in the United States and around the world.

At clinics in Peru, Nepal, and on the Thailand-Burma border, in an orphanage for HIV+ children in Nairobi, at a foundation working for the empowerment of women in rural Argentina or an organization ensuring legal rights for foreign domestic workers in London, for over a decade alumni have been putting into practice the liberal arts education they received at Dartmouth.

OVERVIEW

The Richard D. Lombard Public Service Program was established by family and friends in memory of Mr. Lombard, a 1953 Dartmouth graduate and former Trustee of the College.  The Program provides grants to "encourage and enable Dartmouth alumni to use their education to make a significant positive impact on society."

Under the Program, graduating seniors and first-year alumni may be awarded up to $15,000 for 6-month (minimum) or longer (one year maximum) service projects.  Fellows may serve in the United States or abroad.

When you have identified a service project which suits your interests and skills, the next step is to complete an application form.  Two letters of recommendation are required.  One of these must be written by a Dartmouth College faculty member.  The letters of recommendation should be sent c/o the Lombard Program to the Dickey Center.

Applications will be assessed by the Lombard Fellowship Selection Committee which is composed of the Director of the Dickey Center, the Dean of the Tucker Foundation, and two members of the Lombard family.

Application Criteria:

• A Lombard Fellowship project should provide the opportunity for you to contribute to the welfare, development and fulfillment of other human beings.
• Agencies or communities to which you apply must be non-profit, non-denominational and politically non-partisan.  Fellows may not function as lobbyists.
• You should submit clear and complete information about the agency or community that you have selected, the goals of this group, and how your service will fit into the group's mission and goals.  You should also be specific about your assignment and the tasks you will be performing.
• You must identify a supervisor for your project, within the agency or community, who will develop and sign a work contract statement.  The project should be designed to fulfill to as great a degree as possible the goals of humanitarian service.
• Your placement should involve thirty to forty hours of work per week.  Its duration should be at least half a year in length, and no longer than one year.
• Upon completion of your fellowship you will be expected to write a five- to eight-page report.  From time to time Fellows may be invited to return to the Dartmouth campus to share their experience in small group presentations.

• the merits of the project
• the quality of the proposal
• good academic standing
• letters of recommendation

APPLICATION DEADLINES:  

Appliations are reviewed twice a year.  Applicants can apply in whichever deadline/application cycle best fits their timeline.  Fellows set their own departure dates.  Current seniors, therefore, can apply in October with a departure date following graduation OR they can apply in April with a similar departure schedule. 

• Fall deadline: Wednesday, October 14th
• Spring deadline: Wednesday, April 28th

There are 3 parts to the Application Process:

If you are a current undergraduate, apply on-line through the DICKEY STUDENT FUNDING organization on Blackboard.  All application materials, deadlines, and information can be found & submitted through the Blackboard site: http://blackboard.dartmouth.edu/

If you are no longer enrolled as a student at Dartmouth OR you are not able to apply through the Blackboard site, please follow the steps below submitting both a hard copy & an electronic copy via e-mail to the Dickey Center by the appropriate deadline.

STEP 1: Complete the attached PDF form (2 pages) using Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat. Click here to download the latest version of Adobe Reader  ** DO NOT open the document with Preview **

 Lombard Application

STEP 2:  In addition to the application form, you must submit a 3-5 page written narrative must set forth in detail:

• a description of the mission of the agency where you will do your internship
• a description of your role in the agency's work
• your qualifications to fulfill the responsibilities and requirements of your work
• your academic, career, and/or personal goals and how you hope the fellowship project relates

STEP 3:  To complete your Lombard Fellowship application you will need to submit ALL of the forms below.  The TWO letters of recommendation & the Supervisors Statement should be submitted to the Dickey Center by the application deadline.  The Transcript Request form should be submitted to the Registrar's Office (McNutt) no later than the application deadline.

 Lombard Supervisor Statement

 Lombard Recommendation Forms

 Transcript Request

For more information about a Lombard Public Service Fellowship please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   at the Dickey Center.