Key Dates

Key Dates for the 2024-2025 AEF Program Application process.

On-line Application Opens

August 14, 2023

Application Deadline

8:00pm EST
November 16, 2023

Notification to Semi-Finalists
[Travel Arrangements made for Interviews in Washington, DC]

February 23, 2024

Interviews in Washington, DC

March 3 – 5, 2024*

Finalists Notifications

March 21, 2024

Congressional Fellows Placement Interviews

mid-June, 2024**

Fellows Arrive in Washington, DC

mid-August, 2024

Orientation meeting for the 2024 – 2025 AEF Program Fellows

August 12 – 15, 2023

*Semi-finalists will travel to Washington, DC, on Saturday, March 2, 2024. Orientation will be on Sunday, March 3, followed by interviews on Monday, March 4 and possibly Tuesday, March 5.

**Applicants selected for a Congressional office placement will return for one week in June to interview with Congressional offices.