Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars Program

Applications now open!

Deadline for submission January 15, 2026

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The Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars Program supports, inspires, and empowers talented undergraduate students as they address society’s most pressing problems.

Sondheim Scholars address urgent social problems alongside communities through service-learning, internships, activism, research and the study of policy issues.

The program honors Walter Sondheim, a champion of Baltimore’s renewal, a business leader, and an advocate for public education.

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