Burns Fellowship

The terms "Burns Fellowship" and "Burns Fellow" have several applications around the world:

  • Arthur F. Burns Fellowship for United States journalists with German language skills, organized by the International Center for Journalists
  • Robert Burns Fellowship, University of Otago - a New Zealand literary fellowship based in the nation's most Scottish city
  • Vancouver Burns Fellowship - founded in 1924, including among its aims the erection of a statue of Burns (which happened only 4 years later in Stanley Park)

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