Fellowships

AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellowship Program

Academic level Masters, PhD, Postdoctoral Focus Leadership & Communications Duration Summer
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The AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellows work for 10 weeks during the summer as reporters, researchers, and production assistants in mass media organizations nationwide. Fellows collaborate with media professionals at radio and television stations, newspapers, and magazines. As part of their job, the student-scientists and their host-journalists strive to make science news easy for the public to understand. The fellowship program is designed to enhance coverage of science-related issues in the media in order to improve public understanding and appreciation of science and technology. See the program website for more information.

AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship

Academic level Postdoctoral Focus Policy Duration Year or less
Notes The AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships are provided primarily as a professional development opportunity. Fellowships are awarded to highly qualified individuals interested in learning about the science-policy interface while applying their scientific and technical knowledge and analytical skills to the federal policy realm.

ACLS Public Fellows

Academic level Postdoctoral Focus Policy Duration More than a year
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The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Public Fellows Program places 13 recent Ph.D.s from the humanities and humanistic social sciences in two-year staff positions at partnering organizations in government and the nonprofit sector. Fellows will participate in the substantive work of these organizations and receive professional mentoring. For more information, see the program website.

American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowship

Academic level PhD Focus Research Duration Year or less
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AAUW has a long and distinguished history of advancing educational and professional opportunities for women in the United States and around the globe. Due to the longstanding, generous contributions of AAUW members, a broader community of women continues to gain access to educational and economic opportunities — breaking through barriers so that all women have a fair chance.

Fellowship and grant recipients perform research in a wide range of disciplines and work to improve their schools and communities. Their intellect, dedication, imagination, and effort promise to forge new paths in scholarship, improve the quality of life for all, and tackle the educational and social barriers facing women in the United States and around the globe. See the AAUW website for more information.

American Institue of Biological Sciences Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award

Academic level PhD Focus Policy Duration Semester or less
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The Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award recognizes graduate students in the biological sciences and science education who have demonstrated initiative and leadership in science policy. EPPLA recipients receive first-hand experience at the interface of science and public policy.

The winners will receive an expense paid trip to Washington, DC, to participate in meetings with their congressional delegation, training and information on the federal budget and appropriations process.

AMS Summer Policy Colloquium

Academic level Masters, PhD, Postdoctoral, Professional (MD, JD, MBA) Focus Policy Duration Summer
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The AMS Summer Policy Colloquium brings a select group to Washington, D.C. for an intense, ten-day immersion in atmospheric policy.

  • Provides an overview of policy basics, and how decisions are made governing
    thecourse and future of atmospheric
    science
  • Provides opportunities for participants to meet and dialog with the federal officials, Congressional staffers, and others who make those decisions
  • Surveys current atmospheric policy issues
  • Uses the case study method to
    explore a limited number of issues, both past and present, in depth and detail
  • Helps participants build skills, experience, and contacts they can use throughout their careers to understand and influence the atmospheric policy process
  • Helps participants gauge their aptitude for and interest in the challenges of matching atmospheric science to national priorities, and scientific program leadership.

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Fellowship

Academic level PhD, Postdoctoral Focus Research Duration Year or less
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The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs offers research fellowships during the academic year to individuals who wish to devote their time to research and writing in the fields of science and international affairs. Fellows are selected by the Center's major research programs and are expected to work collaboratively with other Center researchers, as well as on their own projects. The fellows research a wide variety of topics, ranging from security issues such as nuclear proliferation and terrorism, to climate change and energy policy.

California Science and Technology Policy Fellowships

Academic level Postdoctoral Focus Policy Duration Year or less
Notes Offered by the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST), the California Science and Technology Policy Fellowships place professional scientists and engineers in the California State Legislature for one-year appointments. These professional development opportunities will enable fellows to work hands on with policy-makers to develop solutions to complex scientific and technical issues facing California through their interaction with the legislative process. The fellowships are ideal for qualified applicants who are interested in improving the interface between science and legislative decision-making and who want to learn the public policy decision-making process. Fellows will be placed, for one year, in various offices of the California State Legislature.

Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program

Academic level Masters, PhD, Postdoctoral, Professional (MD, JD, MBA) Focus Policy Duration Semester or less
Notes The National Academies Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program is an early career educational and training opportunity. It is designed to engage its Fellows in the analytical process that informs U.S. science and technology policy. Fellows develop basic skills essential to working or participating in science policy at the federal, state, or local levels. Graduate and professional school students and those who have completed graduate studies (degree awarded) within the last five years may apply. Areas of study may include any social/behavioral science, medical/health discipline, physical or biological science, any field of engineering, law/business/public administration, or any relevant interdisciplinary fields.

CIRES Visiting Fellows Program

Academic level PhD, Postdoctoral Focus Research Duration Year or less
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Under the sponsorship of NOAA, CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences) offers Visiting Fellowships at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Every year CIRES awards several visiting fellowships to scientists at many levels, from postdoctoral to senior level. Since 1967 more than 250 people have been Visiting Fellows at CIRES. A Research and Education Fellowship is specifically funded for work in the area of education and outreach.