After I recently spoke at AAAS, several graduate students emailed asking about a clearinghouse for science policy fellowships. I couldn’t think of such a list and inquired with many colleagues in and out of academia to no avail. Surely there needs to be, so I worked with a group of terrific staffers and interns at American Association for the Advancement of Science to come up with what follows. We’ll be making this resource readily available on our sidebar soon so please add any fellowships we may have forgotten in comments and we’ll update it regularly.
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AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships
National Academies Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program
National Academies Jefferson Science Fellowships
Presidential Management Fellows Program
The Royal Society (U.K.) MP-Scientist Pairing Scheme
The Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowships Program
American Psychological Association
Belfer Center, Kennedy School of Government
American Institute of Biological Sciences
American Astronomical Society – John Bahcall Public Policy Fellowship
American Society for Microbiology
National Human Genome Research Institute
Health and Aging Policy Fellowship
Society for Research in Child Development Policy Fellowship
Department of Commerce – Commerce Science and Technology Fellowship
ASPH/EPA Environmental Health Fellowship Program
American Institute of Physics and Member Society Government Science Fellowships
Harvard University – Science, Technology, and Public Policy Fellowships
American Society for Biochemisty and Molecular Biology
American Geophysical Union – Congressional Science Fellowship
American Society of Human Genetics
California Science and Technology Policy Fellowships
John A. Knauss Sea Grant Fellowship (Sheril did this one!)
American Chemical Society San Diego Section – Public Policy Fellowship
Optical Society of America – Congressional Fellows Program
Social Science Research Council – Abe Fellowship Program
Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellows Program
David A. Winston Health Policy Fellowship – Association of University Programs in Health Administration
National Center for Health Statistics – Health Policy Fellowship Program
Packer Policy Fellowships – Australian-American Health Policy Fellowships Program
The ASPH/CDC Allan Rosenfield Global Health Fellowship Program
Geological Society of America Congressional Science Fellowship
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Academy of Medical Sciences/Wellcome Trust
April 9th, 2009 at 11:45 am
I presume these are open only to citizens?
April 9th, 2009 at 11:48 am
Some are international opportunities regardless of citizenship…
April 9th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Some others that I know of:
Geological Society of America Congressional Science Fellowship
(http://www.geosociety.org/csf/scifello.htm)
The American Geological Institute also has a Congressional Science Fellowship, I think, but their web site is down at the moment, so I can’t find the exact link.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Terrific! Thanks Kim. Added…
April 9th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
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April 9th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
I can attest to the excellence of the American Astronomical Society’s John Bahcall Fellowship. And while I’m thrilled you listed it twice, the second link is broken….
April 9th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
[...] at The Intersection, Sheril Kirshenbaum, with help, has put together quite a list of policy fellowships, which definitely puts my little list to shame. Of course my list was aimed specifically at [...]
April 9th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Thanks Marcos
This is a work in progress…
April 9th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Research!America has a science policy fellowship as well: http://www.researchamerica.org/intern_sciencepolicy
Anyone with a PhD or equivalent degree is considered a fellow, despite the position being called an internship on the website.
April 9th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Here’s one from ASBMB – American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
http://asbmb.org/Page.aspx?id=2274
April 9th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Thanks Marcos and Heather.
April 9th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Keep in mind that many of the AAAS fellowships are sponsored by the scientific societies. So check with your disciplinary society to see if they participate.
April 12th, 2009 at 10:43 am
Just a heads up, the first link in your list is broken. There’s a “hips” preceding the “http” for some reason. If that is taken out then the link works.
April 12th, 2009 at 11:29 am
Sorry, one more correction. Your link to APS, the 10th link down, says “American Physics Society,” but APS actually stands for American Physical Society.
Sorry about the nit-pickery. I’m really excited to see this list because I hope to go into policy in some way after I get my Ph.D. Thank you for compiling it!
April 12th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
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April 12th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Thanks for helping Llencelyn. Updated…
April 14th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Thanks for getting your minions on this, Sheril. I also added the Aldo Leopold Leadership fellowship to the list I started at Coastal Shelf, which isn’t exactly a policy fellowship but it does help scientists learn to talk with non-scientists. And that’s a good start to better policy.
November 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 am
Nice list! I didn’t see the IEEE Congressional Fellowship, tho. I got one in late 1994, just in time to be swept up in the Republican Revolution. My job on the House Science Committee staff disappeared when the Democrats were exiled to the Ford HOB. I scrambled to find an LA’s job with Lloyd Doggett. I was a great experience for me, and I highly recommend it.
November 24th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
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February 27th, 2010 at 11:37 pm
Just a quick note- the link to the AIBS fellowship directs elsewhere.
April 12th, 2010 at 1:15 am
The UK’s Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology has a developed programme of doctoral fellowships and intrenships. These are not restricted to UK citizens.
April 15th, 2010 at 10:01 am
For my field (Materials Science and Engineering), our relevant professional society is the Materials Research Society: http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/sec.asp?CID=12344&DID=204997