How to Apply

The Call for Applications for the 2013-2014 Fellowship is now available.  

Purpose

 

Key Dates and Deadlines

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows program provides the nation’s most comprehensive experience at the nexus of health science, policy, and politics in Washington, DC. The fellowship is an outstanding opportunity for exceptional mid-career health professionals and behavioral and social scientists with an interest in health and health care policy. Fellows experience and participate in the policy process at the federal level and use that leadership experience to improve health, health care, and health policy.

The fellowship is a residential experience in Washington, DC, with additional support for continued health policy leadership development activities.

 

Informational Web Conference calls

Informational web conference call will be in October 5, 2012 (11 a.m. ET) and November 8, 2012 (2 p.m. ET). Please complete the online registration to participate in the informational web conference call.

 

September 13, 2012
Launch of Call for Applications for 2013-2014 fellowship.

November 7, 2012 (3 p.m. ET)
Deadline for receipt of reference letters.

November 14, 2012 (3 p.m. ET)
Deadline for submission of applications.

January 10, 2013
Selection of finalists.

January 31, 2013 (3 p.m. ET)
Deadline for submission of full application for finalists.

February 13, 2013
Board interviews of finalists.

February 14, 2013
Selection and notification.

Inquiries
Phone: (202) 334-1506
E-mail: info@healthpolicyfellows.org

Direction and technical assistance for this program is provided by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) at the National Academies, which serves as the National Program Office (NPO) under the direction of the RWJF Health Policy Fellows Advisory Board.

A complete application includes:

  • An up-to-date curriculum vitae
  • A one-page biographical sketch
  • Four separate essays on the program-specific topics
  • Three letters of support submitted via online application system

Applicants who become finalists will be invited to complete a full proposal that will include a proposed budget of up to $165,000.

Track 1 applicants will also submit a letter from their sponsoring institution’s chief executive officer affirming the institutions’ willingness to serve as an adviser to the applicant, to cultivate the fellow’s growth as a health policy leader during the funding period of up to 24 months; and to administer the grant and comply with RWJF’s grant reporting requirements.

 

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RWJF does not provide individual critiques of applications submitted.