How to Apply
The Call for Applications for the 2013-2014 Fellowship will be available in mid-September, 2012.
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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
The next informational web conference call will be in October 2012. Please contact the National Program Office at info@healthpolicyfellows.org if you have any questions.
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September 2012
Launch of Call for Applications for 2013-2014 fellowship.
November 2012 (3 p.m. ET)
Deadline for submission of applications.
January 2013
Selection of finalists.
January 2013 (3 p.m. ET)
Deadline for submission of full application for finalists.
February 2013
Board interviews of finalists.
February 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.
RWJF does not provide individual critiques of applications submitted.
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