Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Applications are invited for the 2022-23 Health Policy Fellows program. The fellowship requires a full-time commitment with a minimum twelve-month residence in Washington, D.C. It begins in September with an intensive three-and-a-half-month orientation arranged by the National Academy of Medicine.

The NAM will assist all fellows in setting up placement interviews. However each fellow is solely responsible for selecting and securing his or her placement in a Federal government office in Washington, D.C. no later than January 15, 2023.

Fellowship placements generally begin no later than January 31. During these assignments, fellows are full-time, contributing participants in the policy process with members of Congress, a congressional committee, or in the executive branch. Fellows typically will:

• Help develop legislative or regulatory proposals;
• Organize hearings, briefings, and stakeholder meetings;

Meet with constituents;

• Brief legislators or senior administration officials on a range of health issues; and
• Provide staff support for House-Senate conferences.

Exceptional midcareer professionals from academic faculties; government; and nonprofit organizations, who are interested in experiencing the health policy process at the federal level, are encouraged to apply.

Eligible applicants must have earned an advanced degree in one of the following disciplines: medicine; nursing; public health; allied health professions; biomedical sciences; dentistry; economics or other social sciences; health services organization and administration; social and behavioral health; or health law. Individual candidates for receipt of award funds must be U.S. citizens, or permanent residents at the time of application.