The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health Policy Fellows program provides the nation’s most comprehensive learning experience at the nexus of health, science, and policy in Washington, D.C.
Donor Name: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline: 11/05/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The fellows meet with national leaders well-versed in health, healthcare policy, health equity, social determinants of health, and structural racism; think tanks and interest groups; key executive branch officials; and members of Congress and their staff. Fellows also participate in seminars on health economics; the congressional budget process; current priority issues in federal health policy; and the process for federal decision-making. The concentrated orientation is designed to prepare the fellows for immediate success in federal legislative and executive branch positions.
During these assignments, fellows are full-time, contributing participants in the policy process with members of Congress, a congressional committee, or the executive branch. Solely under the supervision of the office in which they are placed, fellows typically will:
- Help develop legislative or regulatory proposals;
- Organize hearings, briefings, and stakeholder meetings;
- Meet with constituents; and
- Brief legislators or senior administration officials on a range of health issues.
Funding Information
$175,000 per fellow.
Grant Period
12–24 months.
Eligibility & Selection Criteria
- Eligible applicants are exceptional midcareer professionals from academic institutions, not-for-profit organizations, or government (including military; U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs; U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps; and state offices who are not considered government officials under Section 4946 of the Internal Revenue Code);
- Applicants must have earned an advanced degree (masters or doctoral degree);
- In addition, applicants must have deep experience and subject matter expertise in a discipline that affects health. Examples include but are not limited to medicine; nursing; public health; law; dentistry; economics and other social sciences (especially disciplines related to factors that influence population health, such as housing, transportation, nutrition, wealth, employment, education, and environmental and community conditions); health services and social work/behavioral health; and other health professions;
- Applicants whose official job description or responsibilities are primarily government relations or advocacy are not eligible;
- Individual candidates for receipt of award funds must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents at the time of application. Because the RWJF Health Policy Fellows are placed in assignments in the federal government, changes in federal policy or law may be necessitated.
For more information, visit RWJF.
