Fellowships

The National Academies offer several different fellowships in science, engineering and medicine. Information on eligibility guidelines and application deadlines is available on specific programs' Web sites.

Early Career Opportunities

Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program
A program designed to engage graduate science, engineering, medical, veterinary, business, and law students in the analysis and creation of science and technology policy and to familiarize them with the interactions of science, technology, and government.

National Academies Research Associateship Programs
Postdoctoral and senior research awards are sponsored by thirty federal laboratories at over one hundred locations in the United States and overseas. Awards are given for the purpose of conducting research chosen by the doctoral level scientists and engineers to apply their special knowledge and research talents to research areas that are of interest to them and to the host laboratories and centers.

The Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships -- Predoctoral Awards
The Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships -- Dissertation Awards
The Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships -- Postdoctoral Awards
For U.S. citizens or nationals in research-based fields, grants for predoctoral, dissertation and postdoctoral work.

Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education Postdoctoral Fellowships
For postdoctoral scientists and engineers who wish to receive specialized training in engineering education under the mentorship of a Senior Fellow or campus-based engineering educator.

Middle- to Late-Career Opportunities

National Academies Research Associateship Programs
Postdoctoral and senior research awards sponsored by thirty federal laboratories and NASA research centers in the United States and overseas.

IOM Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship
An opportunity for outstanding mid-career health professionals to gain an understanding of the health policy process, to contribute to the formulation of new policies and programs, and to develop in their careers as leaders in academic health centers and in health policy.

Jefferson Science Fellows at the U.S. Department of State
For tenured academic scientists and engineers from U.S. institutions of higher learning, an opportunity to spend a year at the U.S. Department of State advising policy-makers on science and technology.

American Academy of Nursing/Institute of Medicine Distinguished Nurse Scholar Program
Each year one senior nurse scholar is selected to come to Washington to participate in one-year program of orientation and work at the Institute of Medicine.

The National Academies' Senior Scholars Program
For mid- to senior career professionals from minority-serving institutions in the fields of science, engineering, medical/health sciences and social sciences; scholars will consult for the National Academies for one year on studies and other activities that serve to advise the nation on matters of science, engineering, and medicine.

Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education Senior Fellowships
Fellows will be chosen from among engineering faculty, learning scientists, industrial practitioners, ethicists, historians and policy makers based upon their significant promise to provide revolutionary as well as evolutionary research breakthroughs in engineering education.