The Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program within the Policy and Global Affairs Division of the National Academies is designed to engage its Fellows in the analytical process that informs U.S. science and technology policy. Fellows develop basic skills essential to working or participating in science policy at the federal, state, or local levels.
Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars and those who have completed graduate studies or postdoctoral research in any social/behavioral science, medical/health discipline, physical or biological science, any field of engineering, law/business/public administration, or any relevant interdisciplinary field within the last five years are eligible to apply.
They are now accepting applications for the 2011 sessions. The deadline for receipt of application for the winter/spring program is October 15, 2010. Graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and those who have completed graduate studies or postdoctoral research within the last five years are eligible to apply.