Researchers Wanted for Policy Fellowship Program

The Society for Research in Child Development offers two policy fellowship programs: Federal and State. Fellowship opportunities are available for early-career to advanced-career experts with a doctoral-level degree in any discipline related to child development. Fellows will do the following:

  • Gain firsthand experience in federal or state policymaking, implementation, and evaluation
  • Provide federal and state executive branch agencies and Congress greater access to research expertise on a diverse range of child development topics to enhance evidence-based policy development, implementation, and evaluation
  • Build a network of experts who bridge developmental science, federal and state policymaking, and practice

The deadline to apply for the 2023–2024 US Federal Policy Fellowship Program is January 4, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. ET. The deadline to apply to the 2023–2024 US State Policy Postdoctoral Fellowship is January 23, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. ET. Find out more about the fellowships on the Society for Research in Child Development website.