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Biology Student Science Policy Fellowships, Internships, & Training Opportunities
Numerous opportunities exist for early career scientists to build skills and explore careers in science policy. This page compiles a thorough list of opportunities for biologists studying in the United States. While most positions are for researchers who have already completed a graduate degree, some opportunities are available for current graduate and undergraduate students.
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Training
Opportunities at Professional Societies and NGOs
- AIBS IDEA2 Public Policy Fellowship
- The National Academies’ Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellowships
- American Association of Immunologists Public Policy Fellows Program
- American Society of Mammalogists Student Science Policy Award
- American Society for Nutrition Science Policy Fellowship
- Aspen Tech Policy Hub Science and Technology Policy Fellowship
- Botanical Society of America Public Policy Award
- Civic Science Fellows Program
- Entomological Society of America Science Policy Fellows Program
- Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Science Policy Fellowship
- Japan-U.S. Science Communication and Policy Fellowship Network
- RAND Graduate Student Summer Associate Program
- Society for Neuroscience Early Career Policy Ambassadors
- Union of Concerned Scientists Science Fellows
Opportunities to Work in Congress or Federal Agencies
- American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Science and Technology Policy Fellowships
- American Educational Research Association Congressional Fellowship
- American Geophysical Union Congressional Science Fellowship
- American Society of Human Genetics and National Human Genome Research Institute’s Genetics and Public Policy Fellowship
- Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health Fellowships
- Biophysical Society Congressional Fellowship
- David A. Winston Health Policy Fellowship
- Gulf Research Program Science Policy Fellowships
- Horizon Institute for Public Service Horizon Fellowship
- NOAA John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
- NOAA Coastal Management Fellowship
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Fellowships and Internships
- Presidential Management Fellowship
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows
- U.S. Agency for International Development Science for Development Fellowship
- U.S. Department of Energy’s Efficiency and Renewable Energy Science, Technology and Policy Program
- U.S. State Department’s Embassy Science Fellows Program