Career Development Center

The Scholars Program brings talented African American, Latino, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Asian/Pacific Islander college seniors and recent graduates to Washington, D.C., where they are placed in Congressional offices and learn about health policy. Through the nine-week program (May 21- July 28, 2007), Scholars gain knowledge about federal legislative procedure and health policy issues, while further developing their critical thinking and leadership skills. In addition to gaining experience in a Congressional office, Scholars participate in seminars and site visits to augment their knowledge of health care issues, and write and present a health policy research memo.

CHCI Public Policy Fellowship Program
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Summer Internship Program
Deadline: March 2008. More dates to follow.
Post grad
http://www.chci.org/chciyouth/fellowship/fellowshipprogram.htm
Every year, the nine-month Fellowship Program (late August to late May) offers up to 20 talented Latinos from across the country the opportunity to gain hands-on experience at the national level in the public policy area of their choice with the General Public Policy Fellowship. Fellows have the opportunity to work in such areas as international affairs, economic development, education policy, housing, or local government. CHCI also aims to develop leaders in areas of health and corporate America with the Sodexho, Inc. Public Health Fellowship and the Corporate Fellowship (placement must be in a public affairs office of a corporation). In addition, specialized fellowships open only to individuals with a graduate degree include the Edward Roybal Public Health Fellowship for public health administration; the Telecommunications Fellowship; and the Law Fellowship open to recent law school graduates (placement must be in a public interest law organization or in the office of a U.S. federal judge).

DHS Scholarship and Fellowship Program
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Deadline: January 2008. More dates to follow.
http://www.orau.gov/dhsed/
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) realizes that the country’s strong science and technology community provides a critical advantage in the development and implementation of counter-terrorist measures and other DHS objectives. The DHS Scholarship and Fellowship Program is intended for students interested in pursuing the basic science and technology innovations that can be applied to the DHS mission. This education program is intended to ensure a diverse and highly talented science and technology community to achieve the DHS mission and objectives. Areas of study that are eligible include: physical sciences, mathematical sciences, computer and information sciences, life sciences, social sciences, psychology, selected humanities, and engineering.

HHMI Research Fellowships
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant
http://www.hhmi.org/grants/
HHMI provides funding for several students to carry out research during the academic year. These HHMI Fellowships provide a stipend of $600 and funds for research supplies to selected students.

Jacob K. Javits Fellowship

U.S. Department of Education

Post Bac

Deadline: early October, 2008

http://www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits

The program provides financial assistance to students who have demonstrated: superior academic ability and achievement; exceptional promise; financial need to undertake graduate study leading to a doctoral degree or a master's degree in which the master's degree is the terminal highest degree in the selected field of study. The Department of Education awards fellowships in selected fields of study of the arts, humanities and social sciences.

The Travelers Summer Research Fellowship Program
New York, NY
Deadline: February 1, 2008
Undergrad – Juniors
http://www.med.cornell.edu/education/programs/tra_sum_res.html?name1=Travelers+Summer+Research+Fellowship+Program&type1=2Active
The Travelers Summer Research Fellowship Program is designed to give 25 premedical students deeper insights into the field of medicine, including issues that greatly affect the health of traditionally underserved groups. Through the experiences of laboratory or clinical research, the student learns how one pursues a specific research problem under the supervision of a faculty member, thus providing an early education into basic research techniques that could be applicable to any area of medicine.

Undergraduate Student Research Program
American Heart Association
Deadline: February 2008. More dates to follow.
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3013196
The purpose of this undergraduate research training program is to encourage promising students from all disciplines to consider research careers that are broadly related to the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular areas.
Students are assigned to leading biomedical research laboratories in California, Nevada or Utah for a ten-week period during the summer to work under the direct supervision of experienced scientists. The projects students work on range from basic molecular research to direct physiological studies. Examples include signal transduction, gene expression, vascular wall biology, ion transport and cellular physiology. Some opportunities for participation in more clinical investigations are also available.

Villers Fellowship
Families USA
Deadline: January 15, 2008
Post Grad preferred
http://www.familiesusa.org/about/the-villers-fellowship.html

The Villers Fellowship for Health Care Justice was created in 2005 by Philippe Villers, Founder and President of Families USA. Villers Fellows work in our health policy department and assist our organization's efforts to improve access to health coverage for all Americans, especially for low-income and other vulnerable communities. Specifically, Villers Fellows will conduct research on a range of health care policy issues, and write and contribute to publications that are relevant to current health policy debates.
In creating the fellowship, Mr. Villers aspired to develop a network of young leaders who share a passion for health care justice. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a commitment to health care justice work following their year as a fellow. Additionally, in order to encourage the development of future leaders, Villers Fellows must commit to mentoring at least one person over the course of their careers.

Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice

Families USA

Deadline: January 15, 2008

http://www.familiesusa.org/about/wellstone-fellowship.html

The Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice is designed to foster the advancement of social justice through participation in health care advocacy work that focuses on the unique challenges facing many communities of color. Through this fellowship, Families USA hopes to expand the pool of talented social justice advocates from underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups, particularly from the Black/African American, Latino, American Indian, and Asian and Pacific Islander communities. The goals of the Wellstone fellowship program are three-fold: 1. To address disparities in access to health care; 2.To inspire Wellstone Fellows to continue to work for social justice throughout their lives; and 3. To increase the number and racial and ethnic diversity of up-and-coming social justice advocates and leaders. Families USA will select one talented and motivated candidate to fill this 12-month fellowship.

YAI/NIPD Family Fellowship
YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities

Deadline: Rolling. Please contact organization for application.
http://www.yai.org/
The Fellow will be provided on-site supervision, support and direction to succeed in integrating basic skills Through mentorship and enriched training the Fellow, upon completion of the 2 year Fellowship experience, wilt be prepared to assume a position of greater responsibility in the management and/or clinical domain Successful Fellows may be eligible upon completion of the Fellowship to assume such management/administrative positions as assistant supervisor, supervisor-in-training or supervisor. A successful Fellow with an interest in the clinical realm may be eligible to assume such positions as assistant clinician or clinician.

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