Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowships
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Award: $104,000–$165,000
Deadline: Nov 3, 2026
Fellows will attain and use leadership experience to improve health, health care, health policy, and health equity. The fellowship requires a full-time commitment with a minimum 12-month residence in Washington, D.C., which prepares individuals to influence the future of health and health care in the nation. Qualifications: Applicants must be exceptional mid-career professionals who have earned an advanced degree in one of the following disciplines: medicine; nursing; public health; allied health professions; biomedical sciences; dentistry; economics or other social sciences; health services organization and administration; social and behavioral health; or health law. Applicants must be U.S. Citizens, or permanent residents at the time of application; must have a demonstrated interest in health and health policy. Fellowship requires a full-time commitment with a minimum 12-month residence in Washington, D.C. How to apply: Applications for the program must be submitted via the RWJF online system. To complete and submit an online application, applicants must do the following enter personal and contact information, as well as three letters of reference; select a preliminary sponsorship track indicating the source of sponsorship; and finally, prepare in advance the following documents and save them to a hard drive, (up-to-date curriculum vitae of no more than five pages); one-page biographical sketch; two essays in which the first is about the reasons why the applicants want to be Fellows (300 words), while the second is a contemporary health policy topic. Focus: Health care services; Public health.