National Poverty Fellows Program
Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP), University of Wisconsin-Madison, with ASPE and ACF OPRE
Postdoctoral fellowship placing poverty and economic mobility researchers in residence at federal evaluation offices such as OPRE and ASPE, with mentoring and twice-yearly residencies at IRP, to build capacity for policy-relevant research.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)The page does not state a stipend or salary figure.
- Timing
- Annual cycleNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Calls are released each fall for fellowships beginning the following academic year; terms run two years.
- Who can apply
- Postdoctoral
- Eligibility
- For postdoctoral researchers doing policy-relevant poverty and economic mobility research; fellows work on site in federal agencies (OPRE, ASPE, ACF offices).
- SSWR clusters
- Special Interest Groups
- Topics
- postdoctoral fellowship · federal evaluation · poverty policy · economic mobility · government placement
- Apply at
- https://www.irp.wisc.edu/training/national-poverty-fellows-program/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-09-23. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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