Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (programme office: RWJF Health Policy Fellows)
The premier midcareer health policy fellowship, placing accomplished professionals in Washington to work inside Congress or the executive branch on federal health policy. Social work and behavioral health expertise is named among the accepted backgrounds, making this one of the few national fellowships that explicitly opens a federal policy channel to social work researchers.
- Indicative award
- $175k (total award)The programme page states a stipend of $175,000 for each fellow across two years. Relocation and approved housing expenses are reimbursed separately.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Sep, Oct, NovPublished deadline: 2026-11-03 — 36 days awayAnnual cohort. Applications for the 2027-28 cohort are open and close at 3:00 pm ET on November 3, 2026.
- Who can apply
- Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents at the time of application. Midcareer is defined by experience, not age — typically at least the equivalent of 10 years of full-time practice or work experience — and candidates are expected to remain committed to health policy for at least 10 years afterward. Candidates come from academic institutions, not-for-profit organizations, or government; 'health services and social work/behavioral health' is explicitly listed among eligible expertise. Candidates may apply with a sponsoring institution or, under Track 2, without one.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- federal health policy · policy placement · midcareer leadership
- Apply at
- https://healthpolicyfellows.org/become-a-fellow/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. 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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