SRCD U.S. Policy Fellowship Program
Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
Places postdoctoral child development researchers in U.S. state agencies or Congress for one to two years of full-time work on child and family policy design, implementation, program evaluation and analysis.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (stipend)Page says a "competitive stipend" is provided but publishes no figure.
- Timing
- Annual cycleNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The page states selection for 2026-2027 fellows is PAUSED due to unforeseen changes in private grant funding, and that information about the 2027-2028 cohort will be shared later in the year. Verify before relying on this one.
- Who can apply
- Postdoctoral, Early-career faculty
- Eligibility
- Postdoctoral child development experts. Federal and congressional placements are currently unavailable; specific degree and citizenship requirements are not detailed on the programme page.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- policy fellowship · program evaluation · state agencies · child and family policy
- Apply at
- https://www.srcd.org/child-policy-hub/srcd-us-policy-fellowship-program
- 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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