Kaiser Family Foundation

Fellowships & Internships

This database summarizes and links to fellowships and internships in health policy and related fields. The database includes fellowships located across the United States that are available to undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals.

 

If your organization sponsors a fellowship that you would like to add to this list, please send an email to KaiserEDU@kff.org.

 

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Description: Interns provide hands on assistance to high school students involved in the Teen Outreach Reproductive Challenge (TORCH), including assisting in outreach, supervision, and administration of the project, developing and organizing resource materials, program planning, and tracking outreach efforts and their results.

  • Funding: Unpaid
  • updated: 3/11/2013

Qualifications:

Undergraduate Student

Graduate Student

Duration:

June 18 through August 23 2013

Location:

New York

Description: The Fellow is expected to be skilled in study design, the application of statistics in epidemiology, longitudinal data analysis, and have interest and/or experience in working with administrative data. The Fellow will be responsible for leading analyses of independent projects, preparing manuscripts, and contributing to the methodological development of studies by other investigators in the section.

  • Funding: Paid
  • updated: 2/19/2013

Qualifications:

Post-Doctoral

Duration:

Unspecified

Location:

Bethesda, Maryland

Description: In addition to completing a research project, the Fellow will teach one course each semester, including an introductory course in reproduction and a course related to their specialization.

  • Funding: Paid
  • updated: 1/9/2013

Qualifications:

Post-Doctoral

Duration:

2 years

Location:

Massachusetts

Description: Opportunity for one Associate and one Medical Student Member to develop legislative knowledge and advocacy skills by working directly with the College’s Washington, D.C., staff and participating in ACP’s annual Leadership Day.

  • Funding: Paid
  • updated: 1/8/2013

Qualifications:

Graduate Student

Post-Doctoral

Duration:

One month

Location:

Washington DC

Description: Internships are available in the areas of research, communications and outreach, development, and accounting and human resources. Interns assists in various projects, such as grant writing, updating blog posts and social media, and literature reviews.

  • Funding: Unpaid
  • updated: 1/7/2013

Qualifications:

Undergraduate Student

Graduate Student

Duration:

Fall, spring, and summer

Location:

Washington DC

Description: NSCLC staff would work with the applicant to prepare a fellowship application for a project of the applicant’s choosing, in any area of NSCLC’s expertise, including economic security and access to health care and long term services and supports. We are especially interested in Fellowships targeting issues that impact diverse elder communities.

  • Funding: Paid
  • updated: 1/7/2013

Qualifications:

Graduate Student

Duration:

Varies

Location:

California, Washington DC

Description: Fellows assist in researching a variety of public health and civil rights issues related to HIV prevention, treatment and care. Responsibilities include monitoring congressional legislation and votes, preparation of briefing materials, and general office administration.

  • Funding: Paid
  • updated: 1/7/2013

Qualifications:

Undergraduate Student

Graduate Student

Duration:

8-26 weeks

Location:

Washington DC

Description: Research tasks may include public policy research; collecting, checking and analyzing data; gathering information; and preparing reports and report graphics. Attendance at relevant legislative briefings, policy seminars and meetings is also an integral part of the fellowship program.

  • Funding: Paid
  • updated: 1/3/2013

Qualifications:

Graduate Student

Duration:

2 years

Location:

California

Description: Interns collaborate on research for op-eds, articles, book chapters, speeches, interviews and other projects pertaining to drug prohibition, and attend coalition meetings or monitor congressional hearings and report back.

  • Funding: Unpaid
  • updated: 1/2/2013

Qualifications:

Undergraduate Student

Graduate Student

Duration:

3 months

Location:

Silver Spring, MD

Description: Intern should have completed one or more years of law school, will work on legal research, drafting papers, and assisting with projects.

  • Funding: Paid
  • updated: 1/2/2013

Qualifications:

Graduate Student

Duration:

1 school year

Location:

Washington DC

Description: Intern activities include research, writing and assisting with website development, sit analytics, and attending internal and external meeting including press events.

  • Funding: Unpaid
  • updated: 1/2/2013

Qualifications:

Undergraduate Student

Graduate Student

Duration:

3 months

Location:

Washington DC

Description: Intern activities include converting press releases, action alerts, and other organizational messages to updates on our social media sites, including Facebook and Twitter. Assignments will also include site analytics, research, writing, assisting with website development, attending internal and external meetings including press events, and responding to requests for information from constituents.

  • Funding: Unpaid
  • updated: 1/2/2013

Qualifications:

Undergraduate Student

Graduate Student

Duration:

3 months

Location:

Washington DC

Description: Interns work on projects across the National Partnership's health IT agenda, including implementation of health IT at the state and local levels and federal policy development related to both the HITECH Act and health reform.

  • Funding: Unpaid
  • updated: 1/2/2013

Qualifications:

Undergraduate Student

Graduate Student

Duration:

3 months

Location:

Washington DC

Description: Intern's duties include researching and analyzing legal and policy matters; drafting legal briefs, reports, talking points, fact sheets, and other written materials; tracking state work-family legislation; attending meetings, hearings, and briefings; and monitoring federal and state court litigation.

  • Funding: Unpaid
  • updated: 1/2/2013

Qualifications:

Graduate Student

Duration:

3 months

Location:

Washington DC

Description: The intern will conduct research and work on policy papers and fact sheets, attend briefings, create presentations and provide general support to the Partnership's Work/Family and Workplace Fairness teams. Our Work/Family priorities include paid sick days, paid family and medical leave, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) enhancement, workplace flexibility. Our Workplace Fairness Priorities include equal pay, employment discrimination, and FMLA enforcement.

  • Funding: Unpaid
  • updated: 1/2/2013

Qualifications:

Undergraduate Student

Graduate Student

Duration:

3 months

Location:

Washington DC

Description: Interns work on a variety of projects, including legislative and policy research and analysis, drafting and editing public education materials, and assisting in publication of the Daily Women's Health Policy Report. Interns will also have the opportunity to attend coalition meetings, briefings, hearings, and other events on Capitol Hill and in other venues around town.

  • Funding: Unpaid
  • updated: 1/2/2013

Qualifications:

Graduate Student

Duration:

3 months

Location:

Washington DC

Description: Interns work on projects across the National Partnership's health care agenda, including health reform implementation issues and the Campaign for Better Care. The Campaign for Better Care is an important effort to improve the health care system so that it delivers high quality, comprehensive and coordinated care to vulnerable older adults with multiple chronic conditions.

  • Funding: Unpaid
  • updated: 1/2/2013

Qualifications:

Undergraduate Student

Graduate Student

Duration:

3 months

Location:

Washington DC

Description: Internship opportunities include non-profit management, programs and policy, and outreach, community organizing and youth development programs.

  • Funding: Unpaid
  • updated: 1/2/2013

Qualifications:

Undergraduate Student

Graduate Student

Duration:

8-12 weeks

Location:

Washington DC

Description: Intern's duties include tracking legislation, note taking, policy research and drafting and sending letters to policymakers. Other internships available.

  • Funding: Unpaid
  • updated: 1/2/2013

Qualifications:

Undergraduate Student

Graduate Student

Duration:

Varies

Location:

California

Description: Interns will participate in a comprehensive program including environmental health project assignments, interaction with federal officials and scientists, and visits to important environmental health sites in and around Atlanta.

  • Funding: Paid
  • updated: 12/20/2012

Qualifications:

Undergraduate Student

Duration:

10 weeks

Location:

Atlanta, GA