Your voice has never been more important

Numerous opportunities exist for early career scientists to build skills and explore careers in science policy. This page compiles a thorough list of opportunities for biologists studying in the United States. While most positions are for researchers who have already completed a graduate degree, some opportunities are available for current graduate and undergraduate students.

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Training

• AIBS Communications Boot Camp for Scientists
• AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award

Opportunities at Professional Societies and NGOs

• AIBS & SURA Public Policy Fellowship
• The National Academies’ Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program
• American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellowships
• American Association of Immunologists Public Policy Fellows Program
• American Society of Mammalogists Student Science Policy Award
• American Society for Nutrition Science Policy Fellowship
• Aspen Tech Policy Hub Science and Technology Policy Fellowship
• Botanical Society of America Public Policy Award
• Civic Science Fellows Program
• Entomological Society of America Science Policy Fellows Program
• Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Science Policy Fellowship
• Japan-U.S. Science Communication and Policy Fellowship Network
• RAND Graduate Student Summer Associate Program
• Society for Neuroscience Early Career Policy Ambassadors
• Union of Concerned Scientists Science Fellows

Opportunities to Work in Congress or Federal Agencies

• American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Science and Technology Policy Fellowships
• American Educational Research Association Congressional Fellowship
• American Geophysical Union Congressional Science Fellowship
• American Society of Human Genetics and National Human Genome Research Institute’s Genetics and Public Policy Fellowship
• Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health Fellowships
• Biophysical Society Congressional Fellowship
• David A. Winston Health Policy Fellowship
• Gulf Research Program Science Policy Fellowships
• Horizon Institute for Public Service Horizon Fellowship
• NOAA John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
• NOAA Coastal Management Fellowship
• Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Fellowships and Internships
• Presidential Management Fellowship
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows
• U.S. Agency for International Development Science for Development Fellowship
• U.S. Department of Energy’s Efficiency and Renewable Energy Science, Technology and Policy Program
• U.S. State Department’s Embassy Science Fellows Program