FYI
From: RWJF Scholars in Health Policy Research Program [mailto:rwjf@bu.edu]
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 4:04 PM
To: Policy Research Program, Scholars in Health
Cc: Policy Research Program, Scholars in Health; Player, Catherine M; Cohen, Alan B
Subject: RWJF Scholars in Health Policy Research Program - 2012/2013 Fellowship
Application is Available On-line
Dear Graduate Advisors,
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research Program is pleased
to announce a call for postdoctoral fellowship applications.
In the 2013 - 2015 cohort, the Program will enable up to 9 outstanding young social
scientists to spend two years in residence at one of three nationally prominent
universities: Harvard University; the University of California, Berkeley (in
collaboration with the University of California, San Francisco); or the University of
Michigan.
However, please do not be misled by the Program's name. It is not intended only or
primarily for individuals who have done work in health. Rather, preference is given to
applicants who have not previously worked in health-related research, and past fellows
have come from diverse backgrounds within the three core disciplines of economics,
political science, and sociology. The Program may be especially beneficial for
tenure-track junior faculty members for whom a two-year fellowship experience would enrich
and facilitate their research and scholarly work.
Highlights of the fellowship include:
* Opportunities to work closely with distinguished faculty from the social sciences
-- as well as from medicine, public health, and public policy -- in an environment
conducive to disciplinary and multidisciplinary learning and collaborative research;
* A stipend of $89,000 per year, plus office space, staff support, a research
budget, travel support, health insurance, and a moving allowance;
* Individuals eligible to apply must either be citizens of the U.S. and its
territories or have permanent residency green card holder status at the time of
application, and must have received a PhD in economics, political science, or sociology
after January 1, 2008, but no later than July 15, 2013.
We turn to you to help us identify highly qualified applicants for this Program. If you
know potential candidates among your junior faculty, recent graduates, or current PhD
students, who satisfy the eligibility criteria and who possess exceptional ability, we ask
that you inform them of the Program and urge them to apply. The deadline for receipt of
applications is October 16, 2012 (3 PM EDT). Additional details about the Program are
available on our web site:
http://www.healthpolicyscholars.org<http://www.healthpolicyscholars.org/…
I hope that we may see graduates of your department among this year's applicants to
the Program. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Alan B. Cohen, Sc.D.
National Program Director
Robert Wood Johnson Scholars in Health Policy Research Program
Boston University Health Policy Institute
53 Bay State Road
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research
Boston University Health Policy Institute
53 Bay State Road
Boston, MA 02215-2197
Tel. 617-353-9214 Fax 617-353-9227
http://www.healthpolicyscholars.org/
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