Fellowships are invited by The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) is now accepting applications for its 2012-2013 Policy Communication Fellows Program. The program is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
These fellowships are open to individuals from developing countries enrolled in academic institutions in the United States, Canada as well as other selected countries pursuing doctoral programs that are between their 3rd and 5th year of studies.
Developing-country applicants may be in any field of study but their research focus should be related to one or more of the following:
- Family planning and/or reproductive health (FP/RH), including family planning/HIV integration.
- Maternal and child health (MCH), including family planning/MCH integration.
- Contraceptive use/behavior.
- Population growth.
- Adolescent reproductive health.
- Poverty and health equity.
- Gender issues, including gender-based violence (GBV), early marriage, and male engagement.
- Population, health, and environment interrelations.
The main aim of the Policy Fellows program is:
- To understand the process by which research informs the policy environment.
- To learn various ways to communicate findings to policy audiences.
The Policy Fellows program initiated in the 1980s has close to 400 alumni. The main motto of the program is to bridge the gap between research findings and the policy development process. The research often has profound policy implications which must be communicated effectively to a variety of nontechnical audiences to make an impact. The Fellowship awards will be announced in March 2012.
The deadline for applying is February 2, 2012.
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