American Psychological Association (APA) Executive Branch Science Fellowship
APA Executive Branch Science Fellows spend 1 year working as special assistants in executive branch science mission agencies, most often in research funding and coordinating offices. Specific placement is determined based on the fellows’ expertise and interests in coordination with APA staff. Placement opportunities often include the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Education and the Department of Justice. Activities may involve soliciting research applications and running peer review panels, staffing intergovernmental scientific task forces and committees, producing scientific media materials, responding to congressional inquiries, working on agency budgets and programming, and preparing briefs and speeches.
APA fellows attend a 2-week orientation program on congressional and executive branch operations as well as participate in a yearlong science and public policy seminar series administered by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). AAAS administers these professional development activities for the APA fellows and for fellows sponsored by more than two dozen other professional scientific societies.
1 year
Up to $87,000
APA provides a fellowship stipend of approximately $87,000, as well as allotments for health insurance coverage, professional development, relocation expenses, and travel, and lodging for the 2023 APA annual convention at which the fellow will present at the annual convention Fellowship Symposium.
A prospective fellow must:
- Demonstrate excellence in scientific and/or professional psychology.
- Understand the application of psychological knowledge to national research and policy issues.
- Be able to work quickly and communicate effectively on a wide variety of topics and work cooperatively with individuals having diverse viewpoints.
An applicant must:
- Have a doctorate in psychology or related field.
- Be a member of APA (or applicant for membership) and a U.S. citizen.
A special exception is made for current psychology interns who may apply with certification from the director of training in their doctoral program that they have met all but the internship requirement for their doctoral degree by the application deadline. It should be noted that preference will be given to applicants with 2 or more years of experience following receipt of their doctorate.
It should be noted that preference will be given to applicants with 2 or more years of experience following receipt of their doctorate.
Applicants may apply to both APA’s Congressional Fellowship and Executive Branch Science Fellowship; however, we require separate applications for each fellowship.
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Contact
For more information about the fellowship, please contact: Ben Vonachen, Executive Branch Science Fellowship Advocacy Office