- http://www7.nationalacademies.org/jefferson/
- Fund Type: Fellowship. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Faculty; Tenured academic scientists and engineers from U.S. institutions of higher learning are eligible for selection to be Jefferson Science Fellows.
- Award: $50,000
- Deadline: 1/15/2010
- Details: Each Fellow will spend one year at the U.S. Department of State for an on-site assignment in Washington, D.C. that may also involve extended stays at U.S. foreign embassies and/or missions. All JSF assignments will be designed in consultation with regional and/or functional bureaus within the U.S. Department of State. While in general JSF assignments will involve providing up-to-date expertise in the rapidly advancing STE arenas that routinely impact the policy decisions encountered by the U.S. Department of State, each Fellow will also be expected to become conversant with the functional operation of the U.S. Department of State.
- Keywords: Science, technology, engineering, public policy
