Nuclear security policy

Nuclear security policy fellowships

The following fellowship programs are especially relevant for biosecurity policy work (see also our full fellowship database for 50+ opportunities):

1. Scoville Peace Fellowship – a 6-9 month full-time security policy fellowship with DC-based NGOs for early-career bachelor’s or master’s graduates.
2. NNSA Graduate Fellowship (National Nuclear Security Administration) – a one-year, full-time nuclear security fellowship for graduate and postgraduate students or early-career individuals.
3. Nuclear Scholars Initiative (Next Generation Nuclear Network, CSIS) – “Fellows are hosted once per month over the course of six months at CSIS in Washington, DC where they participate in daylong workshops…with senior experts on nuclear weapons issues”
4. PONI Mid-Career Cadre (Next Generation Nuclear Network, CSIS) – a 3-year part-time networking and professional development program for nuclear professionals with at least 7 years of relevant experience in the field. 
5. New Voices on Nuclear Weapons Fellowship (Federation of American Scientists) – a 4-month research fellowship for people from diverse demographic and socioeconomic backgrounds.
6. Fellowship for Reducing Nuclear Weapons Risks (Council on Strategic Risks) – a 6-month part-time networking and research program on nuclear risk reduction.
7. Nuclear Futures Fellowship (Ploughshares Fund) – a six-month part-time program with an in-person workshop in Washington DC.
8. Kendall Fellowship (Union of Concerned Scientists) – a two-year full-time research fellowship for PhD-level scientists with technical/STEM backgrounds. The program prioritizes projects “that are primarily scientific, technical, or analytic in nature but also show interest in the application of science to policy.”
9. Public Policy Fellowship (Nonproliferation Policy Education Center) – eleven lunchtime seminars  “designed to give congressional, executive, and diplomatic staff and journalists the scientific, technological, legal, and historical background needed to gain a deeper understanding of civil and military nuclear policy.”
10. Martin J. Sherwin Fellowship (Wilson Center) – a 3-6 month residential fellowship for junior scholars (post-doc/recent PhD/junior faculty) in the fields of nuclear policy and history research.
11. Managing the Atom Fellowship & Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowship (Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School) – a 10-month academic research fellowships for current doctoral students in the dissertation-writing stage, post-doctoral scholars, and university faculty members and other mid-career professionals with relevant expertise
12. Nuclear Security Fellowship (Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University) – an academic research fellowship for predoctoral and postdoctoral students, and junior faculty, for applicants from the US and abroad.
13. Arms Control Negotiation Academy – a part-time “12-month, high-level professional development program for a competitively selected cohort of [16] rising international security experts and practitioners” involving three week-long workshops
14. Editorial Fellows (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists) – a 1-year program for diverse authors with experience in nuclear risk, climate change, or disruptive technologies to produce a regular column, including financial compensation
15. Youth Leader Fund for a World without Nuclear Weapons (UN Office for Disarmament Affairs) – an online learning program “aimed at equipping participants with the knowledge, skills, and network to join global efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons.”

General science and technology policy fellowships that could be relevant to nuclear weapons policy:

1. Horizon Fellowship (Horizon Institute for Public Service) – a 6-24 month full-time US emerging technology policy fellowship facilitating job placements in the US executive branch, Congress, and think tanks for early- and mid-career individuals. (Note that the Horizon Fellowship and this website are both projects of the Horizon Institute.)
2. AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships (American Association for the Advancement of Science) – a 12-month fellowship in DC with four separate tracks, that places fellows within the executive branch, judicial branch, legislative branch, or in a nonprofit. The fellowship is for individuals with a doctoral-level degree.
3. TechCongress Congressional Innovation Fellowship (TechCongress) – a 10-12 month full-time fellowship for early and mid-career professionals involving placements with a Member of Congress or a Congressional Committee.
4. STPI Science Policy Fellowship (Institute for Defense Analyses) –  a 24-month, full-time fellowship for recent bachelor’s or master’s graduates, in which fellows work with teams of researchers to support S&T policy-related tasks.  
5. Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program (National Academies) – a 12-week program for graduate students or recent PhD graduates.
6. Science & Technology Policy Fellowship (Aspen Tech Policy Hub) – a full-time, paid, three-week program teaching science and technology professionals about policy.