The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Center for Health Policy at UNM will award 10 fellowships of $24,000 each with full tuition remission and student health insurance for a total value of more than $31,000 (for non-resident students) and three new dissertation fellowships of $12,000 with similar benefits for the academic year 2008-09. All awards are annual (12 months) with the possibility of renewal for students in good academic standing. The deadline for nominations is Friday, March 6.
Nominees for the fellowship must demonstrate an interest in health services research or policy analysis that aligns with the mission of the RWJF Center. The RWJF Center was founded in 2007 to serve as a national resource for educating Latinos, American Indians and individuals from other underrepresented groups to become leaders in our nation’s health policy discussions.
The RWJF Center for Health Policy is the only health policy center dedicated to increasing the number of leaders from Latino and American Indian communities who will help shape the future of our nation’s health and health care. The RWJF Center for Health Policy focuses on projecting perspectives of Latino, American Indian, and other underrepresented groups into health policy debates today.
Doctoral Fellowships
Students must be accepted or currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program in a social science department at UNM to be nominated for this award. Six of the ten new awards are reserved for students in a Ph.D. program in economics, political science or sociology. Prospective and current students should contact their department graduate advisor or the department chair to discuss eligibility for the award and for additional information on the nominating process.
Students who are notified by the department that they will be nominated for the award should submit a current curriculum vitae (CV) and a written statement (maximum of 2 pages) that highlights any prior experience or background in the research or study of health services or policy analysis as it relates to the mission of the RWJF Center.
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
Nominees must be accepted or currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program at UNM, and demonstrate an interest in health services research or policy analysis. Preference will be given to students who are ABD (all coursework and qualifying exams successfully completed), and working on a dissertation that is associated with the mission of the RWJF Center.
Other Benefits
The RWJF Center for Health Policy provides fellows with opportunities to engage in a variety of experiences to enhance their scholarship skills, including travel for research purposes and/or to attend national workshops or meetings.
Depending on their stage of doctoral study, all fellows are expected to work a regulated number of hours per week following departmental guidelines for student awards or support. These activities may include research projects with department faculty affiliated with the Center, or other Center-sponsored projects. Fellows may also choose to participate in educational experiences such as special courses or career development workshops to advance their skills.
The particular program of study is designed by each fellow as part of an educational plan developed in consultation with the fellows’ department advisor and RWJF Center staff prior to the start of the award year.
All students accepting awards for 2009-10 must be enrolled full-time in their department (minimum 9 graduate credit hours for doctoral fellows and 3 graduate credit hours as ABD for Dissertation Fellows).
Renewals
Current RWJF Center Graduate Fellows must be in good academic standing by the end of the previous academic year to be eligible to renew their fellowships in 2009. The department nomination letter should list the names of current fellows recommended for renewal, so please contact your department chair or department graduate advisor to coordinate your renewal process.
Deadlines
The deadline for the department nomination letter to the Center is Friday, March 6, 2009. The department nomination letter will list the names of all nominees in ranked order, and must be accompanied by the requested documents. This packet should be sent to rwjf@unm.edu. Awards will be announced in early April.
For more information contact RWJF Recruitment Coordinator Dr. Gabriel Sanchez at sanchezg@unm.edu
(505)277-3337
Visit http://healthpolicy.unm.edu for further information.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at January 12, 2009 04:23 PM