{"id":24840,"date":"2026-01-22T13:29:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/?p=24840"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:29:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:29:26","slug":"gulf-research-programs-science-policy-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/2026\/01\/22\/gulf-research-programs-science-policy-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"Gulf Research Program\u2019s Science Policy Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Gulf Research Program\u2019s Science Policy Fellowship<\/a> helps scientists gain first-hand experience applying science to policy as they spend one year on the staff of federal, state, local, or non-governmental agencies in the Gulf region.<\/p>\n

With the guidance of a mentor, fellows delve into activities like policy development, evaluation, restoration planning, grants management, and stakeholder outreach<\/b> and learn what it takes to make scientific information not just useful but useable<\/b>. Meanwhile, host offices get a talented technical expert with a fresh perspective and a new network of contacts across the Gulf region.<\/p>\n

Fellows who have completed a MA, MS, or MPH\/MSPH degree or who are currently enrolled in a doctoral program will receive an annual stipend of $63,800<\/b>. Fellows who have completed a PhD, ScD, EngD, MD, DrPH, or DVM will receive an annual stipend of $69,300<\/b>.<\/p>\n

For additional information and to apply, please visit our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Gulf Research Program\u2019s Science Policy Fellowship helps scientists gain first-hand experience applying science to policy as they spend one year on the staff of federal, state, local, or non-governmental agencies in the Gulf region. With the guidance of a mentor, fellows delve into activities like policy development, evaluation, restoration planning, grants management, and stakeholder…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":24841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-24840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","tag-career-options-science-policy"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/medschool-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-22-at-1.28.46%E2%80%AFPM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24840"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24842,"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24840\/revisions\/24842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}