The American Educational Research Association (AERA) is currently accepting applications for its Congressional Fellowship Program. This fellowship provides an exciting opportunity for AERA members to come to Washington, DC and use research, outside of an academic setting, to inform public policy while working on Capitol Hill.

AERA Congressional Fellows benefit from a comprehensive two-week orientation as well as professional development and networking opportunities throughout the year. AERA partners with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) that administers these professional development activities to AERA fellows and fellows of other research societies. AERA also provides additional professional development and networking opportunities targeted specifically to education researchers.

Awarded fellows will receive fellowship support including a 12-month stipend (up to $80,000) as well as funds to attend the AERA Annual Meeting. Doctorate-level researchers at all career stages are encouraged to apply.

The application deadline is Monday, March 10, 2025 (11:59 PM Pacific Time). For more information, see the Call and guidelines.

The Public Interest Technology Lab in the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) at the Virginia Tech Research Center, Arlington, Virginia, seeks a highly motivated and collaborative researcher with expertise in public interest technology. The mission of the Public Interest Technology lab is to advance research, education, policy, and practice on the governance, design, and deployment of emerging technologies to serve the public interest. 

This is a two-year, full-time, 12-month position. The preferred start date is June 10, 2025, but no later than August 10, 2025. The salary is $65,000 per year. The scholar will be based in SPIA at the Virginia Tech Research Center in Arlington, VA.

Application review date: February 21, 2025

Complete details online

"The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (Boston) seeks an innovative and mission-driven Senior Research Analyst to conduct policy-oriented research in support of a more equitable and sustainable region. The Senior Analyst will help MAPC to deepen its portfolio of qualitative and mixed methods research through the design, management, and implementation of research projects. Their work will span topics such as housing, racial equity, the digital divide, arts and culture, climate change, sustainable development and preservation, and more."

Position posted 1/30/25. See complete details online.

The Synergiiize Innovator Program is an 8-month professional development program uniquely designed to empower and support women and gender-nonconforming people of color in STEM on their innovation, entrepreneurship, and commercialization journeys.

"While we welcome all who are interested in applying, the Synergiiize Innovator Program applies an intersectional framework to center people with multiple marginalized identities, integrating contexts of systemic oppression and social stratification that influence access to support, resources, and critical knowledge. The Synergiiize Innovator Program represents an effort to converge the research ideas and innovations of our participants with the urgent need for social justice in our society."

Innovator Progam participants will receive free registration and travel support to attend the Synergiiize Summit in April. ‍Prior entrepreneurial experience is not required for acceptance into the program.

Applications are due February 10 at 11:59pm PT.

See complete information on the WEPAN website.

"The Catalyst Awards—part of the broader Healthy Longevity Global Competition—reward bold, new, potentially transformative ideas to improve the physical, mental, or social well-being and health of people as they age, in a measurable and equitable way.

"The National Academy of Medicine (“NAM”), with support from Johnson & Johnson Innovation, the Bia-Echo Foundation, and the Yun Family Foundation, will issue up to 15 Catalyst Awards in 2025 to U.S.-based innovators. Each Catalyst Award includes a $50,000 cash prize as well as exclusive access to additional funding opportunities, occasions to connect and collaborate with innovators from around the world, amplification of your award-winning idea, and resources to enhance your project and professional development.

"The NAM is currently seeking bold, new, and innovative ideas that aim to extend the human healthspan (i.e., the number of years lived in good health), especially approaches that challenge existing paradigms or propose new methodologies or concepts. High-risk ideas that could potentially yield high rewards and, in turn, dramatically change the field of healthy longevity are encouraged."

The application period will be open from January 21, 2025, at 12:00 am EST to March 4, 2025, at 11:59 pm EST.

See complete details on the NAM website.

"Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship at the Department of Sociology. Enrolment will be at the Faculty of Social Sciences under Copenhagen Graduate School of Social Sciences. The starting date is 1 September 2025.

"The PhD programme provides PhD students with strong research training which opens a window of opportunity to a variety of careers within the private and public sectors. The programme includes the drafting of a PhD thesis, active participation in research networks, PhD courses, teaching, and other forms of knowledge dissemination. The PhD programme can be undertaken as a three-year full-time study within the framework of the 5+3 study programme, or as a four-year full-time study programme within the framework of the 4+4 study programme."

The closing date for applications is 2 March 2025 at 23:59 CET.

See complete details on the UCPH website.

The OSP Summer Internship Program provides an opportunity for undergraduate, graduate, and/or professional students to gain tangible science policy experience in support of the NIH mission. Interns will work side-by-side with leading policy experts to learn strategies for advancing national science and technology policy and obtain practical experience in policy analyses and development. OSP will be hosting interns for an 8-12 week period beginning in May or June 2025. Interns will receive a stipend commensurate with their level of education.

Application closing date is February 28, 2025.

See complete details and application instructions on the NIH website.

"The MPC Training Program in Population Health Science at the University of Minnesota produces scientists who understand complex health problems and health disparities resulting from multiple interacting layers of influence that unfold over chronological, biological, and historical time. The program features cross-training in the biology and etiology of disease as well as in the social sciences, including engaging in independent and collaborative population health research supervised by interdisciplinary teams of faculty; coursework in population health science, population modeling, and the responsible conduct of research; and intensive professional socialization designed to integrate trainees from diverse disciplinary backgrounds and prepare them to have outstanding careers as population health scientists."

MPC is currently seeking to fill multiple, NIH T32 program-based positions. Apply by February 1, 2025. Positions to start Aug/Sept 2025.

See complete details on the MPC website.

The Center for Research on Child and Family Wellbeing (CRCFW), directed by Dr. Kathryn Edin and part of the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University,  is offering a highly competitive Postdoctoral Research Associate position to an individual with documented interest in the transition to young adulthood and experience working with the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study or other, similar longitudinal survey data. Appointments are for one year with the possibility of renewal, pending satisfactory performance and continued funding, with negotiable starting dates for the next academic year. 

The appointment is available for the 2025-2026 academic year. The position requires in-person work at least 3 days a week. Applications will be accepted through February 28, 2025. 

See the complete announcement on the Center's website.

The workshop is designed to familiarize participants with the data available in the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) (formerly Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study), a national study following a birth cohort of (mostly) unmarried parents and their children, providing information about the capabilities, circumstances, and relationships of unwed parents, the wellbeing of their children, and the role of public policy in family and child wellbeing.

The 2025 Future of Families Summer Data Workshop application form is now available and is due on Monday, February 17, 2025, 11:59 PM EST. The workshop will be held in-person from Wednesday, June 11th, 2025 to Friday, June 13th, 2025. Travel and hotel costs will be covered for successful applicants.

See complete information about the workshop online.