Is experience or a background in health or health policy research required?
No. The Scholars Program is not a fellowship for individuals who already have an extensive background in health, health care, or health policy. In fact, preference is given to applicants who have not previously worked extensively in health. The goal of the Program is to foster a new generation of creative, health policy thinkers and researchers within the disciplines of economics, political science, and sociology. The Program is designed, therefore, to recruit talented individuals with little or no health background, introduce them to the field of health policy research, and, in this way, influence them to include health-related topics in their future research agendas.
