The Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship is a component of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, inaugurated in 2012. The Fellowship allows fellows to serve in professional placements as "special assistants" in foreign government ministries or institutions and to gain hands-on public sector experience in participating foreign countries while simultaneously carrying out an academic research/study project.

U.S. Embassies, Fulbright Commissions (where applicable), and host country governments will coordinate appropriate professional placements for candidates in public policy areas including, but not limited to, public health, education, agriculture, justice, energy, environment, public finance, economic development, information technology, and communications.

Candidates must be in receipt of a master's or J.D. degree by the beginning of the Fellowship or be currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program. Applicants must also have at least two years of work experience in public policy-related fields. Applicants may apply to following countries: Bangladesh, Burma, Cote d’lvoire, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Kazakhstan, Malawi, Nepal, and Samoa.

For more information, please visit: www.fulbright.state.gov/grants/fulbright-public-policy-fellowship.