Interested in Hosting a Fellow?

The Fellowship on Women & Public Policy is an intensive leadership development program designed to maximize the skills and contributions of women to achieve excellence in public service.

What are the Benefits of Hosting a Fellow?

• Promote excellence in public service. The fellowship is an extraordinary opportunity for organizations to contribute to preparing a new generation of public policy leaders.
• Fill the pipelines of women’s leadership. By hosting a fellow, agencies are contributing to promoting balanced and effective leadership.
• Expand organizational opportunities to better serve the needs of women, children, families, the socially disadvantaged and people of color.
• Bring fresh, informed perspectives. Fellows introduce different ways of analyzing problems and tackling issues.
• Recruit new talent. The Fellowship helps attract qualified graduates to the organization, cultivates interest in the agency’s work and helps fill current and future vacancies.
• Save money. Fellows are highly qualified and cost much less than hiring a full-time employee.

About the Fellowship Program

• Fellows work in their placement organization 30 hours a week, for a six month period from January through June. Your organization gets the benefit of a full-time staff person with no commitment to the fellow beyond the six month time frame.
• Fellows are highly skilled, graduate and doctoral students who possess a minimum of 3-5 years of prior work experience.
• Fellows are supported and coached by CWGCS staff throughout their placement; if an issue arises CWGCS helps to resolve it.
• The Fellowship program is funded through MOU's with placement agencies. The overall cost of hosting a Fellow is significantly less than hiring a staff member.

Read the 2011 Fellowship Press Release.

If you have questions, please contact Cara Long at clong@uamail.albany.edu