(10/15/07) Health Funding Opportunity

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From: Juliana Hoetjes <juliana.hoetjes@tufts.edu>

Date: October 16, 2007 1:48:48 PM EDT

To: fundingopportunities@elist.tufts.edu, medfordcampusfundingopportunities@elist.tufts.edu

Subject: Funding Opportunity

Good Afternoon,

The Office of the Vice Provost has been notified of a funding opportunity that may be of interest to some of our investigators. Please find more information about the opportunity below.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows program provides the nation's most comprehensive experience at the nexus of health science, policy and politics in Washington, D.C. The fellowship is an outstanding opportunity for exceptional midcareer health professionals and behavioral and social scientists with an interest in health care policy to experience and participate in the policy process at the federal level and to use that leadership experience to improve health, health care and health policy.

Exceptional candidates from academic faculties and nonprofit health care organizations are encouraged to apply. Applicants may have backgrounds in the following disciplines: allied health professions; biomedical sciences; dentistry; economics or other social sciences; health services organization and administration; medicine; nursing; public health; or social and behavioral health. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its territories at the time of application.

Fellows will be selected based on the following criteria:

*Professional achievements.
*Potential for leadership in health policy.
*Potential for future growth and career advancement.
*Interpersonal and communication skills.
*Individual plans for incorporating the fellowship experience into specific career goals.
 
Key Dates:
November 16, 2007—Deadline for receipt of applications.
January 17, 2008—Selection of semifinalists.
February 6, 2008—Board interviews of semifinalists and announcement of selections.

Please refer to the following website for more information:

http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20041

--  Juliana Hoetjes Staff Assistant Office of the Vice Provost Tufts University 136 Harrison Avenue Boston, MA 02111 Phone: 617-636-6550 Fax: 617-636-2917 Email: juliana.hoetjes@tufts.edu http://www.tufts.edu/central/research/home.htm