Paragon Policy Fellowship 2026 – YOA

Deadline: April 30, 2026

Applications are open for the Paragon Policy Fellowship 2026. The Paragon Policy Fellowship connects college college students and up to date graduates with alternatives to work on public curiosity expertise options in state and native governments.

Fellows spend 8-10 hours per week researching coverage and key points to develop suggestions for his or her Government Partner. This challenge-based mostly expertise is designed to introduce college students to the expertise coverage panorama, increasing their alternatives, community, and affect via group engagement {and professional} improvement. The Summer 2026 Cohort is an unpaid volunteer Fellowship that’s totally distant.

Fellows are positioned into Project groups with 5–7 different Fellows and a Project Lead. Fellows will collaborate with their Project staff to conduct key analysis and draft deliverables for his or her Government Partner’s space of curiosity. Fellows are additionally in a position to attend coverage bootcamps and workshops, visitor speaker sequence, and different networking occasions organized by the Paragon Staff.

Eligibility

• ​Enrolled in a level program (undergraduate, graduate, regulation, PhD, and so on.) or graduated from a level program throughout the final yr.
• Primarily reside in and is allowed to work within the United States.
• Able to commit 8-10 hours per week to Fellowship programming, staff conferences, and asynchronous Project work.
• Passionate about expertise coverage and civic innovation—no prior expertise is critical!

Application

The application is due on April 30, 2026 at 8:59pm PACIFIC TIME / 11:59pm EASTERN TIME. Due to the amount of purposes obtained, they’re unable to accommodate late submissions and advocate submitting early in case troubleshooting is required.

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For extra info, go to Paragon Policy Fellowship.