Roosevelt Institute Good Life Resident Program 2026 (up to $3,000) – YOA

Deadline: August 12, 2026

Applications are open for the Roosevelt Institute Good Life Resident Program 2026. The Good Life Residents Program is a six-month initiative targeted on growing new leaders and elevating daring concepts centered round six financial coverage priorities for the Roosevelt Institute, as part of its Good Life Agenda.

Residents will produce brief, authentic coverage essays and interact in structured dialogue with friends and senior advisors on key points shaping financial safety—reminiscent of housing, banking, Social Security, or AI. Each program will culminate in a public occasion that can amplify these new concepts/voices and host a dialogue to focus on and debate varied nationwide and state-stage coverage choices.

Residents’ Duties

• Belong to a small cohort (3–4 residents) targeted on every subject
• Develop and creator a ~1,500-phrase essay advancing a daring, folks-centered coverage imaginative and prescient aligned with Roosevelt Institute’s worldview, specializing in a subject-particular immediate.
• Participate in a culminating public occasion highlighting residents’ concepts and views and collaborate with Roosevelt workers to put together for the occasion
• Contribute to press alternatives, as relevant (op-eds, reporter calls, and so forth.)
• Discuss their subject with assigned Topic Advisors, Roosevelt workers, and different residents
• Serve as ambassadors of the Good Life Agenda inside their skilled and public networks

Benefits

• Residents will likely be supplied $3,000 plus journey and lodging, if wanted, for the culminating occasion.
• Good Life Residents will work carefully with Roosevelt Think Tank administrators, in addition to senior leaders throughout the group. Each subject space will embrace:
  • 3–4 Good Life Residents
  • 1–2 Topic Advisors: Senior specialists who can information the residents, supply strategic and mental mentorship, and reasonable discussions on the occasions/debates. Advisors will symbolize deep expertise within the area—teachers, coverage leaders, organizers, or authorities practitioners.

Eligibility

• Successful candidates may have demonstrated experience in AI, know-how, industrial coverage, and/or a associated topic space.
• They have no less than 5 years {of professional} or scholastic coverage expertise.

Application

• Program Term: 6 months
• Time Commitment: Part-Time (~5–8 hours/month)
• Location: Remote; Travel could also be requested for choose convenings

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For extra info, go to Good Life Resident Program.