Partnership for Public Good (PPG) Research Fellowship 2026 – YOA

Deadline: September 28, 2026

Applications are open for the Partnership for Public Good (PPG) Research Fellowship 2026. The PPG Research Fellowship is a six-month, mission-primarily based fellowship designed to assist early profession researchers fascinated with bettering authorities effectiveness.

Fellows will likely be paid to conduct coverage-related background analysis, use rigorous strategies to gather and analyze knowledge, and co-writer publications for certainly one of 5 pre-decided excessive-precedence matters associated to public procurement and native authorities operations. The fellowship supplies devoted time and mentorship for researchers fascinated with studying about and contributing on to PPG’s mission of serving to governments ship higher outcomes for residents.

Fellowship Details

Over six months, fellows will work on an outlined analysis matter below the steerage of PPG employees and alongside two different fellows. The program combines impartial analysis with common skilled growth and collaboration alternatives via teaching calls and analysis group conferences. Fellows will obtain assist translating their work into draft publications, coverage briefs, and different public-going through outputs that strengthen each the proof base for authorities reform and the fellows’ analysis portfolios.

This distant OPPORTUNITY is designed for early-profession researchers, together with graduate college students, postdoctoral researchers, early-profession school, analysis or coverage employees, and different professionals with comparable expertise. Fellows will attend one in-individual analysis retreat. Prior to the beginning of the fellowship, PPG and every chosen fellow will agree on work hours (with flexibility in scheduling), mission objectives and deliverables, and expectations concerning knowledge entry, use, rights, and possession.

Benefits

• Fellows will work 15–25 hours per week and be paid at a fee of $50 per hour with advantages as required by state or native regulation.

Eligibility

• Applicants could also be affiliated with a college, assume tank, nonprofit, or different analysis or coverage group, and preserve affiliation in the course of the fellowship, offered they will meet the time and deliverable commitments of this system.
• Applicants with out such affiliation are additionally welcome. 

Application

To apply, submit every of the next no later than September 28:

•  A resume/CV (not more than 2 pages).
• A letter of curiosity that solutions the next questions (not more than 2 pages)
  •  Which one or two tasks are you curious about and why? (If you have an interest in two tasks, it’s possible you’ll embrace as much as 3 pages. Please specify your best choice.) 
  • Why are you certified to tackle this mission?
  • How would you strategy the work?
• A piece pattern. This could also be a broadcast or below evaluation analysis publication or different product that illustrates your expertise and experience.

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For extra info, go to PPG Research Fellowship.