The Program at Harvard University takes advantage of the University's large and distinguished faculty and its numerous research centers. Faculty from the Departments of Economics, Government, and Sociology as well as the Schools of Medicine and Public Health and the Harvard Kennedy School are involved with the program. A substantial number of research ties exist between the social science faculty of the Schools of Medicine and...
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Grants have been made to the three participating universities in accordance with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s regular funding guidelines. Under the program the universities provide Scholars with stipends, health insurance, expenses associated with the move to their fellowship site, and funds for a computer. Limited financial support is also available at each university for expenses associated with Scholar research, including travel. A flexible curriculum has been implemented at each university to meet the educational needs and research interests of individual Scholars.
The University of California at Berkeley (UCB) and San Francisco (UCSF) campuses are renowned for the quality of their teaching and research programs. Seven different units on the Berkeley and San Francisco campuses sponsor the Scholars Program: the UCB Departments of Economics, Political Science, and Sociology; the...
The Program at The University of Michigan draws upon the University's eminent faculty and unique research centers. The University has outstanding Schools of Public Health, Medicine, and Public Policy, some of the strongest social science departments in the world, and a long tradition of interdisciplinary research and training in the social, economic, and political aspects of health. The Institute for Social...

"Being a program scholar is probably the single most helpful thing that’s happened to me in the past year in terms of advancing my career."
