The Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Congressional Fellows Program has four basic goals: (1) to increase the likelihood that scientific knowledge about youth development will be used in the formation of public policy; (2) to expand the pool of leaders in the field who can integrate science and policy; (3) to foster research that effectively contributes to policy applications; and (4) to keep developmental science on the federal and state policymaking agenda. Since 1978, the Foundation has helped fund 68 SRCD Fellows. This grant will fund three more Fellows over the next three years, all of whom will be scholars interested in youth issues and with a background in psychology, human development, education, or a similar field. The year-long fellowship places Fellows in a congressional office, where they will serve as resident scholars in a House or Senate office to assist in bridging research and public policy.
This grant will fund three Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Congressional Fellows over the next three years, all of whom will be scholars interested in youth issues and with a background in psychology, human development, education, or a similar field.
