Population and Population-Environment Fellowships

Two-year, in-depth technical assistance

The longest-term, most in-depth technical support our Programs offer is available from Population and Population-Environment Fellows – also often called "Michigan Fellows."

These fellows are early-career U.S. professionals with a relevant graduate degree who spend two years strengthening their organization's capacity in family planning or population-environment. Candidates are highly screened for their leadership potential in the field. Fellowships give these promising individuals the in-depth experience they need to launch their careers while offering their host organizations the skills and knowledge they bring from top graduate programs across the U.S.

To learn more about our two-year fellowships, including how to request a fellow, please select one of the following and read the material under "Program Info" and "Hosting a Fellow":

• Population Fellows Program
• Population-Environment Fellows Program

 

PEAK Fellowships

Short-term exchanges for developing-country professionals

PEAK Fellows spend a shorter amount of time at their host agencies -- from a few weeks to a few months -- and are there primarily as "visiting professionals" who are learning from organizations doing state-of-the-art work in their area of interest. These fellows are early- to mid-career reproductive health professionals from Latin America or sub-Saharan Africa who are using their PEAK Fellowships to develop a specific set of skills that they can apply to their work back home.

The primary benefits of hosting a PEAK Fellow include the opportunity to share your organization's strengths with a like-minded professional from another country and the chance to gain that person's input into your programming approaches.

Please refer to our PEAK Initiative page to learn more.

MSI Interns

Bringing diversity to the family planning and population-environment fields

Minority-Serving Institutions (MSI) interns are ideal for organizations interested in helping to diversify the pool of future leaders in the field. These interns are recruited from Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities throughout the U.S. based on their interest in the field of international family planning/reproductive health or population-environment as a career choice.

There are two types of interns:

• MSI undergraduate interns are generally new to the field and spend the summer with an organization participating in a variety of introductory-level professional projects.
  
• MSI graduate interns already have a graduate degree from a Minority-Serving Institution; they spend three to four months with their host agency refining the skills they will need to build a long-term career in the field.

Most organizations that host MSI interns are deeply committed to helping create a cadre of U.S. development professionals that is representative of the U.S. as a whole. Please click hosting an MSI intern to learn more.