Call for Applications: Petrie-Flom Student Fellowship 2019-2020
The Center and Student Fellowship. The Petrie-Flom Center Student Fellowship Program is designed to mentor students seeking to become thought leaders in health law policy and bioethics. The fellowship supports closely-mentored student research in health law policy, biotechnology, and bioethics and trains students to take advantage of online publishing to promote their scholarship. Students Fellows will receive mentoring for their projects from Harvard Law affiliated faculty, invitations to workshops their research with like-minded, passionate peers, and training in how to promote their online brand.
The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics is an interdisciplinary research program at Harvard Law School dedicated to the scholarly research of major topics at the intersection of law and health policy, including issues of health care financing, market regulation, biotechnology, biomedical research, intellectual property, global health, and bioethics.
Eligibility. The student fellowship program is open to all Harvard graduate students who will be enrolled at the University during the fellowship year and who are committed to undertaking a significant research project and fulfilling other program requirements. Although the fellowship is open to all graduate students, including those in one-year programs, we encourage those who are in multi-year programs to wait until after their first year to apply. Students enrolled in the JD program at Harvard Law School will not be accepted for the fellowship during their 1L year.
Requirements. All student fellows will have the following responsibilities:
Writing Requirement. Student fellows will conduct independent research projects designed to lead to publishable articles in their fields. Fellowship papers must be single-authored. Fellows are expected to produce at least one such paper by the end of the academic year, with various deadlines for drafts throughout Fall and Spring. Papers written in connection with the fellowship can be used to satisfy the law school’s third-year written work requirement or other optional writing credit by prior arrangement with and final approval of a faculty advisor who has agreed to supervise a fellow’s work for this purpose. For Harvard Law School students: HLS policy prevents us from paying a stipend to students who receive academic credit for their fellowship paper; HLS students who elect to receive academic credit for work completed as part of the fellowship must forego the stipend. Satisfaction of writing requirements or granting credits at other Harvard schools will depend on the policies of each school/program; it is up to the student fellow to manage this process.
Blogging Requirement. Student fellows will be expected to post on the Petrie-Flom Center’s blog, Bill of Health, at least once every other week during the Fall and Spring semesters and during Winter term, with four passes available for the full academic year. Topics are self-determined; posts are subject to final approval by the Petrie-Flom Center, and are usually 800–1200 words. The Petrie-Flom Center Research and Communications Associate will provide mentorship and training on producing scholarly writing for the internet, as well as training on promoting an online brand.
Curricular Component. Student fellows are required to enroll in the Health Law, Policy, Bioethics, and Biotechnology Workshop at HLS. The workshop is intended to provide student fellows with opportunities to interact with leading scholars in the fields of health law and policy, with the expectation that these interactions will further enhance and inform their research and academic development. The Workshop will meet during the Fall semester on Mondays from 5 to 7 PM. Fellowship awardees will have priority enrollment.
Presentations and Events. Student fellows will be expected to present their research to Center affiliates during lunch sessions in the Spring semester. Student fellows may be asked to assist with panels and conferences organized by the Center, including organizing and reporting on events for Center publications.
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