Summer and Post-Graduate Opportunities

Below is a sampling of recurring opportunities. It is not an exhaustive list, and information may have changed from the time of the posting. Please make sure to check the respective organizational websites directly to confirm the status of the opportunities, deadlines, eligibility, and other application requirements. Additional opportunities are listed on this fellowship and summer opportunity spreadsheet (UNI login required).

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Post-MSW Fellowships
NOTE: Some Post-MSW Fellowships may require prior training and experience, including post-grad experience, working with specific populations in specific practices and settings. Please review the full details on the respective sites.

• • Boston Children’s Hospital Social Work Fellowships in Pediatric Oncology, Department of Psychiatry, Pediatric Palliative Care, Adolescent Health (LEAH), and Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND)
     – Boston, MA (Deadline: February; March for Adolescent Health)
  • Boston Behavioral Medicine Behavioral Health Fellowship – Boston, MA (Deadline: March)
  • Cambridge Health Alliance Social Work Fellowships in the Program for Psychotherapy and the Victims of Violence Program – Cambridge, MA (Deadline: check site; likely February for Psychotherapy Program and March for Violence Program)
  • Colorado State University Two-Year Post-Masters Social Work / Counseling Fellowship – Fort Collins, CO (Deadline: February)
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Post-MSW Fellowship – Boston, BA (Deadline: April)
  • Emory University Post-MSW Graduate Fellowship – Atlanta, GA (Deadline: January)
  • Fairview Palliative Care Social Work Fellowship Program – Minneapolis, MN (Deadline: April)
  • Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Behavioral Health Fellowship – Boston, MA (Deadline: January)
  • The Jewish Board Social Work Residency – New York, NY (Deadline: March)
  • Kaiser Permanente Post-Master’s Fellowships in Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy and Professional Clinical Counseling – Multiple Locations in Northern CA (Deadline: Check site)
  • Karen Horney Clinic Post Degree Fellowships (Fee-for-Service) – New York, NY (Deadline: Check site)
  • The Koch Center Postgraduate LSW-DBT Position – Waldwick, Englewood, Morristown, and Montclair, NJ (Deadline: Spring / Rolling)
  • Kull Initiative for Psychotherapy (KIP) Post-Graduate Fellowship | Diversity Fellowship – New York, NY (Deadline: Check site)
  • Lorenz Clinic Post-Master’s Fellowship – Minneapolis, MN (Deadline: Check site)
  • Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford Post-Master’s Clinical Social Work Fellowship in Pediatric / Neonatal Critical Care – Palo Alto, CA (Deadline: June)
  • Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford Post-Master’s Clinical Social Work Fellowship in Palliative Care and Bereavement – Palo Alto, CA (Deadline: Check site; likely June)
  • Mayo Clinic Social Work Fellowship – Jacksonville, FL (Deadline: June)
  • Mental Health Service Corps (MHSC) at NYC Health + Hospitals – New York City (Deadline: Rolling)
  • Montefiore Medical Center Palliative Care Social Work Fellowship – Bronx, NY (Deadline: April)
  • Oak Street Health Behavioral Health Specialist Fellowship – Multiple locations (Deadline: January)
  • Mount Sinai Beth Israel Post-Grad Social Work Fellowship in Palliative Care – New York, NY (Deadline: April)
    
  • Ohio State University Post-Internship Clinical Fellowship – Columbus, OH (Deadline: January)
  • Post-Graduate Behavioral Health Fellowship, Unity Health Care – Washington, DC (Deadline: Check site)
  • Post-Graduate Training Program, Psychotherapy Institute – Berkeley, CA
  • Safe & Sound, Bilingual Clinical Fellowship, Children & Family Services – San Francisco, CA (Deadline: Check site)
  • The Reeds Center Fellowship in Evidence-Based Therapy – New York, NY (Deadline: Check site)
  • Unity Health Care Behavioral Health Fellowship – Washington, DC (Deadline: check site)
  • University of California, Berkeley Post-MSW Fellowship in Clinical Social Work – Berkeley, CA (Deadline: February)
  • University of Colorado, Boulder Social Work Post-Masters Fellowships –  Boulder, CO (Deadline: Check job board; likely December)
  • University of Michigan Post Master of Social Work Fellowship – Ann Arbor MI (Deadline: February)
  • University of Minnesota Medical Center Post-Graduate Fellowship in Clinical Social Work in Palliative Care – Minneapolis, MN (Deadline: April)
  • University of North Carolina Student Affairs, Counseling and Psychological Services – Chapel Hill, NC (Deadline: March)
  • U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs Interprofessional Fellowship Program: Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Oriented Services – Multiple Cities including Palo Alto, CA, San Diego, CA, and West Haven, CT (Deadlines:  Check sites)
    • VA Palo Alto Health Care System – Palo Alto, CA
    • Errera Community Care Center (ECCC), VA Connecticut Healthcare System – West Haven, CT
  • Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinics Post-MSW Fellowship in Rural Health – Eureka and Ukiah, CA (Deadline: May)

Additional Fellowships

*See additional opportunities on NASW’s National Policy Fellowships page.

• • Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) Congressional Fellowship Program – Washington, DC (Deadline: check site; likely around February)
  • Blue Ridge Labs Digital Equity Fellowship – New York, NY (Deadline: check site; likely around March)
  • Capital City Fellows Program (CCFP) – Washington, DC (Deadline: check site; likely around June)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Fellowships – Atlanta, GA (Deadline: varies)
  • Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) State Policy Fellowship Program – Multiple locations (Deadline: around February)
  • Columbia University Health and Aging Policy Fellowship – New York, NY (Deadline: around April)
  • Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) Fellowship and Small Business and Entrepreneurship Fellowship – Washington, DC (Deadline: around April)
  • Congressional Fellowships on Women and Public Policy – Washington, DC (Deadline: around June)
  • Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) Graduate Fellowship – Washington, DC (Deadline: around February)
  • Congressional Progressive Caucus Center Educational Fellowship (Labor, Education, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Poverty, Climate, Gender Equity, and Democracy) – Washington, DC (Deadline: varies by area; check site)
  • Economic Mobility Fellowship Program, Institute for Research on Poverty – Washington, DC (Deadline: around March.April)
  • Edie Windsor, Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera LGBTQ Fellowship, New York State Executive Chamber, New York, NY (Deadline: July; check LinkedIn)
  • Govern for America Fellowship – Multiple locations (Multiple deadlines: October, November, and December)
  • Fellowship on Women and Public Policy Program – Albany, NY (Deadline: around August)
  • Fulbright U.S. Student Program
  • Harvard Kenney School Government Performance Lab (GPL) Fellowship (Deadline: around February)
  • Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation Public Policy Fellowship – New York, NY (Deadline: around January)
  • New York State Public Health Corps (NYSPHC) Graduate Fellows Program – NY (Deadline: check site)
  • New York State Senate Graduate Fellows Program – Albany, NY (Deadline: around April)
  • NYC Service Fellowship Program – New York, NY (Deadline: check site; likely around April)
  • NYC Urban Fellows Program – New York, NY (Deadline: around January)
  • Philanthropy Post-Graduate Fellowships, University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA (Deadline: Check site) 
  • Philanthropy New York Philanthropy Fellowship – New York, NY (Deadline: around March)
  • Presidential Management Fellows Program – Washington, DC / Multiple Cities (Deadline: check site; likely around September)
  • Stoneleigh Emerging Leader Fellowship – Washington, DC / Multiple Cities (Deadline: check site)
  • U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Technical and Analytic Resources (STAR) Fellowships and Internships – Multiple Cities (Deadline: check site)
  • U.S. Public Interest Research Group (US PIRG) Fellowship – Washington, DC / Multiple Cities (Rolling deadline)
  • UN Young Innovators Fellowship Program (UN Volunteers and UNFPA) – Global (Deadline: varies)

Summer Opportunities

• • Administrative Service Internship Programme – Hong Kong (Deadline: around January)
  • Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote) Summer Internship Program – Washington, DC (Deadline: around March)
  • Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) State Policy Summer Internship Program – Washington, DC (Deadline: around March)
  • Chicago Mayor’s Office Fellowship Program – Chicago, IL (Deadline: around November)
  • Child Mind Institute Summer Program – New York, NY (Deadline: check site )
  • Children’s Rights Summer Policy Internship – New York, NY (Deadline: around February)
  • ON HOLD *Columbia Global Center Virtual Summer Internships – Multiple International Cities (Deadline: around May; check site)
  • *Columbia University Center for American Studies, Freedom & Citizenship Program Social Work Fellow – New York, NY (Deadline: like around February or March)
  • *Columbia University Double Discovery Center Summer Academy – New York, NY (Deadline: around April)
  • *Columbia University School of Professional Studies Internship in Building Community (IBC) – New York, NY (Deadline: around February)
  • *Columbia University – Council of Women World Leaders (CWWL) Summer Graduate Fellowship Program – Multiple Cities (Deadline: check for announcement from Career Office; like around February or March)
  • Congressional Budget Office Summer Internship Program – Washington, DC (Deadline: check site)
  • *Dr. James A. and Jill Lipton Fellowship for Interprofessional Oral Health, Social Work, and Sociomedical Sciences Summer Research (Deadline: check for announcement from Practicum Learning Office) – New York, NY
  • Education Pioneers Summer Fellowship Program – Multiple Cities including Boston, MA, Chicago, IL, Denver, CO, New York, NY, Memphis, TN, and San Francisco, CA (Priority Deadline: December; Check site)
  • Future Leaders in Action (FLIA) Fellowships – Multiple Cities (Deadline: around March)
  • Future Leadership Public Service Internship Program – Washington, DC (Deadline: around November)
  • Congressional Internships – Multiple Cities (Deadline: Check individual websites, likely February – April)
  • Haas Institute Summer Fellowship – Berkeley, CA (Deadline: around January)
  • International Service Opportunities in Social Work Through NGOabroad (Deadline: rolling; mid-February recommended)
  • National Academy of Social Insurance Internships on Social Insurance, Long-Term Care and Aging, Disability Policy, and Health Policy – Washington, DC  (Deadline: around January)
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Summer Volunteer Program (Deadline: check site)
  • NYC Health Department HRTP: A Public Health Internship Program – New York, NY (Deadline: around February)
  • NYC Mayor’s Office Summer Internship Program – New York, NY (Deadline: around March/April)
  • NYS Internship Opportunities – Throughout NYS (Deadline: around June)
  • Othering & Belonging Institute Summer Fellowship – Berkeley CA (Deadline: around January)
  • Urban Leaders Fellowship (Deadline: December, February, and March)
  • The Washington Center (TWC) Federal Diversity Internship Initiative and SAMHSA Internship Program (Deadline: check individual sites)
  • William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fellowship for Minority Students, Aspen Institute Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation (PSI) – Washington, DC (Deadline: around March)