Deadline: December 1, 2025
Applications are open for the Asia Health Policy Program Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026-2027. The Asia Health Policy Program at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) promotes a comparative understanding of health and health policy in the Asia-Pacific region. From its inception, the program has been committed to fostering the next generation of Asia health policy researchers. Each year the program offers a postdoctoral fellowship position to a recent doctoral graduate.
The postdoctoral fellow participates in the program while undertaking original research on contemporary health or healthcare policy of high relevance to low- and middle-income countries in the Asia-Pacific region. They welcome fellowship applications from candidates studying evidence-based health policy using a variety of disciplinary perspectives, such as public policy, public health, economics, demography, sociology, political science, anthropology, law, medicine, health services research, and related fields.
Appointments begin in the fall quarter of the academic year. The 2026-2027 AHPP postdoctoral fellow is required to be in residence for the duration of the appointment, present their research findings in Center seminars, and participate in the Center’s publication program.
Benefits
- The postdoctoral fellowship is at minimum a 10-month appointment with a salary commensurate with Stanford policy and based on the annual rate of $80,000 (to be prorated based on the 10-month duration), plus $3,000 for research expenses.
Eligibility
- The fellowships are limited to recent PhDs: applicants cannot be more than three years past the awarding of their doctoral degree (or no more than six years past the awarding of their M.D.) when the fellowship starts.
- They must have degree conferral and approval no later than June 30 prior to the fellowship start date (that is, no later than June 30, 2026 for 2026-27 fellowships starting in fall 2026).
Application
- Complete the application form
- Upload the Following Materials to the Online Form, in PDF Format:
- Cover letter
- Curriculum vitae
- A short research statement (not to exceed five typed pages, double-spaced), which describes the research and writing to be undertaken during the fellowship period, as well as the proposed publishable product.
- Submit the Completed Application Form
- Submit Letters of Recommendation, in PDF Format: Applicants should arrange for TWO (2) letters of recommendation to be emailed directly or sent via third-party dossier service to Kristen Lee at [email protected].
For more information, visit Asia Health Policy Program Postdoctoral Fellowship.
