The State Policy Fellowship program is a two-year research-focused fellowship dedicated to making change through careful research, thoughtful advocacy, and strong partnerships in a state policy context. The Fellowship is a project of the State Priorities Partnership, a national network coordinated by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, one of the nation’s premier policy institutes.

Fellows tackle domestic policy challenges by analyzing state budgets and tax policy choices, understanding their impact on low-income residents, and proposing positive alternatives.  Their budget and tax work often intersects with other policies areas including health care, anti-poverty policy, education, immigration, state-tribal policy, and criminal legal system reform. Working in independent, highly respected policy organizations located across the country, Fellows work with community partners to promote positive reforms.

The program identifies highly motivated candidates who have a demonstrated interest in working on public policies that affect low-income communities, communities of color, LGBTQ communities, rural communities, and tribal communities, with particular interest in candidates who have experience working with and in communities that are underrepresented in state policy debates.