Table 3 Examples of mentoring, internship, summer school and other opportunities available to students and early career researchers
From: An introduction to achieving policy impact for early career researchers
Country | Type | Sector(s) | Organising body | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
United States | Summer school | Science policy, science communication | Duke SciPol | Duke science policy summer institute |
United States | Summer school | Science policy, science | Centre for engagement and training in science and society | Science outside the lab |
United States | Fellowship | Science policy | American association for the advancement of science (AAAS) | Science and technology policy fellows (STPF) |
United States | Mentoring | Science policy | Union of concerned scientists | UCS science network mentor program |
United Kingdom | Fellowship | Science policy, environment | British ecological society and parliamentary office of science and technology | BES POST fellowship |
United Kingdom | Internship | Science policy, medical research | The academy of medical sciences | Internship schemes |
United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland | Fellowship | Health, public engagement | Wellcome trust | Engagement fellowships |
Multiple African countries | Fellowship | Science policy, climate | START international | African climate change fellowship program: adaptation policy fellowships |
Germany | Other | Science policy | Helmholtz centre for environmental research-UFZ | UFZ science-policy expert group |
Australia | Fellowship | Science policy | Australian government | Science policy fellowship program |
Canada | Fellowship | Science policy | Mitacs | Canadian science policy fellowship |
