Population Health Applied Research Fellowship Program for UW Students (03/20/26)
Posted: 3/12/2026 (Funding)
The Population Health Applied Research Fellowship Program supports multidisciplinary teams of students to work on real-world population health challenges. Projects are sourced from external clients who play an important role in structuring project deliverables. Applications for this summer’s cohort will be accepted until 12 PM on March 20, from undergraduate and graduate students across all UW schools and colleges on all three UW campuses.
The Summer 2026 Population Health Applied Research Fellowship team will work closely with stakeholders at the City of Seattle to research strengths and future recommendations to support children-friendly cities. The Population Health Applied Research Fellowship team for summer 2026 will consist of three graduate students and two undergraduates, with supervision by a faculty expert. The project team receives training in research skills and data collection, analysis and presentation to deliver a work product that meets the external client’s needs. The program is an consortium between the Population Health Initiative and the Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology (CSDE). Join us for an informational session on February 26, 2026, at the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health from 11 AM – 12 PM. A virtual option is also available. Please RSVP to let us know you will be attending.
This paid fellowship program will offer a multidisciplinary team of undergraduate and graduate students training in data analysis techniques as well as in research and presentation skills while they develop a work product for an external partner.
The team will combine descriptive and spatial data analysis to explore the volume and location of important daily amenities necessary for those with children – childcare facilities, transportation access, schools, laundromats and so forth – with qualitative data collection via interviews with Seattle’s constituents to better understand the needs of children and their caregivers. This research will result in recommendations of areas of improvement in Seattle’s goal of being a child-friendly city and ways child-friendliness can be monitored as time goes on.
Three graduate students and two undergraduate students will compose the fellowship team. They will be supervised by faculty and staff from the Population Health Initiative and the Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology.
Deadline: 03/20/2026