The National Poverty Fellows Program at the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks to build the capacity of researchers to conduct high-quality policy-relevant research on poverty and inequality in the United States and to contribute to the effective use of research and scientific knowledge in the formation of public policy. The National Poverty Fellows Program is seeking applications for fellows for 2024-25. As part of the program, fellows visit the Institute for Research on Poverty at UW–Madison as scholars in residence two times per year, are paired with a senior IRP research mentor and an outside policy mentor for the duration of their fellowship, and receive support to participate in academic conferences throughout the year. The fellowship is open to fellowship is open to U.S. citizens who are up to 6 years post-Ph.D. in the social or behavioral sciences with a substantive background in poverty, economic inequality, and social policy.