£52,600 ANH Science-Policy Fellowship

The Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy, led by the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University and funded by the Gates Foundation, offers three one-year, full-time Science-Policy Fellowships for 2027 to 2028. Fellows with a doctorate take findings from recent research on healthy diets or food loss and waste and turn them into guidance for a government or public-sector policy organisation in Sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia, working inside that organisation for a large part of the year.

What you get:

• A stipend of £43,000 for the 12 months, paid quarterly against programme milestones
• An expense allowance of £9,600 for travel and placement costs, also paid quarterly (£52,600 in total)
• A £2,200 honorarium for each of your two Mentors, a Research Mentor and a Policy Mentor
• Affiliate status with the Friedman School at Tufts University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, including online Tufts library access
• Membership of the ANH Academy community, its working groups, trainings and annual conference, plus communications support

What you'll do:

• Work full time for 12 months on a project that brings evidence from recent impact assessments, programme evaluations or policy analyses into a specific policy decision
• Spend a significant share of the year, typically at least a third, embedded in your Policy Mentor's organisation in Sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia
• Focus on demand for healthy diets or on food supply, loss and waste, together with climate and environment or equity and gender
• Submit quarterly progress reports and a final report, and prepare work for publication in a scientific journal

Key dates:

• Submission period opened 1 November 2026
• Online information session on 9 December 2026
• Proposals and both letters of support due 28 February 2027 at 11:59 PM EST
• Selected applicants notified by 15 April 2027
• Fellowships start between 1 June and 31 December 2027 and run for 12 months

More information:

• Full Call for Applications (PDF): https://www.anh-academy.org/sites/default/files/2026-10/ANHFellowships_CallForApplicationsRound3_14Oct2026.pdf
• Information session: https://www.anh-academy.org/community/events/webinar-anh-academy-science-policy-fellowships-round-3-information-session
• Questions: anhfellowships@tufts.edu

• A completed doctorate (PhD, DPhil, DPH, MD, DVM or similar terminal degree) in a field related to agriculture, nutrition or health, conferred before the start date
• Open to any nationality, with a doctorate earned anywhere
• Two mentors: a Research Mentor from your current or previous employer or academic institution, and a Policy Mentor from a public-sector organisation physically located in Sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia
• Each mentor submits a letter of support of up to two pages by the deadline
• The project must evaluate a programme, policy or intervention by a public-sector body in Sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia and build on your own prior research
• One full proposal per applicant