Paid CDC Prevention Effectiveness Fellowship
- Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Type: Fellowship
- Location: United States
- Deadline: January 8, 2027
- Funding: Fully Funded
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) runs the Steven M. Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness (PE) Fellowship, a two-year, full-time postdoctoral fellowship in health economics, decision science and disease modeling. Fellows join CDC as paid federal employees, mostly at its headquarters in Atlanta, and produce the cost, cost-effectiveness and modeling analyses that help public health leaders decide where to focus their efforts and resources. CDC picks about 10 fellows a year for each of two tracks, a Traditional Track and an Analytics and Modeling Track, and applications for the Class of 2027 close on January 8, 2027. **What you get:** - Two years of full-time, paid work at CDC: fellows are full-time equivalent federal employees for the whole fellowship - Pay at the federal General Schedule grade GS-12, step 3; CDC states the grade rather than a dollar amount and points to the Office of Personnel Management's pay tables by location - The same benefits as other federal employees, including medical insurance and leave - A possible salary increase after the first year, based on performance and a written recommendation from management - Hands-on mentorship on a CDC research team, plus competency-based training: software (R, Python, NetLogo, Matlab, TreeAge), seminars in advanced econometrics and modeling methods, data visualization, machine learning, person-level cost-effectiveness analysis and microsimulation - Chances to attend national scientific or professional conferences and present your research **What you'll do:** - Work on a CDC research team with a supervisor, team leads and mentors, usually at CDC headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia - Study how well prevention strategies work and what they cost, and act as a subject matter expert for economic and quantitative policy analysis in your assigned CDC program - Write two manuscripts suitable for publication, give two professional presentations (one peer-reviewed) and deliver two methods-based trainings - Attend required didactic trainings, a Work in Progress group, and the Health Economics Research Group and modeling seminar series - Join public health responses when deployed; PE fellows have served on mpox, COVID-19, Zika and Ebola responses - On the Analytics and Modeling Track, make substantial contributions to CDC's data analysis or models, including coding, updating inputs, calibration and validation **Key dates:** - Applications opened September 8, 2026 at 8 a.m. ET - Applications close January 8, 2027 at 11:59 p.m. ET; recommendations and unofficial transcripts are due by the same deadline - February to March 2027: interview invitations, virtual interviews and fellowship offers - July 2027: selected candidates complete their degree requirements - August 2027: the two-year fellowship begins **More information:** - About 10 Traditional Track and 10 Analytics and Modeling Track fellows are selected each year - Applications are judged on academic preparedness, letters of recommendation, research and work experience, publications or evidence of publication potential, methodological and data skills, and a personal statement - You apply through CDC's own online fellowship portal, which is open only during the application period - CDC calls these dates tentative and asks applicants to keep checking its site for updates - Questions about the application process go to PEF@cdc.gov
