"Health Affairs" has a new health equity fellowship program for students, post docs, early career researchers who identify as American Indian/Native Alaskan, African American/Black, Asian American/Pacific Islander, and Hispanic/Latino.

OVERVIEW
"Health Affairs" — the nation’s leading journal of health policy thought and research — is seeking applications for its new program Health Equity Fellowship for Trainees.

The Fellowship is a part of Health Affairs’ national initiative to advance racial equity in health policy and health services scholarly publishing. Its objective is to value and increase the quality and quantity of equity-related research published in Health Affairs authored by members of racial and ethnic groups that have historically been underrepresented in scholarly publishing. The objective will be accomplished by offering fellows multi-layered mentorship from experienced Health Affairs authors and editorial staff for one-year. Mentors will work with fellows to make manuscript submissions by fellows more likely to be published in the journal.

PROGRAM BENEFITS FOR FELLOWS:
•    One-on-one mentorship from health equity researchers who have published in Health Affairs
•    One-on-one guidance from Health Affairs editorial staff to increase the likelihood that your submitted manuscript will be accepted for publication in Health Affairs or another journal
•    Publication of at least one Health Affairs blog post relating to your subject area and/or experience with the fellowship
•    Opportunity to serve as a brand advocate for Health Affairs
•    Opportunities to expand your professional networks through engagement with other fellows and peer health services researchers
•    Access to materials, seminars, and other special educational opportunities designed to support your research and career advancement

WHO CAN APPLY?
To be eligible for Health Affairs’ Health Equity Fellowship for Trainees, you must:
•    Be a graduate-level (masters or doctoral) student, postdoctoral researcher, or early career researcher who is no more than seven years outside of having earned your graduate degree
•    Identify as American Indian/Native Alaskan, African American/Black, Asian American/Pacific Islander, and Hispanic/Latino (We strongly encourage applicants from minority-serving institutions such as Tribal Colleges and Universities, Non-tribal American Indian/Native Alaskan-Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Asian American and Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions with programs related to public health and health policy.)
•    Be engaged in health services research that advances racial health equity among historically marginalized populations
•    Working on a research project that is within one year of being submitted for publishing

The application period for the 2022 Health Equity Fellowship for Trainees begins August 10 and closes September 13 at 11:59pm PST. Items required for the application include:
•    One-page cover letter (stating why you should be selected)
•    Abstract of proposed manuscript (will accept draft manuscript, but not required)
•    Enrollment verification (for students and postdocs only)
•    One recommendation letter from someone with whom you have engaged in research