Overview
The CDC Evaluation Fellowship Program (EFP) is a two-year fellowship that enhances the quality and impact of public health programs and services. Fellows apply and strengthen evaluation skills while working in their host program to build, expand, and/or improve evaluation activities. The fellowship provides specialized training, resources, and funding for professional development.
CDC wants to make program evaluation standard practice and develop professionals with the skills to do it. Fellows are matched to CDC host programs to work on program evaluation, build evaluation capacity, monitor performance, and help design programs — including those implemented by state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) health departments. This fellowship helps improve public health work by providing necessary resources, tools, and leadership.
Fellows are doctoral or master’s degree professionals with backgrounds in evaluation, behavioral and social sciences, public health, and other relevant disciplines.
How to apply
Applications must be submitted through the online portal.
Fellowship applicants go through an extensive selection process, including an initial application review to determine finalists, followed by finalist interviews with potential host programs. The process ends by matching fellows with a CDC host program based on mutual interest.
To apply to EFP, applicants must:
- Meet the requirements described on Fellow Eligibility and Requirements | Evaluation Fellowship Program | CDC.
- Be willing to commit to a two-year, full-time program.
- Be willing to relocate to the assignment location.
- Have U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status with a green card valid for at least two years from the start of the fellowship (mid-August).
To apply to the fellowship, you will access the online portal to:
- Answer questions about your education and evaluation experience.
- Answer questions about your interest and goals for applying to the program.
- Upload your resume or CV (2 pages max).
- Obtain two letters of recommendation (requested through the application portal).
- Submit your transcript of highest educational degree. Transcripts issued to the student are acceptable with the application. However, they must state your degree of study, courses taken, earned grades, and graduation date. If selected as a fellow, you must have your academic institution(s) send an official transcript(s) issued directly to the CDC Evaluation Fellowship and CDC Office of Human Resources.
February 13, 2026: Application period closes.