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Chapin Hall’s fellowships equip future leaders to improve the lives of youth, children, and families by connecting evidence to action.

Equity First Post-Doctoral Fellowship

Chapin Hall’s Equity First Post-Doctoral program provides an opportunity for recent doctoral graduates to apply their research skills to make real-world progress for racial equity. The fellowship — designed for recent doctoral graduates in social work, public policy, psychology, statistics, public health, sociology and related fields — provides post-doctoral experience in applied research outside of a traditional academic setting.

Equity First Postdoctoral Fellows work alongside Chapin Hall research and policy experts to conduct research, analyze data, and develop and propose equity-centered policy, practice, and program solutions – all with an aim to better serve families and young people. The fellowship also offers mentorship and professional development opportunities, and opportunities to contribute to Chapin Hall’s broad array of partnerships. Meet our current Equity First Postdoctoral Fellow.

Equity First Fellows

Chapin Hall has made an organizational commitment to look for the leadership and involvement of Black, Latino/a and mixed race people in every phase of our work – from how we bring equity forward into our interrogations and policy design, to how we support the use of evidence and the implementation of policy with our government partners. To this end, in January 2022, Chapin Hall welcomed its first three Equity First Fellows. These fellows have expertise in racial inequity, child well-being, public systems transformation, and community change. Through this effort, we seek to build in the perspectives of those whose life experiences directly or more closely match those whose lives we seek to support.

Equity First Summer Associates

Further acting to expand the pool of applied researchers whose life experiences directly or more closely match those whose lives we seek to support, in Summer 2024, Chapin Hall launched its Equity First Summer Associates Program. In the summer of 2025, Chapin Hall welcomed its second class of associates. Interested? Please sign up to receive updates about the Equity First Summer Associates program.

If you would like to learn more about these fellowships, please reach out to Director of Research Operations Anika Bissahoyo.

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