Practitioner Fellowship
Practitioner Fellowship supports non-academic practitioners developing socially relevant projects and exchanging insights with scholars to connect behavioral science research with practical problems.
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Funder: Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
Due Dates: December 11, 2026 (Application) | December 16, 2026 (Reference letter) | March 31, 2027 (Decision notification by)
Funding Amounts: Small stipends may support salary or housing; financial support determined in spring 2027
Summary: Supports non-academic practitioners developing socially relevant projects and connecting behavioral science research with practical problems.
Key Information: Fellows must be onsite at least three days weekly and attend September orientation, including shorter-term fellows.
Description
The Practitioner Fellowship at Stanford University’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) brings non-academic practitioners into an interdisciplinary community to connect social and behavioral science with practical problems. Launched as a pilot in 2025–26, it serves people whose work applies behavioral science, including journalists, policy practitioners, consultants, public servants, and entrepreneurs.
Practitioner fellows develop original work relevant to contemporary social issues while exchanging perspectives with academic fellows. The program emphasizes reciprocal learning: practitioners contribute knowledge of how social science operates across sectors, while seminars, informal working groups, and other exchanges help them reconsider and deepen their own projects. CASBS seeks practitioners with a record of excellence, curiosity about academic research, and an interest in translating research into responses to significant and everyday problems.
