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The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has a great interest in developing leaders among a broad range of scientists, health professionals, and those in law, administration, engineering, and the humanities who are committed to building a healthier world.  As part of its strong commitment to building leadership capacity across diverse disciplines to shape the future of health and medicine, the NAM administers a portfolio of highly regarded health policy fellowships and leadership programs.  For more details, please visit the NAM website.

Programs that are/will be accepting submissions are listed below.  Please direct inquiries to the NAM Health Policy Fellowships and Leadership Programs at: (202) 334-1506 / NAM.Scholars@nas.edu.

NAM Members: This site does not use Single Sign-On, which would allow you to use your NAM credentials.  Thus, if this is your first time submitting a nomination for the NAM Fellowships, please click on "Start Submission" link and create an account on the next screen.

NAM Scholars in Diagnostic Excellence

The next call for applications will open in early January 2025.

Funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, this collaborative program in partnership with the Council of Medical Specialty Societies supports up to 10* scholars in a one-year, part-time remote experience to enhance the scholars’ knowledge and skills in diagnostic quality, safety, and equity and accelerate their career development in becoming national leaders in the field. Scholars build upon the work of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine consensus report Improving Diagnosis in Health Care (2015) and propose the implementation of projects that will advance equity, improve diagnosis, and reduce diagnostic errors at the national level.  To learn more, visit the program website at: https://dxexscholars.nam.edu. 

*With additional support from The John A. Hartford Foundation, an 11th scholar with a focus on advancing diagnostic excellence and equity for older adults may be selected.

NAM Fellowships

This program is a great opportunity for exceptional early-career health science scholars to participate in evidence-based health care or public health studies that affect the health of the American people. Currently, there are 10 distinct opportunities across diverse areas of focus through endowments and funding from various sponsors.

The call for nominations for the following fellowships will be available in March 2025.

The call for nominations for the following fellowships has closed will be available in March 2026.

    Reimbursement Submissions (Fellows, Scholars, and Event/Meeting Attendees Only)

    If you need to submit a reimbursement request, please click on "Start Submission" per meeting/event.