Key points
- The Class of 2027 fellowship application is open October 26, 2026, through January 7, 2027.
- The CDC Evaluation Fellowship Program is a two-year program for fellows with a doctoral or master's degree.
- The program helps fellows gain the skills needed to make program evaluation a standard practice.
- Fellows evaluate programs operated or funded by CDC, including those at state, tribal, local, or territorial (STLT) health departments, to ensure they are accountable, effective, and efficient.
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 site to build, expand, 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 sites 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.
The Evaluation Fellowship Program Fact Sheet provides a quick overview of the EFP program, what fellows do, why this program matters, and how EFP fellows safeguard health and well-being by measuring effectiveness of public health programs and identifying improvement opportunities.
Milestones
More than 250 fellows have completed CDC's Evaluation Fellowship Program since it began in 2011.
EFP graduates obtain evaluation related jobs in public health, including working at STLT health departments, non-profit organizations, federal agencies, and with public health contractors. Graduates have also gone on to get advanced degrees in public health or a related field.
Contact
For questions or more information, please contact the Evaluation Fellowship Program at evaluationfellows@cdc.gov.
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