Metascience Policy Fellow — Federal Research Leadership

Federation of American Scientists; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 157,000 - 191,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel allowance

Professional development funds

Job summary

Federation of American Scientists (FAS) seeks three Metascience Fellows to embed in federal research agencies for a year, delivering evidence-based policy insights and experiments. Fellows will train at FAS, then join agency teams in the DC area to drive reform and effective governance through evidence and data-driven approaches.

Applicants should have advanced degrees or equivalent policy experience, with a track record in translating complex research into practical policy proposals and strong

Qualifications

• Experience translating research or technical analysis into practical policy proposals or reforms.
• Experience with federal research funding agencies or funding mechanisms (e.g., NSF, NIH, DOE).
• Ability to translate evidence to inform policy decisions and governance.

Responsibilities

• Support agency leaders to advance evidence-driven strategies for reforming federal research institutions, funding, and agenda-setting.
• Generate and translate evidence on grantmaking, peer review, open science, and governance; apply data science to analyze practices.
• Design and implement experiments with built-in evaluation capacity to capture successes and failures.

Skills

Policy analysis

Evidence translation

Stakeholder management

Written and verbal communication

Education

Advanced degree or equivalent work experience in science policy

Tools

Data analysis

Modeling and simulation

Job description

Federation of American Scientists (FAS) seeks three Metascience Fellows to embed in federal research agencies for a year, delivering evidence-based policy insights and experiments. Fellows will train at FAS, then join agency teams in the DC area to drive reform and effective governance through evidence and data-driven approaches.

Applicants should have advanced degrees or equivalent policy experience, with a track record in translating complex research into practical policy proposals and strong