Bachelor's Degree Full-Time Opportunities

Key points

  • Learn about CDC's full-time fellowship opportunities for those who have or will soon have a bachelor's degree.
  • These opportunities are one or two years long and offer unique experiences in protecting the public’s health.
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Who can participate

Program Description
*APHL-CDC Biorisk Management Fellowship Fellows apply their skills to a range of important and emerging public health problems while gaining experience in areas of biorisk management such as: biosafety and biosecurity, lab safety, regulations, training/outreach to diverse partners, and policies to minimize risks associated with handling of biological materials.

Open To
Bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or doctoral degree in microbiology, biology, public health, biochemistry, chemistry, virology, laboratory science, medical technology

Length/Salary
1-2 Years, paid

Application Period
Rolling application with flexible start dates

*APHL-CDC Informatics Fellowship Fellows apply their skills to address the urgent need for enhanced electronic capabilities in public health.

Open To
Bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, or doctoral degree in computer science, information science, healthcare informatics, clinical informatics, laboratory science with coursework in computer science, health information technology or technical project management

Length/Salary
1-2 Years, paid

Application Period
Rolling application with flexible start dates

*APHL-CDC Environmental Health Laboratory Fellowship The program trains and prepares scientists for careers in public health laboratories and supports public health initiatives related to human chemical exposures through targeted biomonitoring or environmental health surveillance.

Open To
Bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, or doctoral degree in public health, environmental health, environmental science, biology, chemistry, or related discipline

Length/Salary
1-2 Years, paid

Application Period
Rolling application with flexible start dates

*APHL-CDC Food Safety Laboratory Fellowship Fellows apply their skills to a range of important and emerging public health problems while gaining experience in areas such regulatory food testing, genomic characterization of enteric pathogens, foodborne pathogen outbreak detection, and food laboratory accreditation.

Open To
Bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or doctoral degree in microbiology, biology, public health, virology, chemistry, food science, epidemiology, other related science fields

Length/Salary
1-2 Years, paid

Application Period
Rolling application with flexible start dates

*APHL-CDC Infectious Diseases Laboratory Fellowship Fellows train for careers in public health laboratories and support public health initiatives related to infectious diseases, such as testing, surveillance, research, and/or control measures.

Open To
Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree or doctoral degree in microbiology, biology, public health, virology, chemistry, laboratory science, or related discipline

Length/Salary
1-2 Years, paid

Application Period
Rolling application with flexible start dates

*APHL-CDC Quality Management Fellowship Fellows support initiatives related to quality assurance, quality control, the quality management system (and quality system essentials) and the public health laboratory system.

Open To
Bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or doctoral degree in public health, environmental health, environmental science, microbiology, biology, biochemistry, chemistry, molecular biology, virology, laboratory science

Length/Salary
1-2 Years, paid

Application Period
Rolling application with flexible start dates

*APHL-CDC Ronald H. Laessig Newborn Screening Fellowship The program prepares laboratory scientists for careers in NBS and/or genetics research while also strengthening “local, state and federal public health infrastructures to support surveillance and implement prevention and control programs,” as stated in the CDC prevention strategy goal.

Open To
Bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, or doctoral degree in biology, chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry, genetics, or related discipline

Length/Salary
1-2 Years, paid

Application Period
Rolling application with flexible start dates

*Applied Public Health Informatics Fellowship (APHIF) Fellows build informatics, data science, and laboratory capacity at state and local health departments

Open To
Recent graduates with master’s or doctoral degrees

Length/Salary
2 Years, paid

Application Period
December to February

*ORISE CDC Research Opportunities Education experience to create expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to protect their health.

Open To
Undergraduates; graduate; post-master’s; doctoral; postdoctoral

Length/Salary
Varies, paid

Application Period
Varies

*The Pacific Public Health Fellowship Program Program that provides promising career-minded individuals with robust and practical hands-on learning experiences and training for a variety of public health career pathways.

Open To
Bachelor’s degree in a field that is applicable to public health such as [but not limited to] public health, community health, nursing, allied health, microbiology, environmental science, entomology, or public policy.

Length/Salary
2 Years, paid

Application Period
April to June

*Public Health for All The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will host a total of two PHEFA Fellows in its field offices in Fort Collins, Colorado; one PHEFA Fellow in Atlanta, Georgia; and one PHEFA Fellow in San Juan, Puerto Rico Fellows will conduct research alongside experienced entomologists in CDC’s Division of Vector-Borne Diseases who are creating solutions to public health challenges, like Dengue, Zika virus, Lyme disease, and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Fellows will learn about public health entomology as a profession and learn applied entomological strategies to prevent and control vector-borne diseases.

Open To
Recent graduates

Length/Salary
1 year; paid

Application Period
December – March, contact Stacie East at seast@entsoc.org.

Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program Leadership experience focused on interactive trainings and challenging work assignments administered by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

Open To
Recent graduates with master’s, law, or doctoral degrees

Length/Salary
2 Years, paid

Application Period
October

Public Health Associate Program (PHAP) Two year, field-based training program for early career public health professionals with little or no public health work experience who are interested in frontline public health practice.

Open To
Graduates with a minimum of a four-year degree, within 2 years of graduation. U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or U.S. national.

Length/Salary
2 Years, paid

Application Period
Five-day period every January

*Denotes fellowships offered in partnership with CDC