[Sci-tech-public] Fwd: ian axford fellowships

[Alexander F Brown]

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>For Study and Travel in New Zealand
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>The Commonwealth Fund of New York invites applicants for the 2006 Ian 
>Axford (New Zealand) Fellowships in Public Policy.  The deadline for the 
>receipt of applications is March 1, 2005.
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>The fellowships give outstanding American professionals the opportunity to 
>study, travel, and gain practical experience in public policy in New 
>Zealand, including first-hand knowledge of economic, social and political 
>reforms, and management of the government sector. Two to three Fellowships 
>will be awarded for six months, starting in January/February 2006.
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>The purpose of the Ian Axford (New Zealand) Fellowship program is:
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>  •        to reinforce New Zealand/United States links by enabling 
> Americans of high intellectual ability and leadership potential to come 
> to New Zealand to gain experience and build contacts in the field of 
> public policy development;
>  •        to help improve the practice of public policy development in 
> the United States and New Zealand by the cross-fertilization of ideas and 
> experience in the two countries; and
>  •        to build a network of public policy experts on both sides of 
> the Pacific.
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>Applicants must be U.S. citizens and have at least five years experience 
>in their profession.  There are no formal age limits, but the focus of the 
>fellowship is on mid-career development, and successful applicants are 
>likely to be in their early thirties to early fifties. Candidates’ 
>proposals for study while in New Zealand must address one of the following 
>fields of public policy: education and training, youth and families, 
>workplace and employment, indigenous peoples, health care, environmental 
>management/climate change, information technology, innovation in science 
>and technology, public sector reform/program evaluation in the government 
>sector, economic/business development, human capital development, 
>transportation and communications, coordination of energy/national resources.
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>Each fellowship includes roundtrip airfare to New Zealand for the fellow, 
>a dependent partner and/or children to age 18 years, and a monthly living 
>and travel allowance.  Candidates are encouraged, where possible, to be on 
>full or partial paid leave from their places of employment.
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>For information for candidates and application, see The Commonwealth 
>Fund’s website at www.cmwf.org/fellowships. For further questions, 
>contact: Phuong Trang Huynh, The Commonwealth Fund, One East 75th Street, 
>New York, NY 10021-2692 (telephone: 212.606.3851, email: pth at cmwf.org).