The Bixby Center is a fellowship site of the Charlotte Ellertson Postdoctoral Fellowship program for social scientists.  The fellowship's objectives are to:

• support a multidisciplinary cohort of promising new social science researchers who study abortion and reproductive health, and
• produce and share research that informs policy and program design in abortion and reproductive health.

The fellowship seeks applicants who are committed to abortion scholarship and careers that include a focus on abortion research and advocacy.

Fellowship Description
The fellowship includes independent and collaborative research, as well as work with advocacy organizations. Each fellow works intensively with a mentor on her/his specific research projects. A fellowship site director provides general guidance and orientation to the fellowship site. Fellows work with their mentors to:

• design research protocols
• conduct a significant research project
• submit manuscripts or book proposals for publication
• give presentations and/or seminars
• submit funding proposals
• participate in skills-building seminars (e.g., media and communications, fundraising, the policy process) and annual meetings
• visit clinics and hospitals to observe abortion and reproductive health care services
• collaborate with and lend expertise to reproductive health and rights advocacy organizations
• develop professional networks of researchers, advocates and clinicians