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The IHS Injury and Violence Prevention (IVP) Fellowship provides practical knowledge and skills for IVP practitioners working in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. The IVP Fellowship builds on learning obtained from IHS IVP Courses 1, 2, and 3, and prior experiences of participants.

Benefits of completing the Fellowship

• Familiarity with published literature and data about an IVP issue
• Data collection and analysis
• Planning and managing an IVP project
• Promoting community and coalition involvement
• Effective IVP strategies
• Program evaluation
• Oral and written communication
• Developing and giving a scientific presentation
• Field work
• Individualized learning

Fellowship Projects

Projects can focus on unintentional injury or intentional violence in one of three project types: 1) Problem Analysis; 2) Program Planning; or 3) Program Evaluation.

Fellows complete four project phases (i.e., Planning, Implementation, Results, Deliverables) during which they

• Participate in synchronous and asynchronous distance-learning sessions
• Attend three in-person learning sessions requiring approximately 2.5 weeks away from their job sites
• Complete project tasks and submit interim deliverables
• Participate in scheduled progress checks
• Write a project report
• Present a summary of their project at the IHS IVP Fellowship Symposium
• Participate in an optional continuing education opportunity (e.g., attend a conference, enroll in a university-based course)

Application Process

Visit this link to see the application process steps, which includes

• Watch the required pre-application webinar
• Draft a Project Idea
• Submit a draft Project Idea and schedule a consultation with the fellowship academic advisor team and project mentor (must be completed by November 8, 2024)
• Revise the Project Idea
• Complete the online application between October 7 and December 11, 2024

Apply: https://www.ihs.gov/injuryprevention/training/fellowshipprogram/