The Deadline for the Application is June 30 , 2010
Application website: www.rwjf-evaluationfellows.org

The RWJF Evaluation Fellowship program invites non-profit organizations to nominate one mid- or senior-level staff person to represent the organization in a.one-year fellowship. The nominee should be from historically disadvantaged and underrepresented communities, which include ethnic or racial minorities, those from low-income communities, first-generation college graduates, or others who have been historically underrepresented in the evaluation field.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Retooling Professionals Evaluation Fellowship program seeks to diversify the evaluation field by providing individuals with the necessary skills and training to be become internal evaluators and better consumers of evaluation. During the one-year fellowship, non-profit professionals will be trained in culturally-responsive evaluation methods while remaining in their job and working on a practical evaluation project for their employer. Each fellow will receive approximately 40 hours of training in three 3-4 day workshops. The non-profit organizations will receive a $5,000 award and each fellow will receive a travel stipend. Additionally, the fellows will receive technical assistance with completing an internal evaluation project at their organization.

Nominees for the Retooling Professionals Fellowship are expected to:
• have earned a master’s degree (or have 8 years of work experience in his or her field with some graduate course work), and 5-7 years work experience;
• and currently work in a nonprofit organization that serves underrepresented communities.

Other Eligibility Criteria

For the non-profit organization:
• Limited current evaluation capacity, but commitment to developing culturally responsive evaluation capacity of organization;
• Ability to demonstrate how the organization hopes to use evaluation for ongoing learning and program development;
• Existence of a clear plan for how the organization will support the fellow in conducting an internal culturally responsive program evaluation during the year-long fellowship, including realignment of job functions and access to organizational supports;
Existence of a clear plan for how the fellow will transfer knowledge and skills gained through the fellowship to other staff members for organizational capacity building.

For the non-profit professional:
• Limited current experience and training in evaluation, but commitment to increasing skills in culturally responsive evaluation;
• Commitment and ability to attend all training workshops;
• Commitment to producing a high quality evaluation project during the fellowship year;
• Willingness and ability to dedicate about 20 hours per month on an evaluation project;
• Ability to demonstrate how they will use evaluation for ongoing learning and program development;
• Ability to demonstrate how they will transfer knowledge and skills gained through the fellowship to other staff members for organizational capacity building;
• Ability to complete and present a final evaluation product.