About the Fellowship

The NAAOP Fellowship is a paid, 10-week summer program based in Washington, D.C.  The program cultivates leadership development while fellows learn about orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) policy and advocacy at the federal level, how NAAOP and other O&P organizations function on behalf of the O&P community—and in the broader context of rehabilitation and disability policy and advocacy. 

 

The fellowship also includes exposure to:

(1) O&P clinical and business settings outside of Washington, DC, and,

(2) state-based public policy and advocacy, both at no cost to the fellows.

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The selection of a Fellow for 2025 will be through a competitive process, The application deadline was  Monday, January 20, 2025, at 12:00 Midnight EST.  Finalists will be interviewed via videoconference and a Fellow will be selected.  If the finalist selected cannot accept the fellowship for any reason, the next highest ranked fellow will be offered the position.