As of December 2, 2024, NAAOP is accepting applications for its annual George and Dena
Breece Health Policy and Advocacy Fellowship. NAAOP is a national nonprofit association
advocating for consumers/patients requiring orthotic and prosthetic care, as well as the providers who serve them. The NAAOP Breece Fellowship is a paid, 9-week summer program based in Washington, D.C. One Fellow will be competitively selected for the 2025 term.
The Fellow will learn about orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) policy and advocacy at the federal
level, and 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 O&P clinical and business settings inside and outside
of Washington, DC, and state-based public policy and advocacy, all at NAAOP’s expense.
The selection of the Breece Fellow for 2025 will be through a competitive process using an
application that can be found at www.NAAOP.org. The deadline for all applicants to
electronically submit an application and all related documents is Monday, January 20, 2025, by
12:00 Midnight, Eastern Time. Finalists will be interviewed via videoconference and one Fellow
will be selected by early March. If the finalist selected cannot accept the fellowship for any
reason, the next highest ranked candidate will be offered the position. The fellowship is
expected to run between late May and early August of 2025.
We request all NAAOP members and friends to widely distribute news of the Breece
Fellowship and encourage high quality candidates to apply by the deadline, January 20, 2025.
For more information or to help financially support the Breece Fellowship to help build the next
generation of O&P policy experts and advocates, go to www.NAAOP.org. Thank you.
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