The Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative was created to identify, develop, and provide networking opportunities to the next generation of leaders in this exciting, challenging, and multidisciplinary field. Explore the website to learn about the purpose, goals, and benefits of the Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity fellowship, and get questions answered through the FAQs.

The Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative is a competitive fellowship program designed to create and sustain an energetic, multidisciplinary, and intergenerational biosecurity community made up of motivated young professionals as well as current leaders. Each year, this program will select a group of the “best and brightest” Fellows who are talented career professionals from government, defense, private industry, science, law, public health, medicine, global health, journalism, the social sciences, and academia. By participating in conferences, seminars, networking events, a writing competition, and educational webinars, Fellows will deepen their expertise, expand their professional contacts, and build their leadership skills. This is not a full-time fellowship, and Fellows should continue with their primary jobs and/or studies while they participate in the Initiative. However, applicants are expected to participate in sponsored events and to submit a paper for the writing competition. The Initiative will cover expenses related to participation in the two Emerging Leaders conferences. The closing date for applications is November 15, 2012.
 

In 2012, the Initiative selected the first class of 25 Fellows, who demonstrated the capacity to make strong contributions to the field. An Executive Steering Committee made up of established leaders in biosecurity provides strategic guidance to the Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative.