ANS strongly encourages interested members to apply. Application instructions can be found in the Honors and Awards section of the ANS website at ans.org/honors/cfellowship.
The application deadline is June 6. ANS will be sponsoring two Fellows for the 2026 term, both of whom will be selected in July and will each receive a stipend of $95,000. The term of the fellowship will run from January to December 2026.
“Working on Capitol Hill is an experience of a lifetime and there is no better way for a nuclear professional looking to drive energy policy than through the ANS Congressional Fellowship," said Bradley Williams, ANS member and senior policy advisor and lead for energy policy and strategic analysis at Idaho National Laboratory. "Each year, ANS hosts two fellows as part of the broader AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellows Program and each year, the nuclear fellows are the most sought-after members of the cohort. ANS fellows also tend to stick around, with many continuing on the Hill, or elsewhere in DC, well past their fellowship concludes. Whether you’re simply looking to learn how the sausage is made, want to help develop a new law, or six, or hope to become the next NRC Commissioner, the ANS Congressional Fellowship is a hugely rewarding experience that will change your life and definitely something to consider."
In 2020, Williams worked in oversight and policy deployment at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as an ANS Congressional Fellow.
Harsh Desai, ANS treasurer and chief commercialization officer at Zeno Power, added, “The ANS Congressional Fellowship provides great opportunities for a nuclear professional to participate in federal policymaking and experience firsthand the intersections between federal and state policy, theoretical science, and engineered technology. The ability to understand the role policy plays in the nuclear industry is essential for future leaders.”
In 2014, Desai worked in the office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) as ANS’s Congressional Fellow,.
