On behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, The Commonwealth Fund is pleased to announce the Australian-American health policy fellowship program. This program offers a unique opportunity for outstanding, mid-career U.S. health policy researchers and practitioners to spend up to 10 months in Australia conducting original research and working with leading Australian health policy experts on issues relevant to both countries.

The Australian-American Health Policy Fellowship has three goals:

• To enable fellows to gain an in-depth understanding of the Australian health care system and policy process, recent reforms, and models for best practice, thus enhancing their ability to make innovative contributions to policymaking in the United States.
• To improve the theory and practice of health policy in Australia and the United States by stimulating the cross-fertilization of ideas and experience.
• To encourage ongoing health policy collaboration and exchange between Australia and the United States by creating a network of international health policy experts.