Apply to Our Fellowship Programs
For a limited period, we are accepting applications to both of our January 2026 Congressional fellowship programs, on a rolling-basis.
We aren’t widely advertising this opportunity, and applications will be reviewed as they are received.
We encourage candidates to apply sooner rather than later.
Senior (mid-career) Congressional Innovation Fellows will serve in their offices from January through December 2026. They will have the option of a one-month extension, through January 2027, to write about their experience and to provide extra time for a post-fellowship job search. We're looking for our mid-career fellows to have at least eight years of work or postgraduate study. Mid-career fellows (‘Senior Fellows’) receive a stipend of $96,720/year.
Congressional Innovation (early-career) Fellows will serve in their offices from January through October 2026. We're looking for our early-career fellows to have between two to six years of experience (including recently finished or projected to finish a graduate technical degree program, such as a Masters or PhD, by January 2026). Early-career fellows (‘Fellows’) receive a $73,500 annual-equivalent stipend ($6,125/mo.).
We’re recruiting for folks who want to work in the following areas:
Tech policy issues: cybersecurity, AI, antitrust, privacy, competition, semiconductors, etc.
State capacity issues: climate & energy, space & frontiers, science & innovation, and digital benefits
TechCongress additionally provides the following benefits:
A health insurance supplement of up to $425/month
Up to $2,000 for relocation to Washington, D.C. for those moving from outside the area
A reimbursement of up to $2,000 for accommodation for the first month of the fellowship in the DC area for short-term housing (Airbnb, etc.) to ease the transition
Up to $2,000 for official travel, including a visit to the home district of your boss
A $500 clothing allowance for purchases of professional attire
Up to three sessions with a career coach to help plan for post-fellowship opportunities
Fellows have served with influential offices such as Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and the House Energy and Commerce Committee under Chairwoman McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-05).
For More information about eligibility, or the fellowship, please refer to our frequently asked questions, available here.
James Gimbi, Office of Senator Rand Paul (R-KY)
“Serving the First Branch has been the highlight of my career…Walking the halls of the Capitol is as stirring and humbling on week fifty as it was on week one.”
Lars Schönander, Senate Small Business Committee Majority
“I decided to enroll as a TechCongress fellow because of my interactions with congressional staffers when I first worked for the Foundation for American Innovation (FAI). I always felt strange providing recommendations without knowing what it was like to make policy in Congress. TechCongress helped me gain a policymaking perspective from the side of someone trying to implement policy, and the complexities that come with that, versus someone pitching ideas. It makes me a more effective advocate having that insider perspective.”
John Yaros, Senate Homeland Security Committee Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation Majority Staff