What to know
EIS is a competency-based training and experiential service fellowship in applied epidemiology. The EIS fellowship provides the opportunity for clinical and doctoral-level science professionals to learn in a structured two-year service and learning fellowship. By becoming a host site, your team will benefit from the service provided by an EIS officer with valuable clinical and scientific skills.
Being an EIS Host Site
During the two-year fellowship, host sites are responsible for providing supervision, mentorship, and day-to-day experiential training in applied epidemiology. The EIS program provides multiple structured trainings for the officers and guidance and operational support for supervisors. The supervision and mentorship you provide as a host site prepares the officers to be applied epidemiologists and public health leaders, fosters long-term partnerships, and ultimately shapes the public health workforce.
EIS officers benefit from training and support provided by the EIS program and host sites. Benefits to host sites include:
- Valuable clinical and scientific skills of EIS officer at minimal or no financial cost to the site
- Opportunities to participate in the EIS program's trainings for supervisors
- Opportunity to cultivate future public health leaders with a mutual appreciation for and skills needed to successfully navigate complex challenges of interagency networks/collaborations
Key Dates
The table below shows the tentative host site application timeline based on previous years. Please continue to check this website for updates.
September 30, 2025
Deadline to express interest in becoming a new host site by emailing EISOSupport@cdc.gov
December 8, 2025
Host site application portal opens
January 23, 2026
Online application submission deadline; host site application portal closes
Week of February 23, 2026
EIS program notifies host site applicants if they are approved to participate in match
Early August 2026
EIS officers arrive at their host site assignments