For Agencies | Presidential Innovation Fellows
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For Agencies | Presidential Innovation Fellows
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Do you want to build cutting-edge solutions that serve your mission and the public? Together, we can. We’d love to hear from you.
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How it works
PIF recruits strategists and technologists in fields including: AI, software engineering and cloud infrastructure, data analysis, product management, customer experience and design, and digital strategy. Fellows have worked with 45+ federal agencies to date.
Fellows are mid-to-senior career level leaders, and serve as senior advisors to champion government modernization. They work on building agency innovation capabilities, tackling hard problems, and delivering technology alongside talented and forward-thinking career federal leaders.
Agency participation criteria
Strong project proposals demonstrate:
Problems of critical agency and/or national priority
Clear line to positive impact, benefit, or customer experience for the public
Early-stage initiatives with room for fellows to shape, define, and lead
Fellows work directly at the leadership level of programs/agencies
Funding availability to pay for cost of a fellow
Partnering with the PIF Program
Talent and selection:
PIF runs a robust external recruitment program. PIF requires applicants to pass skills & behavioral interviews before requesting agencies interview and select a fellow.
Interagency Agreements (IAA):
GSA hires fellows as full-time federal employees at the GS-15, Step 1 level in their first year, and assigns them to agencies. The PIF program provides services to the requesting agency through an IAA. Our standard agreements are non-severable, reimbursable, services agreements.
Work location:
This is a Washington, DC based fellowship.
Duration:
The PIF fellowship term lasts one year, with an option to be considered for a one year term extension.
Timeline of major milestones:
Between project selection and project start date, agency partners will participate in key activities such as filling out a Request for Information (RFI) and obtaining internal reviews for General Terms & Conditions (GT&C) paperwork.
The targeted start date range for the next cohort of PIF projects is late spring/early summer 2026.
Submit a proposal
Trusted by agency leaders
Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
Defense Innovation Unit
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Interior
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Department of State
Department of Transportation
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of the Treasury
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Executive Office of the President
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Federal Trade Commission
Food and Drug Administration
General Services Administration
Health and Human Services
Internal Revenue Service
Millennium Challenge Corporation
Minority Business Development Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Archives and Records Administration
National Cancer Institute
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Science Foundation
Office of Management and Budget
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Small Business Administration
Smithsonian Institution
U.S. Agency for Global Media
U.S. Agency for International Development
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of the Navy
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
United States Marine Corps
United States Special Operations Command
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
“
PIF has been a remarkable opportunity to undertake public service on discrete, impactful federal projects. The experience was rewarding because I not only used my professional experience as an operator, investor, and entrepreneur to address large-scale government challenges; I also learned a tremendous amount about how our government operates. I contributed, but I also learned a great deal.
Last updated: Dec 08, 2025
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.gov
website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
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(
) or
https://
means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.
Agencies
Work with us
Do you want to build cutting-edge solutions that serve your mission and the public? Together, we can. We’d love to hear from you.
Submit a proposal
How it works
PIF recruits strategists and technologists in fields including: AI, software engineering and cloud infrastructure, data analysis, product management, customer experience and design, and digital strategy. Fellows have worked with 45+ federal agencies to date.
Fellows are mid-to-senior career level leaders, and serve as senior advisors to champion government modernization. They work on building agency innovation capabilities, tackling hard problems, and delivering technology alongside talented and forward-thinking career federal leaders.
Agency participation criteria
Strong project proposals demonstrate:
Problems of critical agency and/or national priority
Clear line to positive impact, benefit, or customer experience for the public
Early-stage initiatives with room for fellows to shape, define, and lead
Fellows work directly at the leadership level of programs/agencies
Funding availability to pay for cost of a fellow
Partnering with the PIF Program
Talent and selection:
PIF runs a robust external recruitment program. PIF requires applicants to pass skills & behavioral interviews before requesting agencies interview and select a fellow.
Interagency Agreements (IAA):
GSA hires fellows as full-time federal employees at the GS-15, Step 1 level in their first year, and assigns them to agencies. The PIF program provides services to the requesting agency through an IAA. Our standard agreements are non-severable, reimbursable, services agreements.
Work location:
This is a Washington, DC based fellowship.
Duration:
The PIF fellowship term lasts one year, with an option to be considered for a one year term extension.
Timeline of major milestones:
Between project selection and project start date, agency partners will participate in key activities such as filling out a Request for Information (RFI) and obtaining internal reviews for General Terms & Conditions (GT&C) paperwork.
The targeted start date range for the next cohort of PIF projects is late spring/early summer 2026.
Submit a proposal
Trusted by agency leaders
Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
Defense Innovation Unit
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Interior
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Department of State
Department of Transportation
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of the Treasury
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Executive Office of the President
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Federal Trade Commission
Food and Drug Administration
General Services Administration
Health and Human Services
Internal Revenue Service
Millennium Challenge Corporation
Minority Business Development Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Archives and Records Administration
National Cancer Institute
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Science Foundation
Office of Management and Budget
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Small Business Administration
Smithsonian Institution
U.S. Agency for Global Media
U.S. Agency for International Development
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of the Navy
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
United States Marine Corps
United States Special Operations Command
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
“
PIF has been a remarkable opportunity to undertake public service on discrete, impactful federal projects. The experience was rewarding because I not only used my professional experience as an operator, investor, and entrepreneur to address large-scale government challenges; I also learned a tremendous amount about how our government operates. I contributed, but I also learned a great deal.
Last updated: Dec 08, 2025
×
Our nation’s challenges are our
biggest opportunities.
Our solutions need leaders like you.
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