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Healthcare Planning and Research Fellowship

Flad Architects

The Role

Overview

One-year fellowship for recent grads to research and design healthcare environments.

Key Responsibilities

  • ai modeling
  • healthcare design
  • research study
  • client meetings
  • collaboration
  • white paper

Tasks

-Be involved in client leadership and user group meetings, patient focus groups, public meetings, consultant coordination, and Owner/Architect/Contractor (OAC) meetings. -Receive mentorship from multiple healthcare planning, design, research, and analytics leaders within Flad. Participate in quarterly check-ins with mentors to review progress, expectations, and goals. -Collaborate across disciplines (internal and external) to develop holistic problem-solving. -Work on a year-long research study based on your interest and alignment with Flad’s strategic healthcare initiatives, which include: -Participate in the research, planning, and design of innovative healthcare environments for top-tier healthcare organizations, including academic medical centers and large community health systems. -Attend two healthcare architectural conferences with registration, airfare, hotel, and meals covered by Flad. -Have opportunities to share knowledge through regular meetings, quarterly updates, and a final presentation and white paper. -Focus 65% of your time on healthcare project work and dedicate 35% to research, with the opportunity to select both a primary design mentor and research mentor. -Leveraging AI for Pre-design, Simulations, Modeling, and Design Research -Provide two (2) Letters of Recommendation from faculty or design/research professionals

Requirements

  • revit
  • sketchup
  • rhino
  • masters architecture
  • healthcare design
  • sustainability

What You Bring

-Beginner Revit knowledge required. -Letters of Reference and Essays can be uploaded along with your application as portfolio documents. They may also be emailed to [email protected] and marked as Healthcare Fellowship to supplement your online application. -Master’s degree in Architecture with a certification in Healthcare Design or a healthcare-related thesis. -Master’s degree in Interior Design with a certification in Healthcare Design or a healthcare-related thesis. -One of the following degrees are required: -Submit an essay (maximum two (2) pages) addressing the following: -Experience with SketchUp and/or Rhino and 3D rendering software preferred. -Sustainability accreditation preferred. -Physician and Staff Experience (how the built environment influences staff experience and reduces burnout) -Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from an accredited university with completion of a Design and Health program/courses. -Previous internship experience preferred.

Benefits

-Generous paid time off and paid holidays -Health, dental, and vision insurance -Financial health and wellness benefits - retirement savings plan; fiduciary advisor; identity theft plan; Section 125 flexible benefits; income protection – life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability; Employee Assistance Program (EAP) -Receive exposure to inpatient and outpatient health care environments and workflows and innovative technologies used for healthcare planning and design. -Baseline and Post-occupancy Evaluations -Virtual Interviews - Mid-January 2026 -Environments for Cancer Care, Orthopedics, Cardiology, Neurology -Continuing education and career development – internal programs; funds set aside for external programs, licensure and sustainability support, annual professional registration and organization reimbursement -How will this fellowship help you achieve your long-term career goals? Where do you see yourself in five or ten years, and how does this fellowship fit into that plan?

The Company

About Flad Architects

-Typical projects include high-performance labs, academic research facilities, hospitals, corporate R&D centers, and campus master plans. -Their services span architecture, interior design, structural and landscape engineering, master planning, sustainable design, innovation & analytics. -They have offices in ten U.S. cities, enabling both local presence and national reach, including Boston and San Diego expansions. -Specializing in environments that foster discovery and healing, their work often supports cutting-edge science and healthcare breakthroughs.

Sector Specialisms

Healthcare

Higher Education

Science and Technology

Strategic Planning

Master Planning

Landscape Architecture

Architectural Design

Interior Design

Structural Engineering

Programming

Laboratory Planning

Research and Medical Planning

Computational Design

Sustainability

Resiliency

Wellness

Interview Process

-virtual interviews scheduled for mid-january 2026