In addition to political scientist, journalist, and MCI-Communications fellows directly recruited by APSA, the fellowship class consists of fellows sponsored by several outside organizations. The 2015-2016 class, for example, included federal executive employees sponsored by their home agencies in the federal government, health professionals sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Atlantic Philanthropies/John Hartford Foundations, and international and domestic professionals sponsored by the American Australian Association, Asia Foundation, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA, and Spirit Mountain Community Fund (Mark O. Hatfield Fellowship).