A further dimension of IHP is the Fund's administration of the Ian Axford Fellowships in Public Policy. Established by the New Zealand government in conjunction with the private sector, the program provides opportunities for outstanding U.S. professionals working in a range of public policy areas—including health care, education, welfare reform, criminal justice, employment, race relations, the environment, science and technology, and tax policy—to take six-month policy sabbaticals in New Zealand. Complementing the Harkness Fellowships, the program strengthens a growing network of international exchange on health and social policy issues. The Ian Axford Fellowships selection committee, chaired by Robert D. Reischauer, president of the Urban Institute, met in May and selected three 2005 fellows, who will begin their tenure in New Zealand in January 2005: